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posted by martyb on Wednesday February 06 2019, @11:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the Danger-is-relative-dept dept.

Australia is on fire. Literally, in some places. Australia is underwater. Literally, in some places. Meanwhile, in the NT, another example of how dangerous the average day can be in Australia was seen once again when a shark and a crocodile fought over a chicken for lunch. This, of course, is not new, has been seen before and general it is agreed that the shark will lose, unless there is a human in the water in which case lunch will just 'taste like chicken'.

Poisonous spiders? Check. Poisonous snakes? Check. Dropbears? Check. Sharks AND crocs in the river. Right. I'm out.


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  • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:38AM (1 child)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:38AM (#797522)

    In all seriousness though, for those too afraid to visit Australia, we have no land animals that will hunt/pursue humans (like bears, wolves, tigers etc do).

    Sure, but a good chunk of them will kill you just for getting on their wrong side. And I'm yet to be convinced drop bears and hoop snakes don't actively hunt people.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @09:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @09:51AM (#798244)

    Hoop snakes! I haven't seen pics of those for ages.
    Thanks for the reminder