As an Australian, I am incredibly familiar with hearing people say, “Oh, I'd love to travel to Australia, but I couldn’t deal with all the deadly wildlife! There must be snakes everywhere!” To which I always reply, “It isn’t that bad! I’ve never seen a snake and spiders mostly stay away—in the cities, anyway.”
But then I see photos like this and immediately want to move overseas. Australia is famous for all of its snakes, spiders, crocodiles and other assorted creatures that could cause serious damage just by looking at them. I feel as though you’d have to be incredible unlucky to come across many of these; but if Australia ever decides to stop tourism, showing these photos will be enough to do it.
Damn nature you scary
Australia. Where even the hail can kill you from r/WTF
A massive earthworm found in Queensland, Australia. from r/natureismetal
Ah, winter in Australia... That's not snow...
Meanwhile in Australia
Why you gotta always "check your shoes" in Australia from r/WTF
The flies are much worse than the spiders in Australia. from r/WTF
Blue-ringed octopus (highly venomous) on hand. from r/WTF
68mm just fell in the last hour at Kununurra. Flushed all the cane toads out of my brothers dam. Some of them took the easy way out - hitching a ride on the back of a 3.5m python. pic.twitter.com/P6mPc2cVS5
— Andrew Mock (@MrMeMock) December 30, 2018
Typical road-side ditch in Australia
Believe it or not, this is one of the least dangerous spiders we have in Australia from r/WTF
Honey, there is a kid on our bug...
Read more about this fascinating creature here.
Every winter Black Portuguese Millipedes invade the south of Western Australia. from r/WTF
In Australia everything is trying to kill you. Even your ceiling lamp. from r/WTF
This is how Australians ensure their electricity meter doesn't get read. from r/WTF
Mother and girlfriend found this on the beach today. Any idea what it is? from r/whatisthisthing
Walked up on the BACK of this sign while hiking in Australia...
You know you're in Australia when frogs eat snakes
Welcome to Australia from r/WTF
By Rodmunch99 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
March of the hairy caterpillars from r/WTF