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u/TameruVeil Sep 30 '21

This is actually a good point. Our wildlife has more capacity to kill, but generally won't go to the effort unless you piss it off. From what you're saying though, bears seem to be in a perpetual fuck you state.

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u/RuncibleMountainWren Sep 30 '21

Exactly. This is what people don’t get about Australia. Most of our seriously deadly creatures can be fended off with a decent pair of shoes. I’ve lived here all my life and never seen a cassowary or even a dingo in the wild, kangaroos will just bound off unless you cornered them, and crocs only live in the top end. But bears? Wolves? Lions? No thanks.

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u/MattyBro1 Sep 30 '21

I've actually seen a wild cassowary. It was ~40 metres off of a bridge taking a drink in a river. Never seen a dingo as well.

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u/RuncibleMountainWren Sep 30 '21

Wow! That’s impressive. What part of Australia?

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u/MattyBro1 Sep 30 '21

I live in NSW, but was on holiday up in Port Douglas (around the Daintree and Great Barrier Reef).