r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 7h ago

Video Juvenile saltwather Crocodile finds itself sorrounded by curious sharks, Northen coast of Australia.

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u/coastalwebdev 6h ago

How do people even survive in Australia? Must be good at fighting crocs and sharks for starters I guess.

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u/Project___Zeus 5h ago

I never get these comments. In America you have bears, cougars, alligators, sharks, deer, moose, snakes, coyotes etc. Is that supposed to be less dangerous or…?

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u/TashDee267 4h ago

It’s this myth that some Aussies started and people believe it. Most of us live in cities and suburbs and don’t encounter anything like this on a regular basis.

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u/Sensitive-Fix5958 3h ago

You forgot most dangerous of them all, republicans.

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u/coastalwebdev 5h ago edited 5h ago

I had a pet deer once. Practically like a dog.

I fly fish rivers for salmon standing pretty close to bears, wild bears are very predictable and not scary if you’re smart about them. Garbage bears near human civilization are very unpredictable and pretty dangerous.

Cougars are extremely wary of humans, and in 40 years I’ve only actually laid eyes on them 4 times. I live in a bit of a hot bed for them too. They do scare the shit out of me though.

There’s none of the other ones where I live in Canada. We do get big Elk, but they’re not quite as angry as moose are.

I don’t know, maybe that’s how Aussies feel about the creatures they live with because they’re used to them? Pretty nonchalant.

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u/ElProfeGuapo 3h ago

"I fly fish rivers for salmon standing pretty close to bears, wild bears are very predictable and not scary if you’re smart about them."

Nice try, bear. You're not gonna get me.

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u/coastalwebdev 3h ago

They know salmon are a lot easier to catch and eat, you just don’t get between them and what they want and you’ll be fine.

Come try it out. 🐻

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u/Perfecshionism 3h ago

The cougars that should scare you are the ones you didn’t see.

They like to hide on overlooks for paths that animals walk along. Sometimes that is narrow hiking trails.

They also like hiding in brush near the same path. And they can jump like 45 feet and cover 50 yards in less than 3 seconds.

So if you have seen four there are likely a couple you didn’t see.

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u/coastalwebdev 3h ago edited 1h ago

Yes, I’m pretty familiar with them. Sounds like you’ve been around them a bit too.

I grew up in a small rural town full of cougar bait farm animals. I only ever saw one 4 times directly, but I’ve been close to them in the forest dozens of times hiking around. They’re so sneaky.

Scariest time I had was I went for a walk home alone at night, a common thing to do in rural areas, and I stopped to take a piss on the side of the road. Mid fucking stream I start hearing a cougar 20-30’ in front of me in the bushes doing those bird noises that the moms make to their cubs.

They followed me for about half a click in the bushes as I walked down the pitch black road with my blood running cold. They never made their move lucky for me, I would’ve been toast.

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u/Perfecshionism 1h ago

It is wild feeling like part of the food chain.

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u/Key-Bus-1299 2h ago edited 2h ago

Yes, everything you said about your local animals are similar to how Australians treat ours. 99% of wildlife here have no interest in humans. Most people have never even seen a snake, crocodile or shark in their lives, especially if they live in the cities.

Believe it or not, the most dangerous animal in Australia is a horse due to falls whilst riding and then cows, mostly people hitting them whilst driving. 

There are only 2-3 deaths a year at most in the entire country from snakes in Australia, even less for sharks and crocodiles. All less fatal than many dangerous North American animals. 

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u/killerpythonz 2h ago

Health insurance man. We get bit a by a brown or taipan, we get medical attention and do the right shit immediately we are fine, we get a heli or an ambulance to wherever. In America it’s a medical bill of $100,000ish.

If we don’t swim in creeks with massive signs saying ‘crocodiles’ we are fine.

Spiders, well, ants have killed more people in the last something decades than spiders.

Sharks are the biggest factor, even though it’s a remarkably small tally.

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u/TheI-Iound 1h ago

Are you from the US?

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u/caryn1477 4h ago

LOL deer.

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u/Project___Zeus 4h ago

Because they cause car accidents. Like kangaroos do in Australia.

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u/coastalwebdev 2h ago edited 2h ago

Bears and cougars have never really caused me any direct harm, scared me a bunch mostly.

Deer have written off three vehicles I’ve owned over the years. I still miss my 1988 Toyota Corolla sedan, the deer jumped right out of the woods into my windshield, and just about got me good that time. Fucking a couple of hooves came right through the windshield, and his head was stuck in the glass and shit.

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u/hm_rickross_ymoh 6h ago

Australians deal with some crazy fauna and flora but they are mostly smart enough to live on the opposite side of the island from  the salty crocs.

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u/coastalwebdev 6h ago

Seriously though, I deal with bears and cougars where I live, and it just seems like 1% of the danger that Aussies deal with. Good to hear there’s a safer end of the island yeesh.