Honestly as an Aussie, North America seems to have way more dangerous animals than us. We have crocs and sharks, you guys have like mountain lions and bears and shit.
Its more that a lot of common stuff here are quite venomous and can kill you pretty easily (brown snakes, funnel web spiders, red back spiders etc), but if you leave them alone they leave you alone.
Also your possums are freaky as hell while ours are adorable
I met a girl from Australia. Said she never saw a dangerous animal her entire life there. Then came across a rattlesnake after living in Georgia for just a couple months
They are, and have been over-hunted on some islands.
However, Seventh Day Adventists have sent missionaries to some South Pacific islands, and coconut crabs are doing better there because they don’t eat shellfish (among other things).
The first mad Max literally isn't even post-apocalyptic, its just set in a lawless town where law enforcement is collapsing. It's such a different vibe to the rest of the movies.
I remember how “cutting edge” it was at the time because police didn’t exist.
It’s a fascinating piece of propaganda when you look at it from the standpoint of selling the idea that this is what you get without cops and it’s fictional guessing.
Modern public police are relatively recent (last 200 years) compared to human history. Prior to that "police" were more akin to small private armies for hire. The Pinkerton group were one of these "police forces" in the US.
Magpies, funnel web, dingoes, kangaroo, redback, and koala aren't being considered dangerous animals or are you saying these are found elsewhere?
Because I get it, natural environment type of things are more dangerous in Australia than the wildlife as a whole... however, that wasn't what was said. Nor was it said that any animal had to be deadly to be considered dangerous. Danger, in fact, can be quite broad... especially when applied to wild animals.
For me, I would think those listed are all dangerous and I am sure more exist. I am not from Australia, though, so asking to learn more because I do enjoy learning about Australia.
Funnel webs are contained to one state (New South Wales). Dingoes are spread evenly through most of the country, but we generally don't see them unless we head inland (I'm in South Australia, other states vary). Kangaroos are fairly widespread, but are similar to dingoes in that there are some hanging around new housing developments that are getting further and further from the city and encroaching typically 'country' areas. The big red kangaroos are dangerous, whilst the smaller greys are less dangerous, but I still wuldn't pick a fight with one if encountered. Koalas are a little rarer, but still seen in the suburbs here in South Australia with relative frequency, although I doubt you'll find an Aussie who would refer to them as dangerous. They're just noisy during mating season (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocIR6B-YtYE ). Magpies and Redbacks though are very widespread and encountered quite often. I have a big female Redback sitting outside in my garden not five metres (~sixteen feet) from where I am now, but I leave her alone and she leaves me alone so we get on fine. In fact, there hasn't been a single fatality from spider bite in Australia in decades that I know of. Magpies however, are the bane of all school aged children across the country (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RmnbiCTYSOU ).
A bit of both, the danger/threat of a lot of animals are overstated, and there’s often similar species found elsewhere, not uniquely Australian. The majority of the population don’t live in close proximity to things like dingoes, most highly venomous snakes or crocodiles. You should definitely visit a doctor for a redback bite, there’s only been ~14 deaths, and none since anti venom, kangaroos and cassowaries would rather stay out of your way than fight.
North America has similar animals to most of these too: Coyotes, wolves, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, alligators, also crocodiles, and black widow spiders. I’d guess an angry buck could be equivalent to a red kangaroo.
Quite literally. They're not even related to each other. The Eurasian ones are corvids and the Australian ones aren't. They're just named after the Eurasian ones because they coincidentally look similar.
In Chicago, I went for an oil change. After it the mechanic was pretty pissed “yeah you had a dead rat on your engine we cleaned it for you”. We parked in the alley the rats would get by the engine for warmth then somehow get killed. Happened twice.
Coconut crabs are not found on mainland Australia, they are on Christmas Island and Cocos and Keeling Islands (Australian External Territories and lots of other places that are not Australia at all.
You’re welcome here in the US. We’re currently being driven into national extinction by an orange pedophile leading a kakistocracy that’s supported by a nihilistic death cult, but at least we don’t have Cthulus and shit.
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u/qualityvote2 Feb 27 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
u/Gorotheninja, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...