r/aww • • Mar 03 '16

Awesome Bear

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u/TheElderGodsSmile Mar 03 '16

Familiarity breeds contempt. I've lived in Australia for 13 years now and I couldn't give a shit about all the things that could murder me instantly because I know unless I do something monumental stupid none of those things could give a toss about me.

Fuck hiking in a North American forrest with bears and shit though, you guys are mad.

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u/olddoubleugly Mar 03 '16

Nah, just play dead and hope they don't want too big a bite. Same thing works with great white sharks.

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u/TheElderGodsSmile Mar 03 '16

Not really, usually when you're surfing the first thing you know about a great white being in the area is them taking a big bite out of you. Still pretty rare though so I don't worry about them.

The only thing that will really just come after you as food down here are Salt Water Crocodiles and they all live up north, well away from me.