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In my case, wandering male Sydney Funnel-web Spiders make me want to avoid Australia
by tflol 2y ago
In my case, wandering male Sydney Funnel-web Spiders make me want to avoid Australia
- stephenr 2y agoYou could just visit the other 99.6% of the country that Sydney funnel-webs don't inhabit?
- tflol 2y agoNot a risk I'm personally willing to take ;)
- Rinzler89 2y agoDEI petition to increase the number of female funnel-web spiders in employment in Sydney when?
- oska 2y agoOn the assumption (perhaps misplaced) that this comment is serious and not a joke, such a sentiment indicates extremely poor risk assessment. Native Australian fauna represents such an extremely small risk to tourists that it is not worth considering. (But obviously if you do encounter any dangerous looking fauna you should treat it with respect.) But I do agree with the grandparent comment that this extreme level of airport search intrusiveness does legitimately make Australia a much less attractive tourist destination. And btw, as an Australian, I feel somewhat the same way towards the USA and its intrusive airport searches (which is what we are slavishly copying).
- DEADMINCE 2y ago> Native Australian fauna represents such an extremely small risk to tourists that it is not worth considering. Not only that, but most of the species are common in the USA and EU and just have different names. Also, the US has far more dangerous animals, but somehow Australia is famous for that lol.