How many people have died from a spider bite in Australia the last 30 years?
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@futurebird @gwendolenau As an Aussie living near and around a lot of spiders in the country, I have no idea. We are trained in caution as we grow up, but I also love some of the spiders here. […]
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@futurebird Lived there for a while, in Sydney (which has Sydney Funnelweb spiders). We took large amounts of care every day to avoid them and the Redbacks (black widows), but never got bitten […]
2024-12-14 TashTaylor ┃ edited
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@futurebird Most people who are bitten by venomous spiders are actually killed by drop bears, who pick off the humans in their weakened state.
@futurebird I feel the people who got into a car accidents or fell down stairs as a result of being bitten have been underreported.
@futurebird I hear most spider related deaths in Oz are from giant huntsman spiders hiding in cars and scaring the crap out of people while driving, resulting in car crashes.
But that's not […]
@futurebird Australian snakes, otoh. 😬
@futurebird I have an Aussie friend, who is very smart but super neurotic, who does not do outdoorsy things because EVERYTHING is out to kill you in Australia. But I also convinced her that it […]
2024-12-14 nazokiyoubinbou ┃ 1💬
@futurebird Seems like I recall hearing that in Australia the spiders are actually the one thing not trying to kill you, lol.
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