Photos via The Daily Caller.
Look at the pics below. At first I thought hmm....a light snow fell? Maybe frost? Ok, how about some kind of crop disease? Then I read the story and the absolute horror hit.
Those ARE FREAKING SPIDER WEBS. FIELDS COVERED WITH FUCKING SPIDERWEBS!!!
Ah hell no.
Australia is the most fucked up place on this planet. Snakes? I can deal with snakes. Alligators? I like mine with boudin balls and Coors light. But Australia has insects that will EAT BIRDS, fuck you up in general and now I find out they cover entire fields in spiderwebs. Oh and did I leave out the fact that half the animals are actively trying to kill you?
Look at the pics below. At first I thought hmm....a light snow fell? Maybe frost? Ok, how about some kind of crop disease? Then I read the story and the absolute horror hit.
Those ARE FREAKING SPIDER WEBS. FIELDS COVERED WITH FUCKING SPIDERWEBS!!!
Ah hell no.
Australia is the most fucked up place on this planet. Snakes? I can deal with snakes. Alligators? I like mine with boudin balls and Coors light. But Australia has insects that will EAT BIRDS, fuck you up in general and now I find out they cover entire fields in spiderwebs. Oh and did I leave out the fact that half the animals are actively trying to kill you?
Have you heard of the Australian Deadly Dozen? They are the 12 animals you don't ever want to meet:
ReplyDeletehttp://slumz.boxden.com/f610/australias-deadly-dozen-12-things-not-mess-1601315/
Damn bugs! Only good bug is a dead bug!
ReplyDeleteBill Bryson wrote an interesting book about Oz:-- In A Sunburned Country -- and how it has the world's deadliest creatures: toxic caterpillars, aggressive seashells, crocodiles, sharks, snakes, and the deadliest of them all, the dreaded box jellyfish.
ReplyDeleteActually Australia is a wonderful place. I've done a lot of travel there including cities, desert and tropics, and I recommend it. Never even saw any insects that I recall. Three sizes of hoppers, though. Can't see those anywhere else.
...and a lot of very pretty beaches, with perfect sand, unpolluted water, lot's of sun and mild temperatures all around. Just don't go swimming...
DeleteSlight exaggeration only.
So, ahh, what are the implications for Amphibious Assault, Airborne anything, etc.
Is Australia a superbly-defended country just courtesy of the non-two-legged population ?
Would we expect casualties within USMC on that new and growing north-western base ?
you had me at "aggressive seashells". Australia, where the animals are more badass than you...
Deletebut seriously, I've been there a couple of times and its a lovely lovely place. Just remember to check under your bedsheets for palm-sized spiders and stuff inside your shoe...
That's another reason I immigrated to Canada instead of Australia... I prefer the real snow.
DeleteJust respect the winter and don't mess with bears if you wanna live here.
Fire... and lots of it!
ReplyDeleteEh, as a resident of said country, those sorts of spiders are the good spiders. You can see where they are a mile away and plan ahead.
ReplyDeleteIt's the ones you don't see in time that tend to cause you trouble.
See also: Stonefish, Redback spiders, Fire Ants, Irukandji.
Add Australian airport staff service to that list also.
ReplyDeleteThen there are the snail infestations particularly in South Australia:
ReplyDelete"A fence post encrusted with 30cm of snails equates to about 4000 round snails. When mature the snails, from just one post, could produce over one million juvenile snails."
https://www.grdc.com.au/uploads/documents/Snails%20BBB.pdf (1.2Mb)
Termite hills taller than you.
ReplyDeleteDifferent topic but India sure isn't wasting any time with their new carrier. I guess it is pretty obvious that compared to China, it shows that India has operated on board a carrier before...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.livefistdefence.com/2013/11/exclusive-night-flying-trials-on-ins.html
So we really shouldn't tell you about the drop bears or camel spiders then :)
ReplyDeleteC'mon, fellows! Y'all can't be afraid of a tiny spider? You know what y'all should be afraid of? A spider that can eat a snake! Read it here: http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/spider-eats-snake-caught-on-camera/story-e6frfq80-1226332961171
ReplyDeleteAnd where does this spider live? You guessed it, AUSTRALIA!
Yep the Australian bush at night time....when the drop bears come out to play..
ReplyDeleteWent to Darwin for work. When the plane was on final, I noticed the beautiful beach line and noticed no one was even swimming in the water. Heck, no one was even fishing. White beaches, aqua blue water. Nothing.
ReplyDeleteSo I asked one of the locals why and he responded, "Oh, you do not want to swim out there. Too many box jellyfish. And if there are no box jellyfish around, the salties (salt-water crocodiles) will be there. And if you can't find any jellies or salties around, then it's probably because there are sharks milling about."
So what do the locals do on a warm Saturday afternoon? Go to the pub/bar or lock yourself up in an airconditioned room and make sure you're stocked aplenty with beer.
The deal is sealed when you Google for "I hate living in Australia" and read all that shtt what people really think about Dump_DownUnder
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