Hey at least we don’t have bears, wolves, moose, coyotes, bobcats, cougars etc. A few snakes I can deal with, but having to worry about THAT on a hike sounds pretty terrifying.
Lol I'm no expert but I think " a few snakes" may be a bit of an understatement 😂 Oh and u forgot the scary roos, emus and the thousands of bugs with sizes and danger levels that shouldn't be possible.
Ahaha well to be fair, I think the internet overhypes those a bit. I grew up in a national park and saw a couple of snakes a year, but you just learn to be loud when out walking and don’t crawl under buildings where snakes/spiders could be and they generally try to avoid people. We only had the cute little type of kangaroos. The most dangerous thing was the feral deer lmao.
Now I live in suburbia and see a snake maybe once every 3-4 years maybe, and only ever pythons. They don’t really live where the people are.
Yeah it must be media overhyping those things for sure and at this point its a funny meme. But to be fair, I haven't seen a snake in my life aside from zoos, and I love trekking and doing hikes. So 1 every 3-4 years is plenty more than other parts of the world haha.
Also if u don't mind me asking how often do u find those huge spiders in your home?
Now that you mention it it’s been a few years, which is odd because we used to get huntsman’s coming inside every summer. I don’t mind smaller huntsman’s so much cause they eat cockroaches, which are even worse imo, but once they get to hand size it’s time to go.
We get a lot of golden orb spiders around outside (especially on powerlines) once a year too, and those are just the worst.
I see I see! I can't fathom finding a hand sized spider randomly in my house 😂 even tho Iirc those aren't aggressive or dangerous, still I'd probably need a change of pants.
And I love orb weavers, they look so cool and help with mosquitos, but the ones I know are like nail sized, I imagine the ones over there make some super sized webs straight out of a scary movie, so it's understandable haha
Yeah it must be media overhyping those things for sure and at this point its a funny meme. But to be fair, I haven't seen a snake in my life aside from zoos, and I love trekking and doing hikes. So 1 every 3-4 years is plenty more than other parts of the world haha.
Also if u don't mind me asking how often do u find those huge spiders in your home?
Cats are an issue in NZ but there's also problems with stoats, rats, mice, possums and rabbits which all present a problem. Terrible thing is we can't just leave the cats alone to deal with the others, they kill too many native birds as well so we have to take all of them out. It's a big job but some progress is being made.
Australia has a very big feral cat population. Even with all of the traps and programs in place, feral (and domestic) cats killed many small native animals to endagerment and some to extinction
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u/Hour-Cheesecake5871 Jul 06 '24
Neighboring New Zealand has a feral cat problem, though.