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minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoAnd that’s the reason you can only find platypuses in Australia.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou don’t see them though. The national park boards say “look for ripples in the water!”. If you see ripples, you’re about to die.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago If you see ripples, you’re about to die. Yeah, but from which threat? Snake? Spider? Swimming kangaroo?
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI would rather Australian risks than those of bears and big cats Aussie snakes try to keep away from people, they aren’t aggressive. Our spiders are so like those elsewhere (compare Redback to black widow) You’re unlikely to see a kangaroo in water. If you do, keep away from it just like you keep away from wild animals anyway
And that’s the reason you can only find platypuses in Australia.
You don’t see them though. The national park boards say “look for ripples in the water!”.
If you see ripples, you’re about to die.
Yeah, but from which threat? Snake? Spider? Swimming kangaroo?
I would rather Australian risks than those of bears and big cats
Aussie snakes try to keep away from people, they aren’t aggressive.
Our spiders are so like those elsewhere (compare Redback to black widow)
You’re unlikely to see a kangaroo in water. If you do, keep away from it just like you keep away from wild animals anyway