From the US here, and even just thinking about living in FLORIDA with all the alligators?
Dam, hell nah! That’s seriously so scarey and crazy to think about living with.
Not sure if you heard about this story. Was back a little before this February I think. But a 20 something guy spotted a 14 foot long alligator in Florida with half a woman’s body in its mouth.
He ran to the fire house which I guess was right there, police came…etc. info below if you want to know more. Tragic and terrible. This was pretty shocking. My draw dropped. It’s not something you hear about everyday here. So I’m just assuming is this something y’all deal with daily ?
https://youtu.be/wboR4wEFZNs?si=1Kx-wDe0jM-Fqu04
I just imagine that this is something y’all deal with everyday? Idk I could be wrong. Not trying to be ignorant here. I mean I give y’all props for sure.
What’s it like there regarding dangerous animals, attacks, poisonous bugs and snakes? How do you live harmoniously along side that?
Other people already gave good answers but I’ll also add that Australia is a massive country with lots of different climates and biomes. Where you live makes a big difference. For example, on the eastern coast people have to take care at the beach during jellyfish season, whereas where I live down south the water is colder so jellyfish are extremely rare and those that exist are non-deadly. People living in the north need to take care for crocodiles in some regional areas - they literally do not exist outside of a zoo in my state.
The few dangerous animals that actually live near metropolitan areas are rarely dangerous in practice because we are taught how to identify and behave around them from a young age. Even in the unlikely scenario that someone does get bitten, antidotes exist and are readily available. As I said in another comment, the overwhelming majority (86%) of “contact with living things” hospitalisations in Australia are just from people and dogs.