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Fbomb 5 years ago

Not sure if cute is the word I'd use. If I went onto the porch and saw it, likely some poo would come out. As long as they were chilling there and not bothering me I'd probably sit there for quite a while and admire.

10points

Vivienne Cronk 3 years ago

I agree, although if Isaw this in real life I would have a mini heart attack

2points

Clau Razo 5 years ago

marry him :-)

2points

H G 8 months ago

Flying blanket

1point

chimken 🇺🇦 2 years ago

WTF

1point

Brandi Gates 5 years ago

Cute is not the word I would use to describe this.....but HEY look how many upvotes you have.

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Karen Merkel 5 years ago

He must take his vitamins to get so big.

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SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

Hello sir, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior, Count Dracula?

74points

Serena DuBois 5 years ago

I was going to say that this is one of the ways Count Dracula sleeps. It helps promote his long life by straightening back bones and sending blood to the brain.

8points

Cat d'E 5 years ago

Utterly harmless, absolutely indispensable and needlessly killed.

29points

Doggo Lover 4 years ago (edited)

This is very true bats are misunderstood and are killed without reason. If you are afraid you will get rabies just don't go near the bat if it is on the ground it is either dead has rabies or has been hurt.

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Whilst these bats are mostly harmless being scratched or bitten (which is uncommon) can be dangerous as they can carry the lyssavirus which is closely related to rabies. These bats are HUGE, I was fortunate enough to see a swarm of over 1000 fly past whilst at a festival. It was incredible.

21points

Verona Bingham 1 year ago

As with most humans being injured, it is usually in a large part due to humans trying to hurt an animal and their own stupidity thinking they know best. They don't! Oh and FYI even the Lyssavirus is very rare and certainly Not an óften found virus.

3points

Enn Geecee 5 years ago

There is no rabies in Australia

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Doggo Lover 4 years ago

I wish I could've seen those bats.

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MagicalUnicorn 5 years ago

is he judging me?

19points

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Most likely...

4points

spirit wolf 5 years ago

On an average day, he usually unfurls his cape in a dramatic fashion and breaks into a fantastic musical number.

18points

Rachael Timmons 5 years ago

LOVE THESE GUYS!!! Ridiculously cute

13points

cutzemitherz 5 years ago

That's actually very cute and the are totally harmless!

12points

Foxxy 5 years ago

Mostly harmless, they can carry the lyssavirus which is similar to rabies. So if you are ever scratched or bitten by one seek medical attention.

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Amir Epstein 5 years ago

When I lived in Cairns Australia, these beautiful creatures would fly in the evening in the thousands across the town to the caves. They are harmless, adorable giant a*s bats. The only thing you need to make sure of is not to park your car under a tree they are hanging from. Their poop will burn through your paint:)

9points

Almost sunny 8 months ago (edited)

Yes, I lived in Cairns years ago and they come in numbers to those big trees.

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Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago (edited)

Check out the folks who rescue these guys, Megabatty and Batzilla, and see how sweet these bats are. Just darling. They suffer a lot in human environments.

9points

Tenay Douglas 5 years ago

It looks like it's wearing pants

8points

Laura Zaini 5 years ago

they are cute

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Emerald Joanna 5 years ago

I saw a wild flying fox colony when I went to Oz & they actually have the cutest wee faces 😊

5points

AngiShy 5 years ago

how is this a nope?? He is so cute!

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Raina Woolfolk 5 years ago

Seriously, calling out a bat that is so crucial to the ecosystem as creepy? This darling, charismatic critter eats thousands of mosquitos in a week.

4points

Vanja Timmers 5 years ago

I would seriously scream if I saw one of these. Never liked bats, they give me the creeps! But apparently it's more than welcome at everyone else at Bored Panda :-)

4points

E A M 5 years ago

This is a non-nope!

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Kimberly Rolzhausen 5 years ago

Megabats are a whole lotta YUP! <3

3points

Lucy Hollis 5 years ago

Fruit bats are harmless anyway. They eat fruit. Hardly a 'nope'

3points

Phantom Captain 5 years ago

Batritto!

3points

Analyn Lahr 5 years ago

I love those bats.

3points

Dinetk 5 years ago

I would really welcome this one! And feed it fruit

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Dumas Radityo 5 years ago

na na na na na na na ... batman!!!

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Kimberley McCallister 5 years ago

I want one ^ ^ \___/

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Martin Jänsch 5 years ago

Excuse me, but would you like to talk about our lord and savior, Batman?

2points

I'm groot 5 years ago

He looks adorable, don't bother him

2points

Eddie 5 years ago

Excuse me Sir. Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior Nosferatu?

2points

Dorlinda Chong 5 years ago

Batwing is a flying fox, which means fruit eating, which means no worries, mate.

2points

Stella Wicker 5 years ago

I love bats! They are so helpful for our eco system.

2points

Leesa DeAndrea 5 years ago

Inoffensive eater of fruit. Not a "nope".

2points

dxmxx 5 years ago

We have the same bats in the Philippines! They can grow up to 170cm tall and are harmless. :))

2points

Karen Klinck 5 years ago

Oh , for...! They're fruit eaters, for crying out loud!

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Roger Bird 5 years ago

They are as harmless as a bunny rabbit, unless of course you are directly in the path of their poop.

2points

brokenwings333 5 years ago

The only reason why I would even want to visit Australia, since I am afraid of almost EVERYTHING there.. I love these bats!

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Kyamelia Samanta 5 years ago

Dracula himself

2points

Elizabeth Mitchell 5 years ago

They are harmless. They eat fruit and insects.

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Amy Frank 5 years ago

My hairs started to stand up..

2points

Leo H 5 years ago

I'm batman...er.. bat

2points

Brenda 2 years ago

That's kinda creepy and kinda cool

1point

Brenda 5 years ago

What an ugly creature!

1point

Lacey Stewart 5 years ago

I love flying foxes! So cute!

1point

Sue Clifford 5 years ago

Mother Nature’s best insect repellent. I love these guys❤️.

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Anthea Gurr 5 years ago

Grey Headed Flying foxes are vulnerable and protected - without them we would have no birds no possums no koalas - they are a keystone species and NOT SCARY - contrary to the caption - any bar that hasn’t returned to the colony will need to be assessed please contact your local bat rescue or wildlife group ❤️🦇🇦🇺

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Brenda Pipher 5 years ago

Have to go with, aww, he's so cute.

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Delaney 5 years ago

I love bats they’re so cute

1point

Linda Holland 5 years ago

They are beautiful

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Fairy Kat 5 years ago

Absolutely Adorable~ And NO BED Needed! Plus their poop IS GR8 fertilizer.

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Evan Harris 5 years ago

beautiful animal.

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Joseph Barnett 5 years ago

My favorite mammal!

1point

Fidget Zaftig 5 years ago

Sky Puppers aren't scary at all. Wish we had them that big. I'd be a toral stalker. Lol

1point

Fidget Zaftig 5 years ago

This pretty baby isn't scary at all. Sky puppers are awesome.

1point

Kamila Ferens 5 years ago

I LOVE them, I would be so happy if I would see one ;;3;; big flying cats ^^

1point

Alan Moskowitz 5 years ago

CRIKEY

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Chris Kourou 5 years ago (edited)

Jesus Christ!

1point

Mark Jaress 5 years ago

Ah, Count, How you Doin?

1point

Samantha Comerford 5 years ago

Ello ello,ello what we got ere then

1point

Shadow the Dragon King 1 month ago

Aww!

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Ly Sheet 1 month ago

Of all the scary things in Australia I don't know how this is at the top lol. Fruit bats are adorable

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Rich Black 2 months ago

Hiding in plain sight.

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Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago

omg he's so cute!!! I wants him!

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Appalachian Panda 6 months ago

This doesn’t belong here. Fruit bags are adorable.

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Samantha Angell 8 months ago

They are ADORABLE, but could you imagine stumbling bleary eyed out your door in the morning before you've had coffee and seeing this small child dangling upside from your roof? I would expire on the spot.

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Diane H 8 months ago

YES YES YES PLEASE

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H G 8 months ago

Oh I would love to have this on my house, and I would love to live in Australia. Those people has it warm!

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Vickie Gaspard Cloud 8 months ago

i have seen a bat very small close up. it was grinning this evil looking grin ..it was stuck in a little tree and i got it out...and let it go...but this one...oh man is scary becuz its huge...i would wait till its gone before i got out...

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Georgette Abraham 9 months ago

...and I shall call him Damon

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Storm Rise 9 months ago

Awww- sweet fellah! He can hang out at my place any day <3

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Nicky VG Artist 10 months ago

Cute

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harli 11 months ago

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Hae-won Park 12 months ago

Barry is so nice leave him alone.

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Hae-won Park 12 months ago

Leave Barry alone, be is the nicest bat I've ever seen.

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Joan Brocklehurst 1 year ago

Awww looks so cute.

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Joan Brocklehurst 1 year ago

Awwww cute.

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Tia Briggman 1 year ago

That's a big ol boi

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Karen Jones 1 year ago

Funny how they have faces shared with dogs

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Verona Bingham 1 year ago

Bats in Australia usually eat insects or fruit, they are also not humungously large either, as per usual media makes them look bigger/ more dangerous than they actually are.

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Verona Bingham 1 year ago

Seriously, these cuties? Bats in Australia eat either insects or fruit. And they aren't that big either so sensationalising it won't make it grow....lol

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Verona Bingham 1 year ago

He eats FRUIT Australian bats eat Fruit or Insects. They are Super Cute and needed for Pollination to drop seeds etc in their poop to have more beautiful plants all around. They are Super Shy and would prefer Not to be near Humans. 🌹💐🌺👍🥰🦇🦇🦇🇭🇲🙏🏻

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Soham Das 2 years ago

Nope

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Samia Guled 2 years ago

nope and yes

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O.M.Miki 2 years ago

creepy by day f**k that s**t by night

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Merilyn Horton 2 years ago

They are harmless

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Denise Magee 3 years ago

Now that,s a bat

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OUSSAMA AGZOUL 3 years ago

T H I C C

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Cat 3 years ago

Look at that face!

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Carla Handley 3 years ago

I like these bats!

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Andrew Chen 3 years ago

I'm scared now.

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NoNotYourGirl<33 4 years ago

that's enough nightmare fuel...

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Megan Thunem 4 years ago

Cute!

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Gina Cook 4 years ago

so incredible! gorgeous!

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X ElectricReaper X 4 years ago

not really scary, kinda cute!

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Emily Reid 4 years ago

hes so cute

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Isog Sargent 4 years ago

Such a cutie!

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Jill Sapienza 4 years ago

Half Dracula, half chihuahua

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Jill Sapienza 4 years ago

Half Dracula, half chihuahua.

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Ninja Kitty 4 years ago

NOPEᴺᴼᴾᴱₙₒₚₑ

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Geoff Glanville 4 years ago

They eat fruit

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Geoff Glanville 4 years ago

They eat fruit.

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Debe Sanders Deehan 4 years ago

Oh, hell no!,,

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Virginia Pistola 4 years ago

seems exciting to see one......

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Jackie Giovani 4 years ago

Not dangerous...matter of fact, beneficial

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Sarah Walker 4 years ago

Nope

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Diane Ashby 4 years ago

Bats are our friends. They consume millions of pesky insects. Wish we had our bats back in Nova Scotia.

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Lisa 4 years ago

Skypuppy!

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Patrick O'Brien 4 years ago

These pictures are as close as I ever want to get to Australia. And to think I once thought about hitchhiking across the Outback!

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Doggo Lover 4 years ago

This bat isn't even dangerous. Actually most bats won't hurt you. Even vampire bats just drink the blood of livestock also most of the time the animals dont even notice that the bat is there.

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Keilyn Hiilei 4 years ago

NO NO NO

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Flare 4 years ago

Awwwwwww!

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marnidarr 5 years ago

I love these guys! They are beautiful and NOT scary.

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Maximino Tovar 5 years ago

wow

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Mark Jaress 5 years ago

Hey, Count, How's it hanging?

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Andrea Greenwood 5 years ago

Flying foxes are not a 'nope,' they're one of the cutest things on the planet. It's like a sky doggo!

0points

Cathy Smith 5 years ago

Eats fruit and is harmless

0points

Enn Geecee 5 years ago

I love flying foxes. They’re beautiful

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Kamila Ferens 5 years ago

How is this a "nope"? They are adorable! Like cute cats with wings, I love them!!

0points

Ruth Kletke 5 years ago

Holy cr*p..

0points

Debra Duncan 5 years ago

omg

0points

Nici Davis 5 years ago

EXCUSE ME???? THOSE ARE FRUIT EATERS AND THEY LOOK LIKE FLYING FOES!!!

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Diana Rodz 5 years ago

This isn't a "nope", this is cute!

0points

Jus 5 years ago

Flying foxes are super cute, look at ugly microbats!

0points

Hayley Rodgers 5 years ago

I would adore getting to see something like this in person! Giant sky puppies are the best!

0points

Anh Aline Vuo 5 years ago

Gorgeous creature

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Kimmie Manniche 5 years ago

That’s not a nope. Not even close.

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Sarah Adams 5 years ago

He is his own blankie!

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Amra Chamberlain 5 years ago

😱

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Donna Reynolds 5 years ago

Good eeeevening. Did your day drive you batty?

0points

Matthew Mortillaro-McEntyre 5 years ago

what kind of bat is that?

0points

Brenda 5 years ago

What an ugly creature!...nasty

0points

Paula Robertson 5 years ago

He could have been in Hotel Transylvania!

0points

Val Harris 5 years ago

have you ever seen them as babies? They're sky puppies

0points

Val Harris 5 years ago

have you ever seen them as babies...they're adorable lil sky puppies

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ERIN W. 5 years ago

Yes that would be something to see! I also like the Hammer Head bat, If you don't know what that looks like look it up on Google they're amazing!

0points

Taffy Lindley 5 years ago

Awww, nothing wrong with this one... It's really cute!! Does look like a Dark Fox with Vampire wings... And I'm pretty sure that they only eat fruits

0points

Rob Pike 5 years ago

Nope is the right word.

0points

Rob Pike 5 years ago

Nope

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danielw 5 years ago

"Hi. Whatcha doing? No...up here."

0points

Linda Sellers 5 years ago

I love Bats, especially fruit bats and the flying fox bats. Just look how cute he is!

0points

Liz Sahlin Johansson 5 years ago

🥰 I want one!!!

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Baby panda🥰 5 years ago

He cute

0points

Teri Pickin 5 years ago

"Grandpa!" from The Munsters!

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Đức Thắng 5 years ago

Me: who are you ? - I'm Batman

0points

Christine Dietzer 5 years ago

Oh, but they're adorable! I LOVE flying foxes so much!

0points

Sharon Hyatt 5 years ago

I really like him Totally harmless to humans ..... he could hang around as long as he wanted !

0points

John Farley Jr. 5 years ago

Batman is real!

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Deannia Thompson 5 years ago

Omg

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Danielle Renee 5 years ago

i think they're cute

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Daisy Cartwright 5 years ago

Aw he's just trying to have a little rest

0points

Tegan Pick 5 years ago

i like big batts and i cannot lie

0points

Ben Cook 5 years ago

The Germans may call them flying mice (fair enough) but I think of them as wingpuppies.

0points

Doreen Pinkham 5 years ago

Beautiful creatures. I would love it if I found one hanging outside my house.

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Momo Skarsgård 5 years ago

So creepy yet really cute!!

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Taliba Snyder 5 years ago

They are so darn cute. I donate to a sanctuary that takes care of them.

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Jordan Coté 5 years ago

"Good evening...infidel"

0points

Zsuzsanna Szucs 5 years ago

If this would be on my house, I would name him Bruce Wayne.

0points

katboxjanitor 5 years ago

Definitely a big startle factor if you are stepping out the door!

0points

Christy Martin 5 years ago

Oh my gosh just gosh he huge!!!

0points

Chloe Ross 5 years ago

Fruit bat - maybe rabies - but not as bad as they pretend

0points

Sheree Norton 5 years ago

Bird watching is a nope for me.

0points

Margaret Fitzgerald 5 years ago

Cute!

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Mike Procaccini 5 years ago

Ahh HELL NO!!

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Mary Hurst 5 years ago

Saw them hanging from the tree limbs in Cairn when I visited last year. That were quite noisy at night and one certainly didn’t have to worry about bugs.

0points

Michelle Muirhead 5 years ago

I am looking at you hooman, and I think you are wanting!

0points

Christine Ladyman 5 years ago

Oh look at that face, I love these bats!

0points

Diana Hockley 5 years ago

They won't touch you if you leave them alone.

0points

Mary Patterson 5 years ago

He looks like Vlad

0points

Ashley Coe 5 years ago

What a Cutie, I'd wanna pet 'em

0points

Ashley Coe 5 years ago

What a cutie, I'd wanna pet him.

0points

Dianna 5 years ago

Amazing how big this guy is.

0points

Joyce Berman 5 years ago

We used to have a bat who lived above our doorway. He kept all the bugs away and never bothered us. So cute!

0points

Sandy J Renfroe 5 years ago

FULL SIZE DRACULA

0points

ptm45 5 years ago

not scary

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Tony Williams 5 years ago

Awww HES cute I love 🦇 bats🥰🥰🥰

0points

MsDenise Corley 5 years ago

DANN that b***h is bigger than me i didn't know they get that6

0points

Marky 5 years ago

Why nope? Just look at his eyes, so cute, I love bats!

0points

Full Name 5 years ago

I want to feed it some banana.

0points

OTTER 5 years ago

Good morning... Sleep well?

0points

Jocelyn 5 years ago

"Excuse me, you disturbed my sleep"

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Billy Beecham 5 years ago

Such a cutie! Cannot figure out why people are so afraid of them.

0points

Karen Klinck 5 years ago

Mostly because they're idiots.

1point

Ximena Aldana 5 years ago

I don't see any problem here

0points

Dian Parama Kosala 5 years ago

Nanananana......nawnawanawnawnonononononopenopenope...

0points

Fran Townsend 5 years ago

Adorable!

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Konstantine 5 years ago

Because I am Batman

0points

Torhild Hansen 5 years ago

Cuter than his cousin count Dracula.

0points

lacartelera 5 years ago

cool!

0points

Laana 5 years ago

Scrolling down on the side of the screen not to touch “it” 😬

0points

Jen Powell 5 years ago

That is not a nope. I'd be happy to see these.

0points

Enedina Stockhaus 5 years ago

Holy Cow ‼️

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Intan Shafinas 5 years ago

Cute with the eyes closed. If he's staring like that, I got the chilling like do u want my blood Mr vamp 😱😱

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Carmen Honacker 5 years ago

But he is adorable!!!

0points

Peta Hurley-Hill 5 years ago

These guys are absolutely adorable.We get them in our fruit trees at night,towards the end of Summer,eating the left overs...They sound really cool as they "swoop" past your head,but they are harmless and super cute.

0points

wusah 5 years ago

This just cool

0points

Muoma Ekpe 5 years ago

That would scare the shot out of me

0points

Jacki Wilson 5 years ago

He's so cute! Thanks for letting us know what happened to him.

0points

Francesca Gubellini 5 years ago

Cute little thing. Ok huge thing. But I absolutely LOVE bats of all sizes. They are so cute!

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

I saw large fruit bats like this hanging from trees in Senegal and teeny-tiny bats (the size of a smallish woman’s hand) fly out of a wat in Phnom Penh in the millions. They’re really cool; however, after a while I stopped going into caves because the bat-pee smell was just too overwhelming.

0points

Amaranthim Talon 5 years ago

He's not dangerous-

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JCollins 5 years ago

It would make a great Halloween decoration

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Ashley Dopp 5 years ago

I have no idea why but I keep looking at this picture and laughing.

0points

Mark Peels 5 years ago

let’s go and find them. Lovely animals

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Mark Peels 5 years ago

nice Lets go down under

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guy greej 5 years ago

Hello. Bla bla bla bla

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Jo Choto 5 years ago

It's just a big ol' fruit bat. Won't hurt anybody. it's beautiful. That's a YUP animal.

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Puller Lanigan 5 years ago

These are lovely harmless creatures (unless you are fruit).

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Sandy Kavanaugh 5 years ago

Such cute little ears!!!!

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guy greej 5 years ago

Hello, bla bla bla bla.

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Lynne Gray 5 years ago

Would love one of these in my garden ❤️

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Delgada 5 years ago

They are cute and they eat fruits. So nothing scary.

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Max L. 5 years ago

He looks wondering why don't you mind your business while he takes a nap.

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Johanna-Nicollette Kidd 5 years ago

Ikea cat

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Roy Phillips 5 years ago

Nosferatu ?!?

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AMEN510 AMen 5 years ago

I wish I could wrap myself up like that! It's really a cool bat! <3

0points

Vanessa Bennett 5 years ago

The earsies are cute...the earsies are cute....just look at he earsies....

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rhyan lumilay 5 years ago

Isn't it just a flying fox? usually fruits are their main diet.

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Carol Taylor 5 years ago

as a suburban Australian e have these guys flying over our back yards nightly..all you can hear is their wings as they fly over..OH..and the most annoying thing is when they hang in a tree over your car and go to the toilet on it..l tell yah, if you don't clean that off soon it eats your paint off the car..

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Teri Donovan 5 years ago

Nope. Rat with wings.

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elfin 5 years ago

Dangerous? I'll bet people kill a lot more of every creature listed than they kill of our species.

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Debra Pearl 5 years ago

It'd be an unusual pet.

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Jennifer Pearson 5 years ago

mm ya...no.

0points

Crystal Pool 5 years ago

id be scared at first but then be like, omg cute flying dog

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Laura Lee 5 years ago

aww, he's adorbs!

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Moonwater Cat 5 years ago

WOW!!!

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Alison Burgess 5 years ago

Cute though!

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Alison Burgess 5 years ago

Well hello nope!

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Trix 5 years ago

Is this the real Batman?

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Shelley Cass 5 years ago

Bats are the only animals in Aus to carry rabies.

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Heather Sage 5 years ago

I ike this one!

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Kitty Fairycat 5 years ago

So cute!

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Magpie 5 years ago

In spite of the way the photo is set up: they are only about 30 cm long. umm 12 inches ish. Cute, gliders not flyers. They pollen, nectar and fruit.

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Steve Barker 5 years ago

Love that bat. And they are not aggressive.

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Guglielmo Marconi 5 years ago

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ChiveChilly 5 years ago

How is this nope? Cute thing :D

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Kelly 5 years ago

Adorable!

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Claire Silvers 5 years ago

These guys are incredibly important & not a threat to people whatsoever.

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Donna Reynolds 5 years ago

Bat. James Bat.

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Jim Price 5 years ago

Just hanging out, out of the rain.

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Cathy Jones 5 years ago

Also known as a fruit bat. These hang in the trees and are completely harmless and beautiful to watch flying and swooping across the evening sky

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Eileen Meredith 5 years ago

QT pie!

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Katharine Lancaster 5 years ago

I want him as a roommate!

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Terri Ent-correnti 5 years ago

I think hes just adorable!!!

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Sue Frayne 5 years ago

Love it 🥰

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Felicia Dale 5 years ago

These guys are super cute and, as far as I know, not dangerous to humans. In fact I've read they make wonderful pets.

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Simone-Catherine O’Riordan 5 years ago

Bats scare me when there flying around the place but I do find them cute, this one is cute but if it came near me I think I would lose my life

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Guido Klein-Weiss 5 years ago

Batmanning at its best! "You are violating the law!" Hahahahaaaa

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Eagle Girl 5 years ago

The words Mega & Bat should never be in the same sentence

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Mickie Ramos 5 years ago

That doesn't bother me one bit!

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Lyop 5 years ago

Cute! Terrifying, but cute.

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TigerDRena 5 years ago

What's scary about them? They are so gentle and sweet, and they love to eat fruits!

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Bakka Dawn 5 years ago

Love flying foxes!!!

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Mark Fuller 5 years ago

Totally with everyone else. This isn't a "nope", it's an, "awww! Cute! I wants me one!"

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Laura Vinther 5 years ago (edited)

Really reminds me of Barnabas Collins. That bod's a little too human.

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Ella Clark 5 years ago

I would love it!

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Mascha Claessens 5 years ago

It's definitely big, but definitely NOT a big NOPE. So cute!

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AuntyJem 5 years ago

Wow- impressively big. Cute, too

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Laura Bryan 5 years ago

I'd be inviting this guy into the house to tackle the mosquitoes I can't quite eradicate. He's cute!

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Merilyn Horton 5 years ago

They’re not that big, but they do make a lot of noise in the night.

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Mirribelle 5 years ago

These bats are awesome! No way is this a nope!

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Robert Robi Z 5 years ago

It's cute

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Camilla Melander Drakenborg 5 years ago (edited)

Flying puppies! Shout out to Batzilla for helping taking care of them

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Vaida Kuodytė 5 years ago

These are ADORABLE and entirely harmless. Wrong list :P.

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OWLbystarlight 5 years ago

Looks like a friend to me!

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Martata 5 years ago

Is it a bat though

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K Miller 5 years ago

Aww, more cute, less nope on this one...

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KäRTKN 5 years ago

Call van Helsing right away

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glowworm2 5 years ago

Whenever the giant bats show up on these lists, all I can think is how adorable these guys are!

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Zelda Blue 5 years ago

Great a bat that is larger than my baby!

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Amy Pattie 5 years ago

These guys are harmless, just really annoying.

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Arno Nüüm 5 years ago

Who would've thought... Batman is real.

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Tahani 5 years ago

Those are SO cute, I've seen some at a zoo, beautiful!

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Jo Bebe 5 years ago

I think zoos are sad

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Jennifer Jellison 5 years ago

But he's cute!

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Craptavaganza 5 years ago

Cutie!

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Laura Doherty 5 years ago

He's not scary, he's adorable!

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Sunzilla 5 years ago

Like a little dog. Cute.

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basson6 5 years ago

He looks like my Halloween decoration!

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basson6 5 years ago

He looks like my Halloween decorations !

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Jace 5 years ago

Meh. That’s just cute.

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Rissie 5 years ago

I'm sorry, but this little dude falls in the same category as koalas.

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Gail Porter 5 years ago

Get. Off ma. House !!! An DONT COME BACK !!!

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pony33 5 years ago

Where my big a*s gun

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Sue Chandler 5 years ago

Looks like satan waiting for you... YIKES!

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NWB 5 years ago

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MeggersTheFox 5 years ago

Aw, why nope? These guys are fantastic! I've done a few reports on bats of all types but flying foxes are my favorite, and in all honesty I've always loved the Sky puppies. So, i know this sounds like I'm being cocky and rude but I'd actually like to know why you dislike them, as I have trouble seeing other people's side of things on this particular subject.

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Lizards In Australia

Large lizard climbing a brick wall in Australia, showcasing the land of 'nope'.

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A Gang Of Robber Crabs Invade A Family Picnic In Australia

Camping in Australia surrounded by coconut crabs, chairs, and a campfire at night.

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From enormously big spiders to deadly venomous snakes, ferocious crocodiles, octopuses, and disgustingly overgrown earthworms, the Great Southern Land seems to have it all when it comes to nightmare fuel and creepy crawlies. We can probably all agree that some Australian animals look absolutely terrifying, but how dangerous are they really?

Believe It Or Not, This Is One Of The Least Dangerous Spiders We Have In Australia

Person holding a large spider on a broom in Australia, showcasing the unique wildlife.

This is the huntsman spider, a common friend to be found in houses and garden across Australia. He's harmless really, don't let his large size intimidate you. Huntsmen won't bite humans unless provoked, are not venomous and are actually handy to have around the place, he'll use his speed and agility to keep your cockroach population under control.
Think of the huntsman as a handy pet. Respect his space, let him do his job and he'll look after you well.

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Meanwhile In Australia

Australia wildlife: large snake constricting and swallowing a crocodile in the grass.

An olive python (Liasis olivaceus), western Australia's largest python, having a feed on an Australian freshwater crocodile (crocodylus Johnstoni).

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Araucaria Pine Cone, It's Been Reported To Kill People When Falling

Person holding a giant pine cone in Australia, illustrating the unique nature of the land.

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Around 170 snake species live in the country, 100 of which are poisonous. However, that’s not even the worst part: 21 out of the world’s 25 most venomous snakes inhabit Australia.

Do You Even Lift Bro?

Muscular kangaroo standing upright in the Australian outback, showcasing its powerful physique.

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Ladies And Gentlemen, The Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus Porosus)

Crocodile leaping out of the water near a boat in Australia, showcasing wildlife surprises.

I'm from Darwin, Australia and our rivers here are full of these monstrosities. This guy here is nicknamed Nifty, and he is about 6m long.

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Honey, There Is A Kid On Our Bug...

Child with a large green insect on their shoulder, showcasing Australia's exotic wildlife.

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Snakes kill less than 3 people a year in Australia, and the number of casualties seems even smaller when you compare it to the 11,000 individuals that snakes annually kill in Asia.

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Spider Frost. Rural Victoria, Australia

Australian landscape covered in spider webs, creating an eerie atmosphere.

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This Is How Australians Ensure Their Electricity Meter Doesn't Get Read

Large spider and web on an electricity meter, illustrating wildlife in Australia.

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Meanwhile, In Australia

Snake in an Australian toilet and shattered bathroom fixture, showing the surprising wildlife encounter.

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If poisonous snakes don’t cause you to scream and panic, then what about spiders? More than 2,400 different species of arachnids call the Land Down Under their home.

Among them is the deadly Sydney funnel-web spider, which can end a person’s life within 15 minutes of biting them. This spider always gets into the top lists of the world’s deadliest arachnids and doesn’t mess around: if you see one, nope, right out of there!

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Toads Riding On A Python

Snake in Australia covered with frogs, highlighting the country's exotic wildlife.

68mm just fell in the last hour at Kununurra. Flushed all the cane toads out of my brothers dam. Some of them took the easy way out - hitching a ride on the back of a 3.5m python.

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#14

Dead Whale Filled With Gas, On The Brink Of Exploding In Bunbury Yesterday

Unusual sea creature in Australia, resembling a large ball with ridges, emerging from the ocean.

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This Giant, Hot Pink Slug Is Only Found In A Single, Isolated Forest On An Extinct Volcano In Australia

Bright red slug on a rock in Australia, showcasing unique wildlife.

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That’s not to say that every single spider you encounter abroad is going to be a threat to you. Fortunately, less than 50 Australian spider species pose a threat to people. Let’s also not forget that most spiders are our friends and help keep the native insect population down.

Obviously, these tidbits of good news won’t really make Australia’s spiders any less scary to look at. Anyone with arachnophobia should probably still avoid Australia until they get over their fear of spiders and travel elsewhere for their summer vacation.

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You Know You're In Australia When Frogs Eat Snakes

Green tree frog entangled with snake on a brick surface in Australia.

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Meanwhile In Australia

A large snake inside an Australian store, handled by two people among clothing racks.

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March Of The Hairy Caterpillars

A long line of caterpillars crossing open grass in Australia.

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What is Australia’s Deadliest Animal?

It might come as a surprise, but Australia’s deadliest animal isn't one of its many venomous creatures. Forget the spine-chilling spiders or the fearsome crocodile. According to the NCIS (National Coronial Information System), the title of Australia’s deadliest animal goes to a far more familiar creature: the horse.

In the wild and rugged landscapes of Australia, where one might expect the most danger to come from its notorious wildlife, it’s actually horses, ponies, and donkeys that pose the greatest risk. From 2001 to 2017, horses have been responsible for the highest number of animal-related deaths in Australia, with 172 fatalities, mostly due to falls.

Cows and other bovine animals also rank high on the list, with 82 reported deaths for the same period of time, mainly through accidents rather than direct attacks. Even our loyal companions, dogs, hold a surprising rank as the third leading cause of animal-related fatalities, responsible for 53 deaths. Most victims were children and elderly people.

Meanwhile, creatures like snakes and spiders, while dangerous sometimes, have caused far fewer fatalities than one might expect.

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A Massive Earthworm Found In Queensland, Australia

Australian worm held in hand, showcasing the unique wildlife in Australia.

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Filling Up Your Fuel Tank In Australia? Yep That'll Try And Kill You Too

Snake at an Australian gas station pump, highlighting the country’s adventurous wildlife.

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Mother And Girlfriend Found This On The Beach Today

Unusual sea creature with tentacles on Australian beach sand, showcasing the land's wildlife.

This was found in Broome, Western Australia and looks like an anemone. More specifically, Dofleinia armata, the armed anemone. Also called the striped anemone. It is considered extremely dangerous as it can inflict painful stings that take months to heal.

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SkyNews reported 3 shark-caused fatalities in South Australia in 2023. This number is notable as there were only 8 deaths in the previous 22 years. Meanwhile, crocodiles kill an average of 1 or 2 people every year in Australia, with a peak in 2014 when 5 crocodile-related deaths have been reported (via The Guardian). However, it’s not just animals that can harm you in Australia.

The country is also known for its giant 10-kilogram pine cones that can fall on top of you, as well as tennis ball-sized hailstones that can cause severe damage if your head is unprotected. When in Australia, it’s best to either keep looking in all directions at once in search of threats or shut your eyes and wish you were somewhere safe and sound.

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Walked Up On The Back Of This Sign While Hiking In Australia...

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#23

Typical Road-Side Ditch In Australia

Crocodile encounters shark on muddy Australian riverbank, showcasing wildlife wonders.

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Why You Gotta Always "Check Your Shoes" In Australia

Snake hiding inside a red shoe, showcasing Australia's unique wildlife encounters.

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No wonder the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, beloved zookeeper and one of the bravest people in history, hails from Australia, where danger lurks around almost every corner, and you’re not sure which animal poses a threat.

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Aussie Mom Finds World's Second Most Poisonous Snake Hiding In Her Kid's Lunch Box

Small snake hiding in an orange lunchbox lid in Australia, near snacks and an apple.

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#26

Australia. Where Even The Hail Can Kill You

Large hailstones next to billiard balls on a wooden surface, showcasing extreme weather in Australia.

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In Australia Everything Is Trying To Kill You. Even Your Ceiling Lamp

Snake hanging from a ceiling light fixture in an Australian bathroom.

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So, How Many People Are Killed by Animals in Australia?

Based on the available data, from 2001 to 2017, there were 541 animal-related deaths in Australia, with an average of 32 deaths per year. As we’ve seen, among the most deadly animals in Australia, we don’t find any exotic dangers but very familiar faces—horses, cows, and dogs—with land mammals accounting for 71% of all deaths by animals in the country.

These tragedies mainly happened on public roads (30.3%), homes (20.7%), and farms (19.2%).

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This Is Why You Always Have To Check The Toilet In Australia

A large snake curled inside a toilet bowl, showcasing Australia's notorious wildlife.

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#29

Blue-Ringed Octopus (Highly Venomous) On Hand

A blue-ringed octopus resting on a person's hand, showcasing Australia's wildlife.

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Welcome To Australia Where Insects Are The Size Of A Small Mammal

Giant stick insect on a wooden fence, showcasing Australia's unique wildlife.

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What is the Most Unusual Animal in Australia?

We’ve been all about the numbers so far, but what about picking Australia’s most unusual animal? There’s no objective answer to this (there are too many weird animals in Australia), but here’s our personal favorite.

Thorny Devil Lizard is a tiny, colorful reptile covered in spiky scales, which give it a dragon-like appearance and help collect and direct water to its mouth—something this species adapted for to survive in arid environments.

Found primarily in the central deserts of Australia, the Thorny Devil Lizard has a peculiar way of walking. He moves in a slow, rocking motion that helps it escape predators and feeds almost exclusively on ants.

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So My Friend Found This On Her Back Door. Only In Australia Right?

Giant Australian spider on window screen, showcasing the country’s notorious wildlife.

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Welcome To Australia

Python and bat encounter on an Australian road, showcasing nature's wild side.

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Damn Nature You Scary

Large termite mound in Australia with people for scale, showcasing the land of "Nope."

Picture of a termite mound in the northern territory of Australia, termites build the tallest structures out of any of the creatures on Earth. Humans would have to build something 10km (6.2 miles for those not on the metric system) tall to equal the scale of size of person to building. Termite mounds are also stronger than cement.

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#34

I’m Not Going Into The Kitchen Today! Ask Him To Make You Something

Large spider on a microwave in Australia.

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A Friend Of Mine Left For A Holiday In Australia Some Weeks Ago. I Asked Him How Things Were. He Send Me This Picture With The Reply "The Things I've Seen.."

Large spider in Australia on a windowsill, highlighting the country's notorious wildlife.

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#36

Welcome To Australia, Where Frogs Eat Snakes

Frog eating a snake in Australia, showcasing wildlife interactions in the land of 'nope'.

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#37

The Net Casting Spider (Ogre Faced Spider) Hang Upside Down With A Net Made Of Their Silk Waiting For Their Prey To Walk Underneath Them

A large spider in Australia hangs from a web, showcasing the country's diverse wildlife.

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#38

The Flies Are Much Worse Than The Spiders In Australia

Man in orange shirt covered with flies in Australia.

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A Pic A Mate Took Last Night. Awesome Spidley. South East Queensland, Australia

Large spider on a hand in Australia, showcasing wildlife.

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#40

Every Winter Black Portuguese Millipedes Invade The South Of Western Australia

Massive group of black millipedes in Australia, showcasing the diverse wildlife.

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#41

A Whole Lot Of Pain. Thousands Of Portugese Man O War Jellyfish Washed Up On A Beach In Australia

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In Australia, Snakes Need A Police Escort

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Welcome To Australia

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Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

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Trying To Catch A Mouse In Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Aussie Hitchhiker

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Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

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Typical Workplace Hazard - Australia

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#49

In Australia, Even Our Crocodile, Jellyfish, Arachnid - Free Pond Are Deadly

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Found This Pile Of Nope While On Holiday In Australia

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Bees Living On A BBQ In Australia

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Found On The 16th Hole, Fraser Lakes Golf Course Australia

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In Australia, This Is Why We Check Our Shoes

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In Australia, Hornets Kill Spiders The Size Of Your Hand And Then Drag Them Across Ones Backyard. Twice In 24 Hours

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Phellus Piliferus From Western Australia

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50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

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What's That? A Tribe Of Newly Hatched Friggin' Baby Spiders That's What

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#57

I Need A Whole Bunch Of People To Tell Me That This Isn't True. Right Now

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A Huge Toad Being Held Without Any Camera Trickery

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Something You Don't Want To Meet In The Deep - Lizard Fish (Bathysaurus Ferox)

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It's Pretty And From Australia, So Must Be Deadly. But Actually This One Is Almost Harmless

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A 'Mysterious' And Unknown Species Of Jellyfish That Washed Up On The Shore Of Tasmania, Australia

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I Have A Feeling Today Isn't The Best Day To Go For A Swim. (Newcastle Beach, Australia)

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Legless Lizard Found In South East Queensland Australia

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

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You Know It’s Summer In Australia When These 8 Handy Spooky Boiz Come To Visit

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#65

Spider Catching A Snake In Western Australia. The Snake Lost

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So My Friend Just Had A Shower Visitor

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Found This Guy Trying To Sneak His Way Into My Room

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#68

Meanwhile In Australia - Horrors Under The Bed

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This Is Why You Don't Leave Your Shoes Outside In Australia

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This Snake Got Into My Friends Bird Cage And Ate Their Parrot, Then Was Too Fat To Get Out (Australia)

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This Is Why We Check Our Shoes Before Putting Them On In Australia

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Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

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The Reason Aussie's Wear Thongs (Flipflops)

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My Little Friends

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This Spider In Australia

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We Built A Nesting Box For Some Local Kookas And This Little Monster Was The Result

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Daria B 5 years ago (edited)

Majestic Beasts and Where to Find Them → in Australia. ♥

80points

Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

They forgot Drop Bears and Hoop Snakes in that case! 😆

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Sasha Taylor 5 years ago

Honestly.....I have lived in Australia and this is overrated...I have seen spiders but none quite as big as that....I have seen maybe 2 snakes outside of a zoo....and just don't leave your shoes outside! To me that is common sense!

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Magic567 5 years ago

do u live in the outback cause these are all locals to me...

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Edgy 3rd grader 5 years ago

same here. the same thing could be applied to every country. america with there bears and guns, India with there poisonous snakes, bali with there abandoned dogs and rubbish issue. you could do this to every country. This article annoys me and scares me. (ive lived here for all my life and have never witness things like this)

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Elle Malkamäki 5 years ago

I agree. I’m Australian, accident prone as f**k, and if it were really that dangerous I’d be dead a thousand times over by now. Never seen a snake outside of a zoo

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Samantha Angell 8 months ago

I watch animal documentaries a lot and I have/had seen many on the state that I moved to a few years back. I was so prepared (admittedly, excited) to deal with spiders, scorpions, cool lizards and snakes-that-are-actually-venomous.... I've seen a handful of small lizards, some coyotes, and a donkey. And I travel all over the state for work. I am genuinely disappointed.

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Kate Robertson 5 years ago

where do you live then? i live in a city and i see about 2 snakes day

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Bron 5 years ago

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Ian Taggart 5 years ago

You probably just didn't get too close to the wild side of things. Just beware the mosquitoes. They carry deadly diseases.

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Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

I still want to go to Australia someday, believe it or not. Mostly because I know there's more to Australia than the stupid 'everything wants to kill you' punchline/meme.

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Diver Driver 5 years ago

Start by reading the book "In A Sun Burnt Country" funny and informative. I read after about 4 trips there.

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Red 5 years ago

You should definitely come to Australia because it's actually a really nice place to be in :) - from an aussie

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Margareth Su 5 years ago

winery. beer. yarra valley. I LOVE that valley. It's so pretty and refreshing!

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David Jeu 5 years ago

Also those animals are majestics! :)

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Väinö-Oskari Astala 5 years ago

In Terry Pratchett's Lost Continent there was discussion about the dangerous animals of XXXX (discworld version of Australia). After magical library dumped enough books for small library on the floor, they asked for list of harmless animals. Result: Small piece of parchment with words: "Some of the sheep".

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Well, Scotland has bird-eating deer.

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SirPatTheCat 5 years ago (edited)

How do things get inside so easily? Seriously wondering! Some of those spiders are so big they'd have to walk through the front door?! (It's even worse to think that they got in when they were tiny and grew up in your house >-

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tuzdayschild 5 years ago

Going to look at a map right now to see if my country far enough away from Australia.

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LSR 4 years ago

The archetypical "Oh I just understand stereotypes" ignorant douchebag. Stay in your country, no one wants your ignorant brain anywhere else as a tourist.

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Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)

The most dangerous animal that causes the most deaths is not listed. The horse. The horse kills more humans annually than all these animals put together. So please don’t let this list scare you and stop you from visiting Australia because we have so much amazing things to offer and it would be a shame to miss them from a misguided fear.

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Sasha Taylor 5 years ago

Fully agree! Guys Australia is so amazing and definitely worth visiting!

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Diver Driver 5 years ago

Been there several times the local people (Sydney and Melbourne aside) are great as well as the sights.

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Actually, the most dangerous animal is man,and you can't avoid that. So go enjoy yourselves!

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Linn Gould 5 years ago

Well they did forget the Stonefish. Ugly bugger that hides in the sand waiting for you to stand on them upon which you could die. Based on my fear of them. They are deadly but don’t want you to stand on them. And they are uglier than stones

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SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

I agree that it's bad that Australia has the stereotype of being dangerous and everything there wants to kill you, since I'm sure it's actually a really cool place. But I do think as well that many people, including myself, are more creeped out rather than scared that things are gonna kill us lol

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Monty Is Fiennes 5 years ago

Yes... I love my country....But it all depends on where you live as to what kinds of danger you may be in and what you may see. For instance, I come from North Queensland in the tropics where jellyfish stings and crocodiles are just something you have to be aware of in your life. I have lived in the bush of rural New South Wales and dealt with a lot of different animals including venomous Red Bellied Blacks (we regularly saw about 5-6 snakes) whom we really appreciated as they keep down populations of pest animals and are quite docile. Living in cities you may never see more than a couple of Daddy Long Legs and some geckos.... Great place...

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Keisha Washington 5 years ago

I think I'm going to stay home and NEVER EVER set true sights on Australia except in pictures of pretty things that are not included in all of the NOPE that Australia has.

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Katie Crochet 5 years ago

You should try staying home IN AUSTRALIA.

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Saulo Frota 5 years ago

You know, I live in a town located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest (Manaus), and even I wouldn't dare to step a foot in Australia.

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Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago

Hell for people with fear of snakes or spiders. I don't have those fears but I would probably be screaming most of the time while encountering all those creatures. Not used to it.

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Gwen Pollock 5 years ago

Can I just say nope to everything?!

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Keisha Washington 5 years ago

Yep

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Kelly Landis 5 years ago

Snakes are (for the most part) VENOMOUS not poisonous. If you bite it and you die, that’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, that’s venomous.

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Peta Hurley-Hill 5 years ago

In rural Australia ,where I live ,the rule of thumb,don't leave shoes,bags etc outside,check under toilet seats (and inside toilet roles :/) be aware of your surroundings(we have many venomous snakes on our property ,but you rarely see them.I think it's odd that the article didn't mention Redback Spiders , Wolf Spiders,Whitetail Spiders(all venomous),Fire Ants,Jumping Jack ants,Bull ants (very nasty stings form all of them) or Brown Snakes or Taipans both large, fast-moving, highly venomous snakes or even the Red Bellied Black ,venomous but quite shy and usually only bites when stepped on. Summer is the worst for ALL these. things ,except roos they are always about.We have bloody great eagles as well.Be respectful most creatures and they will leave you alone ...Except spiders ,they are big and terriying ,run away! Here is a photo of the two Wedged Tailed eagles that nest on our place,eating a full sized dead sheep! 26993857_1...06b01e.jpg

3points

Dana 5 years ago

Who all on BP lives in Australia?

3points

Katie Crochet 5 years ago

Yep

1point

Richard Keel 5 years ago

Whoever wrote this article is an idiot - why do they keep saying "poisonous" when they mean "venomous"? They're two completely different things

3points

Shelley DuVal 3 years ago

When another animal (birds for example) eat a poisonous snake, they die. If the snake was quick and bit the bird then the bird dies from the venom. So when the author used both poisonous and venomous in the same sentence they are referring to both. Also educated Aussies understand the difference of both words and will use the correct word in a description.

0points

Mama Panda 5 years ago

I don't care if you all say the spiders are smaller than the pictures, I would be screaming my food head off every damn minute!!! There is no way in hell I would ever visit Australia now. /shudders and scratches every part of her body because she thinks there are spiders on her!

3points

ispeak catanese 5 years ago

This was awesome and thanks to Foxxy and all the Aussies who shared info!

3points

lazy panda 5 years ago

I'm glad I went to Australia before I realized how many animals could kill me.

3points

Podunkus 5 years ago

Sleep well tonight, my darlings. Sleep well.

3points

Brodie 5 years ago

Every Christmas we have a snake show up. Every. Single. Christmas. For the last 5 years. Last year the snake was on the pool slide then another on the road to Grandparents, year before that mum thought we hung a garland on the door. It was NOT a garland. Mum HATES snakes. All my friends know to refer to it as the “s” word.

3points

ispeak catanese 5 years ago

It's your family's Snake on the Shelf! I shuddered at the thought of a snaky door garland. 🐍

3points

Arno Nüüm 5 years ago

*sings* They try to make me go down under, I say no, no, no...

3points

Xavier Evans 5 years ago

Yeah... Australia does have a lot of dangerous creatures, but at least we aren't going to be killed by an assault rifle. Leave military equipment to be used for the purpose it was created.

2points

Sara Nicole 5 years ago

I do really think that Australia is a YES COUNTRY .. For me is the only country that can really cohabit with animals .. They learn how to live with everything that moves .and respect their environment .That is incredible , and believe me i´m scare of spiders and another bugs .. Australia is a really big example for so many country .. we have so much to learn with animals, and have a lot to learn with us too.. there´s a deep connection between everything that lives .. and we should give sense to that .

2points

Care 5 years ago

A solid 70% of these made me want to scream

2points

Martata 5 years ago

Level 99 inferno mode. Nopeland. Nature definitely wins in Australia.

2points

Chrissa P 5 years ago

I live in the pacific nw...it is an area with only garter snakes. I am afraid of snakes and see them often. It is my super power to hear or see them (yes hear them, on more than one occasion I have said "i hear something in the grass' and moments later i have spotted the tiny snake.)

2points

Väinö-Oskari Astala 5 years ago

Nuke it. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

2points

Keisha Washington 5 years ago (edited)

I buy flame throwers in bulk for normal house spiders can't even imagine what I'd need for spiders in Australia

0points

nanashi 5 years ago

I'm one of those that immediately plans my next vacation to Australia so I can meet all them spiders and snakes. they look so fascinating.

2points

ELEPHANT 1 year ago

Reason #58483 why I never want to go to Australia

1point

Serenity Kinney 3 years ago

what are the red spiders?

1point

Adam Rindegård 4 years ago

im going to australia after covid is over

1point

Jim Ellington 4 years ago

Drop beats, not bears.

1point

Leah Jeanette 5 years ago

40 reasons why New Zealand is a great alternative for those wishing to visit Australia.

1point

Daria Z 5 years ago

My first reaction: "shiiiiiiit, how do you guys LIVE there?!!!" The second and onward reactions were pretty much the same tbh :D (I'm from Russia)

1point

Jo Choto 5 years ago

My chief problem in Australia is not knowing whether something is deadly or just looks menacing. I end up being cautious of every single creature, because you just don't know.

1point

Bored Alchemist 5 years ago

I live in Australia and most of the creatures on this list are actually quite harmless.

1point

Amber Cook 5 years ago

Well.... this just ruined me form EVER wanting to travel to Australia! All of these are HUGE NOPE NOPE NOPES!

1point

Ms Phit 5 years ago

Ok, well this saved me from buying a very expensive flight ! (I'll be going to go horse trekkkng in Ireland instead- probably more dangerous but it's a lifelong dream and I'm a decent rider)

1point

Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)

Definitely more dangerous lol. More people are killed by horses in Australia than all the animals in this list put together. 😝

1point

Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

If anyone here is feeling adventurous, I’d be happy to show them the sights and sounds of good ol’ Melbourne! No snakes or spiders here! Not in plain sight at least :P

1point

Cat 5 years ago

Survival mode: Australia

1point

Chris Kourou 5 years ago

Yeap, Australia is out of my travel list :D

1point

Missy Barton 5 years ago

Why do we keep Australia around?

1point

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Remind me again of the alternatives...

0points

Cristina Steele 5 years ago

I had a teacher from Australia who told us stories about her childhood and how her parents always told her to sweep the giant spiders out with a broom. She awoke one night with a massive spider on her wall and squished it. She then got yelled at by her parents because they had to repaint her wall.

1point

Elise Pimenta 5 years ago

This is a lot of nope. There's plenty of nopes where I live, but I haven't run across snakes or spiders that are as big as the ones in the pictures.

1point

Athina Gallina 2 months ago

If Canada was not my home...Australia would be the only other country I would live. Went to high school there many many years ago. Yes I met spiders and snakes but still a beautiful country

0points

Bookish Panda 3 months ago

It was one of my dreams to visit australia... not anymore!

0points

Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago

Well this list just made me not want to go to Australia even more...

0points

charlene dehart 9 months ago

Don’t like the bugs here in WI, or snakes and other creatures . Insects. . Yes I am afraid of everything .

0points

Lady Gypsy Rain 10 months ago

Sorry. Not sorry. The only way I’d ever visit Australia after this list is if they took a blow torch to the entire continent and started over. F*****g hell!

0points

Lady Gypsy Rain 9 months ago

Downvote peodophile doesn’t like me freely expressing my fears. Poor boomer

0points

Hestia 1 year ago

A n x i e t y

0points

Jeffery 2 years ago

Australia is actually a beautiful place!!

0points

Samuel Squires 2 years ago

Checks out. I've seen a tourist charged by a great white, my cat was killed by a snake, I was even bitten by one of those big green stick insects soneone said was harmless 🤣 But most creatures are reasonable

0points

Lene 2 years ago

And this list made all my doubts disappear: I will not be going to Australia ever. Even if the list is exaggerated (I'm sure it must be!) I do not wish to be that near to such animals. You can all have Australia in peace. 😬

0points

Merilyn Horton 2 years ago

Always look first!

0points

Marion Friedl 2 years ago

My Facebook friend Vicki lives in the Adelaide area, but the "creepiest" animal she ever found in her garden was a (for humans) non-venomous huntsman spider. I think it depends on the area you live in if you also find venoumous snakes and other dangerous animals "down under".

0points

lafayette 2 years ago

i had to check my legs, hair, floor, and the celing

0points

Jigsaw's Puzzle 3 years ago

Nope im staying in America thank you very much.

0points

WWE Fan 3 years ago

I lost my appetite...

0points

youshouldseemeinacrown 3 years ago

I feel like everyone thinks that's all there is to Australia. It's not. It's absolutely amazing. Sometimes yeah, you have to be cautious of the wildlife but still.

0points

notyourgirl 4 years ago

I will now have nightmares tonight😱 they are all cool but like bro what the heck... 😨😰😨

0points

PolkaEclipse 4 years ago

This was kinda offensive to me, because I doubt the person who made this has even visited Australia, and they are just saying "Don't visit Australia because there's these animals that live here"

0points

Gal Kui 4 years ago

OMG. This is so scary. All of those creatures are scary. Im terrified of a normal grasshopper and the normal tiny spiders. I definitely wouldn't have the courage to live there simply because of these humongous creatures!!!

0points

Hunter Bradley 4 years ago

No offense to Australia but i'm staying hear id rather not be chased by snake eating frogs

0points

Rhiannon C 4 years ago

I'm not going to Australia anymore...

0points

Lorelai White 4 years ago

i've nevr been 2 Austraila, but i've always wanted 2 go. this will TOTALLY covine all the scardey cats in my family......

0points

Moji Pagoda 4 years ago

Makes America feel boring. The worst we have is Vegas

0points

Isog Sargent 4 years ago

Winter is a wonderful thing.

0points

mrrsearch 3 years ago

Isog Sargent haha

0points

albertocm 4 years ago

Isog Sargent follower

0points

malolonto 4 years ago

Isog Sargent +

0points

kellywsmith 4 years ago

Isog Sargent good

0points

Jetto Scranda 4 years ago

Still forgot some iconic dangers like the Portuguese Man O' War jellyfish that if you touch it... it can basically kill you.

0points

Susan Ho 4 years ago

I'd die in from heart attack in Australia!

0points

Susan Ho 4 years ago

I'd die from heart attack in Australia!

0points

Flare 4 years ago (edited)

If the amount of available oxygen on our planet was doubled, the spiders in the rest of the world would be this size. Apparently the average size of bugs depends on the amount of oxygen in the air.

0points

glorytherainwing 4 years ago

I MUST MOVE TO AUSTRALIA!! ALL THESE CUTE ANIMALS UN-LOVED!!?? I FEEL SO BAD

0points

Katie Crochet 5 years ago

Yeah I’m Australian and I can confirm that these are defo 100% accurate.

0points

Flo Strohriegl 5 years ago

So I saw a crocodile eating a shark, a snake eating a crocodile, and a frog eating a snake. Australia, your food chain is messed up!

0points

Jo Lethbridge 5 years ago

Nope nope nope

0points

Adrianna Mattox 5 years ago

And I thought America was crazy...

0points

Brenda 5 years ago

Probably in every country there can be photos the "worst of the worst " pics of creatures like insects, snakes, etc...so, there is always gonna be that country that has certain animals etc that will freak out people...like myself!

0points

Akashdeep Singh 5 years ago

never going to australia

0points

Gene Robbins 5 years ago

Amazing that Noah could fit all these into the Ark... :P

0points

Patsy Nossiter 5 years ago

On the walk to the beach. possumsnak...4c55d7.jpg

0points

Xx_MysticWolf_xX xX 5 years ago

I've always wanted to go on a trip to Austrailia, not anymore. Nope nope nope. I have the worst case of Arachnaphobia, even a bigger NOPE.

0points

María B. Kaiser 5 years ago

I love animals, but those spiders are disturbing! Nope, nope, nope

0points

Jjjane20 5 years ago

I am so so so happy that I live where I live, but interesting pictures anyway.

0points

Lee Maidana Kuhl 5 years ago

I would love to visit Australia but the only thing that scares me about AUS are the creepy stories I have listened to on YouTube. The absolute lack of internet, long stretches of highway with no town in sight, gas stations or some locals/transplants directing you down deserted roads at night into nowhere land. The rest are fine by me, I love spiders, snakes and bats. Though I live in Texas and we have our fair share of dangerous/venomous creatures, various rattlesnake/copperhead snakes, scorpions, brown recluse spider and wild boar/hogs. The boars are extremely aggressive and destroy crops and eat 10x’s their weight in agriculture. Though, I have never tried to catch a spider or a snake in Australia and put the little guy outside like I do here in Texas.

0points

Gemma Lees 5 years ago

My brother-in-law and his girlfriend have been in Aus for 7 years now and have just been given their permanent residency. I have no desire to visit them!

0points

Baby panda🥰 5 years ago

Too...many...spiders

0points

Jess Ehliger 5 years ago

Ya know honestly wouldn't mind all the free snakes and the spiders etc. The thing that would break me would be the excessive amount of flys and the serial killers

0points

sixdeadelves 5 years ago

I used to think that I wanted to visit Australia...

0points

giovanna 5 years ago

I. COULD. NOT. LIVE. THERE.

0points

Sloane Christopher 5 years ago

I think the boring company can make a fortune selling flame throwers in this country.

0points

sandeep kolikapudi 5 years ago

It's official.. i am never going to Australia

0points

Niito 5 years ago

I love all kind of parrots and would love to see flocks living in the wild, buuut I think if I ever travel there I'd be paranoid about insects all the time...

0points

Diana Crawford 5 years ago

I had enough!

0points

Cindy Snow 5 years ago

No wonder they used to send criminals there. Just add definite and it's truely hell on earth.

0points

Candy Taylor 5 years ago

I would love to visit Australia, but I don’t think I could deal with those spiders. Snakes I don’t have a problem with.

0points

Sunzilla 5 years ago

But, WHY are they so big?

0points

I'm groot 5 years ago (edited)

Well...ok then

0points

Mary McGovern 5 years ago

Do not visit Australia without CRATES of RAID!

0points

Amber Handy 5 years ago

I hated everything about this. 😨

0points

Red 5 years ago

Welcome to Australia :)

0points

Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

"75 Reasons To Avoid Australia At All Costs"

0points

Danielle Renee 5 years ago

i'm not sure how anyone is alive there

0points

Michele Clarke 5 years ago

F**K NO!!!!!

0points

Michele Clarke 5 years ago

Except for the Bats, they are adorable!!

0points

Foxyloxylou 5 years ago

ah yes, Australia. also known as "remind-me-to-never-ever-in-a-miilion-years-come-here" land

0points

Harmony Wheeler 5 years ago

Why is spiderman from New York he is obviously supposed to be Australian. Godamn just no

0points

Karys Brichon 5 years ago

I am never going to Australia.

0points

Anni 5 years ago

Leeches are the things that scare me. In rainforests. Disgusting blood suckers.

0points

Jack Urquhart 5 years ago

I can hear vacation plans being cancelled all over the world.

0points

Kim Lorton 5 years ago

Didn’t see a weta bug! Unless those are just in New Zealand!

0points

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

NZ!

0points

Kim Lorton 5 years ago

That is a strong pass for me!

0points

Ms E 5 years ago

Uuggh it crawls all over me now >_<;;

0points

Alexander Brior 5 years ago

You know what? Maybe I should find Crash Bandicoot if I ever go to Australia.

0points

Grace Skerp 5 years ago

Advance Australia, but watch where you're stepping.

0points

Pernille Dyre 5 years ago

Thats it. I’m never going down there. The creepy stuff are too creepy and I HATE SNAKES....

0points

Tina-Marie Tarrant 5 years ago

Don't forget, thrown correctly, a thong (flip flop for the yanks) or a cup can kill you.

0points

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

We called them thongs when I was young...lo these many, many years ago.

0points

Tralee Aylett 5 years ago (edited)

I live in a tiny town and decent sized spiders come inside (esp in summer...and I'm a lil arachnophobic). At my Nan's farm there was a huge diamond python that lived in the hay shed (8ft long...not sure what that is in metres) and you'd find his skin every now and then (in the shed of around the branches of a huge pine tree. Dad used it to play a practical joke with the skin until Nan told him to get rid of it or she'd kill him lol. Not sure what happened to the snake. Ticks (paralysis) were worse than the snakes out there tho

0points

Vincent Jay 5 years ago

I won't sleep well tonight.

0points

Andressa Costa 5 years ago

Uhhhh...the spiders and snakes gives me shivers!

0points

Kirsten Lockwood 5 years ago

I’ve officially decided that I’m never going to Australia.

0points

Ian Taggart 5 years ago

I'm a zoologist. My ideal vacation: exploring Australia; a video game in real life.

0points

Ellie 5 years ago

No no no, I'm staying the hell away from Australia!

0points

Rosalind Harris 5 years ago

I do miss all the wildlife at home. Just sitting in the garden and enjoying all the animals.

0points

Marc Morgenstern 5 years ago

Apparently there are no horror films in Australia, be cause real life is that much more scary.

0points

Meeow 5 years ago

Australia is officially off the list, those damn snake came through on the ceiling lamp, these snakes are all over in Melbourne city, even in Sydney big city, they are on the beach too. Just check out Youtube you'll find these snakes all over the place.

0points

未周陸 5 years ago

The Power of Mother Natural ...... More Than A Feeling ......

0points

wusah 5 years ago

Nooooooooooooope

0points

ƒιѕн 5 years ago

C**p thanks, now i have to go back to people looking like their pets to get this out of my head, might even look at the penguins again.

0points

Sara Nicole 5 years ago

So yea you say No because you don´t allow yourself to see the pure nature... A closed mind it´s close system .. and a close system dies ..

0points

Glorz Andersen 5 years ago

living in the country I see and have many huntsman that are absolutely huge in my house and garden. I had such a good laugh looking at all of these

0points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

Every winter I tell my better half "There are advantages to living in a cold dry climate. This proves it."

0points

Anita Kowalzyk 5 years ago

I so want to go see all these creatures!

0points

Bill 5 years ago

Before every deployment to Australia in the Outback , the safety brief on dangerous animals,plants and even trees was 2 hours

0points

Susan Riley 5 years ago

But there's also wombats and quokkas!!!

0points

Daniel Garcia 5 years ago

This is hell on earth? How the F&*# are there any people still living in that Jurassic World nightmare of a continent? Figured humans would be extinct there!

0points

Jordan W. 5 years ago

Ok, Ok. Aussies might downvote this post because of the title. If it was rephrased I would have like this post better, honestly..

0points

Magpie 5 years ago

USA: bears, alligators, cougars, black widow spiders, wolves, fire ants, Pit Vipers and coral snakes. I'm staying here in Australia :P

0points

Magpie 5 years ago

And guns. The stats on toddlers killing themselves and others "playing" with guns in USA are terrifying.

0points

Shirley Richard 5 years ago

Nope, nope, nope. I could get through 3 of these photos. Nope!

0points

Lachlan Steininger 5 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRAO_vG_K4

0points

Alice Teasdale 5 years ago

An extreme close up of a relatively small huntsman doesn't count as nope.

0points

Susan Gardner 5 years ago

The title says it all, NOPE

0points

Kim Bush 5 years ago

I could look at posts like these all day, beautiful and fascinating

0points

Isabelle 5 years ago

OMG...

0points

We'llSee 5 years ago

I'm sure to have some messed up dreams after this, can't even begin to decide which freaks me out more. Beautiful country but ....

0points

Wendy Vetting 5 years ago

Nope...

0points

D Jur 5 years ago

How is this even a place? It surrounded by water to keep those crazy things there lmao. Also how are there still any people alive? Everyone better hope they never unionize they'll take over the country then has access to the boats then were all doomed....I hate bugs and I could imagine visiting a place where they are literally the size of my head

0points

Margie S. 5 years ago

I loved this page. Great looking at all the amazing animals in Australia.

0points

jknbt jknbt 5 years ago

sign me up for my next vacation down under!

0points

devi L. 5 years ago

Want to punish your kid? Take em to Australia! Lol

0points

Yettichild 5 years ago

GAH!! Stop with the spiders please! I'm going to have nightmares tonight. I couldn't even finish the list.

0points

SweetCee 5 years ago

I braced myself for the photo and it stillll freaked me out....!

0points

Samantha Comerford 5 years ago

I reallly liked this article . I am getting ‘ bored’ of bored panda ‘ lately , as all I seem to see I’d. ‘ I recreated a different scene from , showing ‘. Yeh yeh bore off. More of this please @BoredPanda

0points

Sterrin Arnold 5 years ago

Ok, so, I looked at maybe 3 pics and freaked out!!!! I'm terrified of spiders and there is no amount of Chris Hemsworths that would make me move to Australia.

0points

Hinchess 5 years ago

Just crossed Australia off my "places I want to visit" list!

0points

misteriosa 5 years ago

If I ever visit Australia (which I would very much love to), I'll live in a bubble the whole time.

0points

Leo H 5 years ago

Nope...even if the Aussie women are hotties...

0points

Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago

Long ago some sadistic British bureaucrat said; We can really screw petty criminals, we'll ship them to Australia. Bwahaha.

0points

Zelda Blue 5 years ago

I've always wanted to go to Australia for a visit, it was on my bucket list. Needless to say that has been scratched off the list for good!! I refuse to go on vacation to someplace that has spiders and bugs that are the size of a small child. Not to mention all the freaking snakes. NOPE NOPE NOPE, I will enjoy Australia by reading National Geographic magazines.

0points

Martin Barilla 5 years ago

nope nope nope

0points

Akinwale 5 years ago

Amazing. I wonder how everything is big

0points

Enes Şahin 5 years ago

This is enough to give up to going to Australia

0points

ZombieGirl5591 5 years ago

I have changed my mind about planning a visit. I will admire from afar..

0points

Sandra Charlot 5 years ago

I'm atheist but now I believe in hell!

0points

Rose the Cook 5 years ago

No mention of the number of tourists that have disappeared or been found murdered in the past 12 months alone.

0points

Foxxy 5 years ago

Your more likely to get shot on any given day than murdered in Aus. A lot of the tourists that have disappeared are backpackers who hitchhike.

1point

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

Forget the crocodiles and giant snakes, those spiders are the worst!

0points

Foxxy 5 years ago

Most of the spiders shown are harmless huntsmans and nothing to worry about. They make great houseguests and keep the unwanted ones at bay.

1point

April Simnel 5 years ago

How did I not see any of this stuff when I was there? I was in Queensland, on the coast and in the interior, and all over New South Wales. Are the scary beasties all up near Darwin or something? Is it because I was there in the winter? 2 and half months, and all I saw were a couple of roos that were ~50 yards away, an emu, and a lot of galahs.

0points

Sasha Taylor 5 years ago

Honestly I don't know how this happens....people must leave their houses wide open and live out in the middle of the bush to get these kinds of animals in their houses...

2points

Lu 5 years ago

I regret looking at the photos, then pausing and looking some more.

0points

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TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago

Surprised they left out any snakes or spiders from this list 🙁

-1point

Cheryl Fontaine 5 years ago

Australia invented live export, australia culls its native wildlife, native habitat for the benefit of cattlemen and sheepmen. Australia is the second cruelest country on earth to its own animals. China being first, Spain being third. sorry australia, not only will I never come to your country for ANY reason, or spend one dime on your products, I hope you drown in your own stupidity.

-2points

Foxxy 5 years ago

A lot of countries culls wildlife for farming, just have a look at the US for example, not just for farming but also for housing, mining, and other infrastructure. The US exports more live stock/animals than Australia does, in 2013 Aus exported 3,160,610, whilst the US exported 94,775,607. Also look at the countries where rainforests are being destroyed at alarming rates killing off orangutans and other vulnerable animals etc due to the palm oil industry. Add on the countries that use animals for entertainment in cruel ways like being chained up, beaten, starved etc. Look at what the US does to its own citizens too with mass shootings almost daily. Might want to do more research before you deem Australia is the second cruelest country. Could we be better, of course we can but so can almost every other country. Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

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Daria B 5 years ago (edited)

Majestic Beasts and Where to Find Them → in Australia. ♥

80points

Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

They forgot Drop Bears and Hoop Snakes in that case! 😆

14points

Sasha Taylor 5 years ago

39points

Magic567 5 years ago

do u live in the outback cause these are all locals to me...

25points

Edgy 3rd grader 5 years ago

4points

Elle Malkamäki 5 years ago

I agree. I’m Australian, accident prone as f**k, and if it were really that dangerous I’d be dead a thousand times over by now. Never seen a snake outside of a zoo

1point

Samantha Angell 8 months ago

0points

Kate Robertson 5 years ago

where do you live then? i live in a city and i see about 2 snakes day

0points

Bron 5 years ago

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0points

Ian Taggart 5 years ago

You probably just didn't get too close to the wild side of things. Just beware the mosquitoes. They carry deadly diseases.

0points

Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

I still want to go to Australia someday, believe it or not. Mostly because I know there's more to Australia than the stupid 'everything wants to kill you' punchline/meme.

21points

Diver Driver 5 years ago

Start by reading the book "In A Sun Burnt Country" funny and informative. I read after about 4 trips there.

13points

Red 5 years ago

You should definitely come to Australia because it's actually a really nice place to be in :) - from an aussie

2points

Margareth Su 5 years ago

winery. beer. yarra valley. I LOVE that valley. It's so pretty and refreshing!

0points

David Jeu 5 years ago

Also those animals are majestics! :)

0points

Väinö-Oskari Astala 5 years ago

15points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Well, Scotland has bird-eating deer.

0points

SirPatTheCat 5 years ago (edited)

14points

tuzdayschild 5 years ago

Going to look at a map right now to see if my country far enough away from Australia.

12points

LSR 4 years ago

The archetypical "Oh I just understand stereotypes" ignorant douchebag. Stay in your country, no one wants your ignorant brain anywhere else as a tourist.

-3points

Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)

12points

Sasha Taylor 5 years ago

Fully agree! Guys Australia is so amazing and definitely worth visiting!

7points

Diver Driver 5 years ago

Been there several times the local people (Sydney and Melbourne aside) are great as well as the sights.

3points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Actually, the most dangerous animal is man,and you can't avoid that. So go enjoy yourselves!

1point

Linn Gould 5 years ago

1point

SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

1point

Monty Is Fiennes 5 years ago

7points

Keisha Washington 5 years ago

I think I'm going to stay home and NEVER EVER set true sights on Australia except in pictures of pretty things that are not included in all of the NOPE that Australia has.

6points

Katie Crochet 5 years ago

You should try staying home IN AUSTRALIA.

0points

Saulo Frota 5 years ago

You know, I live in a town located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest (Manaus), and even I wouldn't dare to step a foot in Australia.

5points

Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago

Hell for people with fear of snakes or spiders. I don't have those fears but I would probably be screaming most of the time while encountering all those creatures. Not used to it.

4points

Gwen Pollock 5 years ago

Can I just say nope to everything?!

4points

Keisha Washington 5 years ago

Yep

0points

Kelly Landis 5 years ago

Snakes are (for the most part) VENOMOUS not poisonous. If you bite it and you die, that’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, that’s venomous.

3points

Peta Hurley-Hill 5 years ago

3points

Dana 5 years ago

Who all on BP lives in Australia?

3points

Katie Crochet 5 years ago

Yep

1point

Richard Keel 5 years ago

Whoever wrote this article is an idiot - why do they keep saying "poisonous" when they mean "venomous"? They're two completely different things

3points

Shelley DuVal 3 years ago

0points

Mama Panda 5 years ago

3points

ispeak catanese 5 years ago

This was awesome and thanks to Foxxy and all the Aussies who shared info!

3points

lazy panda 5 years ago

I'm glad I went to Australia before I realized how many animals could kill me.

3points

Podunkus 5 years ago

Sleep well tonight, my darlings. Sleep well.

3points

Brodie 5 years ago

3points

ispeak catanese 5 years ago

It's your family's Snake on the Shelf! I shuddered at the thought of a snaky door garland. 🐍

3points

Arno Nüüm 5 years ago

*sings* They try to make me go down under, I say no, no, no...

3points

Xavier Evans 5 years ago

Yeah... Australia does have a lot of dangerous creatures, but at least we aren't going to be killed by an assault rifle. Leave military equipment to be used for the purpose it was created.

2points

Sara Nicole 5 years ago

2points

Care 5 years ago

A solid 70% of these made me want to scream

2points

Martata 5 years ago

Level 99 inferno mode. Nopeland. Nature definitely wins in Australia.

2points

Chrissa P 5 years ago

2points

Väinö-Oskari Astala 5 years ago

Nuke it. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

2points

Keisha Washington 5 years ago (edited)

I buy flame throwers in bulk for normal house spiders can't even imagine what I'd need for spiders in Australia

0points

nanashi 5 years ago

I'm one of those that immediately plans my next vacation to Australia so I can meet all them spiders and snakes. they look so fascinating.

2points

ELEPHANT 1 year ago

Reason #58483 why I never want to go to Australia

1point

Serenity Kinney 3 years ago

what are the red spiders?

1point

Adam Rindegård 4 years ago

im going to australia after covid is over

1point

Jim Ellington 4 years ago

Drop beats, not bears.

1point

Leah Jeanette 5 years ago

40 reasons why New Zealand is a great alternative for those wishing to visit Australia.

1point

Daria Z 5 years ago

My first reaction: "shiiiiiiit, how do you guys LIVE there?!!!" The second and onward reactions were pretty much the same tbh :D (I'm from Russia)

1point

Jo Choto 5 years ago

My chief problem in Australia is not knowing whether something is deadly or just looks menacing. I end up being cautious of every single creature, because you just don't know.

1point

Bored Alchemist 5 years ago

I live in Australia and most of the creatures on this list are actually quite harmless.

1point

Amber Cook 5 years ago

Well.... this just ruined me form EVER wanting to travel to Australia! All of these are HUGE NOPE NOPE NOPES!

1point

Ms Phit 5 years ago

Ok, well this saved me from buying a very expensive flight ! (I'll be going to go horse trekkkng in Ireland instead- probably more dangerous but it's a lifelong dream and I'm a decent rider)

1point

Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)

Definitely more dangerous lol. More people are killed by horses in Australia than all the animals in this list put together. 😝

1point

Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

If anyone here is feeling adventurous, I’d be happy to show them the sights and sounds of good ol’ Melbourne! No snakes or spiders here! Not in plain sight at least :P

1point

Cat 5 years ago

Survival mode: Australia

1point

Chris Kourou 5 years ago

Yeap, Australia is out of my travel list :D

1point

Missy Barton 5 years ago

Why do we keep Australia around?

1point

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Remind me again of the alternatives...

0points

Cristina Steele 5 years ago

1point

Elise Pimenta 5 years ago

This is a lot of nope. There's plenty of nopes where I live, but I haven't run across snakes or spiders that are as big as the ones in the pictures.

1point

Athina Gallina 2 months ago

If Canada was not my home...Australia would be the only other country I would live. Went to high school there many many years ago. Yes I met spiders and snakes but still a beautiful country

0points

Bookish Panda 3 months ago

It was one of my dreams to visit australia... not anymore!

0points

Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago

Well this list just made me not want to go to Australia even more...

0points

charlene dehart 9 months ago

Don’t like the bugs here in WI, or snakes and other creatures . Insects. . Yes I am afraid of everything .

0points

Lady Gypsy Rain 10 months ago

Sorry. Not sorry. The only way I’d ever visit Australia after this list is if they took a blow torch to the entire continent and started over. F*****g hell!

0points

Lady Gypsy Rain 9 months ago

Downvote peodophile doesn’t like me freely expressing my fears. Poor boomer

0points

Hestia 1 year ago

A n x i e t y

0points

Jeffery 2 years ago

Australia is actually a beautiful place!!

0points

Samuel Squires 2 years ago

0points

Lene 2 years ago

0points

Merilyn Horton 2 years ago

Always look first!

0points

Marion Friedl 2 years ago

0points

lafayette 2 years ago

i had to check my legs, hair, floor, and the celing

0points

Jigsaw's Puzzle 3 years ago

Nope im staying in America thank you very much.

0points

WWE Fan 3 years ago

I lost my appetite...

0points

youshouldseemeinacrown 3 years ago

I feel like everyone thinks that's all there is to Australia. It's not. It's absolutely amazing. Sometimes yeah, you have to be cautious of the wildlife but still.

0points

notyourgirl 4 years ago

I will now have nightmares tonight😱 they are all cool but like bro what the heck... 😨😰😨

0points

PolkaEclipse 4 years ago

This was kinda offensive to me, because I doubt the person who made this has even visited Australia, and they are just saying "Don't visit Australia because there's these animals that live here"

0points

Gal Kui 4 years ago

0points

Hunter Bradley 4 years ago

No offense to Australia but i'm staying hear id rather not be chased by snake eating frogs

0points

Rhiannon C 4 years ago

I'm not going to Australia anymore...

0points

Lorelai White 4 years ago

i've nevr been 2 Austraila, but i've always wanted 2 go. this will TOTALLY covine all the scardey cats in my family......

0points

Moji Pagoda 4 years ago

Makes America feel boring. The worst we have is Vegas

0points

Isog Sargent 4 years ago

Winter is a wonderful thing.

0points

mrrsearch 3 years ago

Isog Sargent haha

0points

albertocm 4 years ago

Isog Sargent follower

0points

malolonto 4 years ago

Isog Sargent +

0points

kellywsmith 4 years ago

Isog Sargent good

0points

Jetto Scranda 4 years ago

Still forgot some iconic dangers like the Portuguese Man O' War jellyfish that if you touch it... it can basically kill you.

0points

Susan Ho 4 years ago

I'd die in from heart attack in Australia!

0points

Susan Ho 4 years ago

I'd die from heart attack in Australia!

0points

Flare 4 years ago (edited)

If the amount of available oxygen on our planet was doubled, the spiders in the rest of the world would be this size. Apparently the average size of bugs depends on the amount of oxygen in the air.

0points

glorytherainwing 4 years ago

I MUST MOVE TO AUSTRALIA!! ALL THESE CUTE ANIMALS UN-LOVED!!?? I FEEL SO BAD

0points

Katie Crochet 5 years ago

Yeah I’m Australian and I can confirm that these are defo 100% accurate.

0points

Flo Strohriegl 5 years ago

So I saw a crocodile eating a shark, a snake eating a crocodile, and a frog eating a snake. Australia, your food chain is messed up!

0points

Jo Lethbridge 5 years ago

Nope nope nope

0points

Adrianna Mattox 5 years ago

And I thought America was crazy...

0points

Brenda 5 years ago

0points

Akashdeep Singh 5 years ago

never going to australia

0points

Gene Robbins 5 years ago

Amazing that Noah could fit all these into the Ark... :P

0points

Patsy Nossiter 5 years ago

On the walk to the beach. possumsnak...4c55d7.jpg

0points

Xx_MysticWolf_xX xX 5 years ago

I've always wanted to go on a trip to Austrailia, not anymore. Nope nope nope. I have the worst case of Arachnaphobia, even a bigger NOPE.

0points

María B. Kaiser 5 years ago

I love animals, but those spiders are disturbing! Nope, nope, nope

0points

Jjjane20 5 years ago

I am so so so happy that I live where I live, but interesting pictures anyway.

0points

Lee Maidana Kuhl 5 years ago

0points

Gemma Lees 5 years ago

My brother-in-law and his girlfriend have been in Aus for 7 years now and have just been given their permanent residency. I have no desire to visit them!

0points

Baby panda🥰 5 years ago

Too...many...spiders

0points

Jess Ehliger 5 years ago

Ya know honestly wouldn't mind all the free snakes and the spiders etc. The thing that would break me would be the excessive amount of flys and the serial killers

0points

sixdeadelves 5 years ago

I used to think that I wanted to visit Australia...

0points

giovanna 5 years ago

I. COULD. NOT. LIVE. THERE.

0points

Sloane Christopher 5 years ago

I think the boring company can make a fortune selling flame throwers in this country.

0points

sandeep kolikapudi 5 years ago

It's official.. i am never going to Australia

0points

Niito 5 years ago

I love all kind of parrots and would love to see flocks living in the wild, buuut I think if I ever travel there I'd be paranoid about insects all the time...

0points

Diana Crawford 5 years ago

I had enough!

0points

Cindy Snow 5 years ago

No wonder they used to send criminals there. Just add definite and it's truely hell on earth.

0points

Candy Taylor 5 years ago

I would love to visit Australia, but I don’t think I could deal with those spiders. Snakes I don’t have a problem with.

0points

Sunzilla 5 years ago

But, WHY are they so big?

0points

I'm groot 5 years ago (edited)

Well...ok then

0points

Mary McGovern 5 years ago

Do not visit Australia without CRATES of RAID!

0points

Amber Handy 5 years ago

I hated everything about this. 😨

0points

Red 5 years ago

Welcome to Australia :)

0points

Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

"75 Reasons To Avoid Australia At All Costs"

0points

Danielle Renee 5 years ago

i'm not sure how anyone is alive there

0points

Michele Clarke 5 years ago

F**K NO!!!!!

0points

Michele Clarke 5 years ago

Except for the Bats, they are adorable!!

0points

Foxyloxylou 5 years ago

ah yes, Australia. also known as "remind-me-to-never-ever-in-a-miilion-years-come-here" land

0points

Harmony Wheeler 5 years ago

Why is spiderman from New York he is obviously supposed to be Australian. Godamn just no

0points

Karys Brichon 5 years ago

I am never going to Australia.

0points

Anni 5 years ago

Leeches are the things that scare me. In rainforests. Disgusting blood suckers.

0points

Jack Urquhart 5 years ago

I can hear vacation plans being cancelled all over the world.

0points

Kim Lorton 5 years ago

Didn’t see a weta bug! Unless those are just in New Zealand!

0points

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

NZ!

0points

Kim Lorton 5 years ago

That is a strong pass for me!

0points

Ms E 5 years ago

Uuggh it crawls all over me now >_<;;

0points

Alexander Brior 5 years ago

You know what? Maybe I should find Crash Bandicoot if I ever go to Australia.

0points

Grace Skerp 5 years ago

Advance Australia, but watch where you're stepping.

0points

Pernille Dyre 5 years ago

Thats it. I’m never going down there. The creepy stuff are too creepy and I HATE SNAKES....

0points

Tina-Marie Tarrant 5 years ago

Don't forget, thrown correctly, a thong (flip flop for the yanks) or a cup can kill you.

0points

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

We called them thongs when I was young...lo these many, many years ago.

0points

Tralee Aylett 5 years ago (edited)

0points

Vincent Jay 5 years ago

I won't sleep well tonight.

0points

Andressa Costa 5 years ago

Uhhhh...the spiders and snakes gives me shivers!

0points

Kirsten Lockwood 5 years ago

I’ve officially decided that I’m never going to Australia.

0points

Ian Taggart 5 years ago

I'm a zoologist. My ideal vacation: exploring Australia; a video game in real life.

0points

Ellie 5 years ago

No no no, I'm staying the hell away from Australia!

0points

Rosalind Harris 5 years ago

I do miss all the wildlife at home. Just sitting in the garden and enjoying all the animals.

0points

Marc Morgenstern 5 years ago

Apparently there are no horror films in Australia, be cause real life is that much more scary.

0points

Meeow 5 years ago

0points

未周陸 5 years ago

The Power of Mother Natural ...... More Than A Feeling ......

0points

wusah 5 years ago

Nooooooooooooope

0points

ƒιѕн 5 years ago

C**p thanks, now i have to go back to people looking like their pets to get this out of my head, might even look at the penguins again.

0points

Sara Nicole 5 years ago

So yea you say No because you don´t allow yourself to see the pure nature... A closed mind it´s close system .. and a close system dies ..

0points

Glorz Andersen 5 years ago

living in the country I see and have many huntsman that are absolutely huge in my house and garden. I had such a good laugh looking at all of these

0points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

Every winter I tell my better half "There are advantages to living in a cold dry climate. This proves it."

0points

Anita Kowalzyk 5 years ago

I so want to go see all these creatures!

0points

Bill 5 years ago

Before every deployment to Australia in the Outback , the safety brief on dangerous animals,plants and even trees was 2 hours

0points

Susan Riley 5 years ago

But there's also wombats and quokkas!!!

0points

Daniel Garcia 5 years ago

This is hell on earth? How the F&*# are there any people still living in that Jurassic World nightmare of a continent? Figured humans would be extinct there!

0points

Jordan W. 5 years ago

Ok, Ok. Aussies might downvote this post because of the title. If it was rephrased I would have like this post better, honestly..

0points

Magpie 5 years ago

USA: bears, alligators, cougars, black widow spiders, wolves, fire ants, Pit Vipers and coral snakes. I'm staying here in Australia :P

0points

Magpie 5 years ago

And guns. The stats on toddlers killing themselves and others "playing" with guns in USA are terrifying.

0points

Shirley Richard 5 years ago

Nope, nope, nope. I could get through 3 of these photos. Nope!

0points

Lachlan Steininger 5 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRAO_vG_K4

0points

Alice Teasdale 5 years ago

An extreme close up of a relatively small huntsman doesn't count as nope.

0points

Susan Gardner 5 years ago

The title says it all, NOPE

0points

Kim Bush 5 years ago

I could look at posts like these all day, beautiful and fascinating

0points

Isabelle 5 years ago

OMG...

0points

We'llSee 5 years ago

I'm sure to have some messed up dreams after this, can't even begin to decide which freaks me out more. Beautiful country but ....

0points

Wendy Vetting 5 years ago

Nope...

0points

D Jur 5 years ago

0points

Margie S. 5 years ago

I loved this page. Great looking at all the amazing animals in Australia.

0points

jknbt jknbt 5 years ago

sign me up for my next vacation down under!

0points

devi L. 5 years ago

Want to punish your kid? Take em to Australia! Lol

0points

Yettichild 5 years ago

GAH!! Stop with the spiders please! I'm going to have nightmares tonight. I couldn't even finish the list.

0points

SweetCee 5 years ago

I braced myself for the photo and it stillll freaked me out....!

0points

Samantha Comerford 5 years ago

0points

Sterrin Arnold 5 years ago

Ok, so, I looked at maybe 3 pics and freaked out!!!! I'm terrified of spiders and there is no amount of Chris Hemsworths that would make me move to Australia.

0points

Hinchess 5 years ago

Just crossed Australia off my "places I want to visit" list!

0points

misteriosa 5 years ago

If I ever visit Australia (which I would very much love to), I'll live in a bubble the whole time.

0points

Leo H 5 years ago

Nope...even if the Aussie women are hotties...

0points

Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago

Long ago some sadistic British bureaucrat said; We can really screw petty criminals, we'll ship them to Australia. Bwahaha.

0points

Zelda Blue 5 years ago

0points

Martin Barilla 5 years ago

nope nope nope

0points

Akinwale 5 years ago

Amazing. I wonder how everything is big

0points

Enes Şahin 5 years ago

This is enough to give up to going to Australia

0points

ZombieGirl5591 5 years ago

I have changed my mind about planning a visit. I will admire from afar..

0points

Sandra Charlot 5 years ago

I'm atheist but now I believe in hell!

0points

Rose the Cook 5 years ago

No mention of the number of tourists that have disappeared or been found murdered in the past 12 months alone.

0points

Foxxy 5 years ago

Your more likely to get shot on any given day than murdered in Aus. A lot of the tourists that have disappeared are backpackers who hitchhike.

1point

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

Forget the crocodiles and giant snakes, those spiders are the worst!

0points

Foxxy 5 years ago

Most of the spiders shown are harmless huntsmans and nothing to worry about. They make great houseguests and keep the unwanted ones at bay.

1point

April Simnel 5 years ago

0points

Sasha Taylor 5 years ago

Honestly I don't know how this happens....people must leave their houses wide open and live out in the middle of the bush to get these kinds of animals in their houses...

2points

Lu 5 years ago

I regret looking at the photos, then pausing and looking some more.

0points

AromaEasy 3 years ago

-1point

TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago

Surprised they left out any snakes or spiders from this list 🙁

-1point

Cheryl Fontaine 5 years ago

-2points

Foxxy 5 years ago

0points