• pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    The Australian ones (whitetails) are more populous, venemous, and aggressive than you could imagine in summer. I’d have a kill one inside my house almost every day.

    It probably doesn’t help that our houses seal worse than an average tent.

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      4 hours ago

      Now I have to lookup statistics on how many people die in Oz land due to these demon spawns. Mercy on your soul.

      • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        Did a quick google, they aren’t lethal, and they hide from people and eat other spiders, so they’re one of the good ones. Surprisingly very few people die from the horrors of Australia, they’ve got a really robust setup for getting people anti-venom. Virtually no one dies from spiders in Australia, the last reported death was in 1980.