Dangerous Animal myths of Australia and elsewhere

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**CthuluIsSpy**

whembly wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
Dont they also have bugs the size of vans that carry off small children?
This also leads to proof of my theory that austraila was gods dumping ground for all his failed animals.
Seriously, Why do people live there?

No... that's Alaska... they have skeeters that attacks birds. (not really, but they are fething big).

Vid?

**whembly**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
whembly wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
Dont they also have bugs the size of vans that carry off small children?
This also leads to proof of my theory that austraila was gods dumping ground for all his failed animals.
Seriously, Why do people live there?

No... that's Alaska... they have skeeters that attacks birds. (not really, but they are fething big).

Vid?

Normal size in the lower 48 states:

I've seen 'em bigger than this, but here's a shot of the Alaskan skeeters:

Thankfully, it only get's warm enough in most of Alaskas for these buggers to show up for 2-6 weeks out of the year.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Alaskan mosquitos come in two varieties, single and twin engine....

**whembly**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Alaskan mosquitos come in two varieties, single and twin engine....

That's true...

There's another flying bug that annoying... smaller than the skeeters, but they actually take a bite out of you... (names escapes me now).

Happened to me once when fishing near Mt. Denali... damn that hurt. and oh, I was more afraid of the Moose than the bears.

Bears left me alone. (we had enough artillery too).

**Grey Templar**

Well in the South they have the "No-see-ums" that like to hide in tall grass.

**whembly**

Grey Templar wrote:
Well in the South they have the "No-see-ums" that like to hide in tall grass.

Yeah... that's it.

But serious... Alaska is fething awesome. Nice people too...

**KalashnikovMarine**

Grey Templar wrote:
Well in the South they have the "No-see-ums" that like to hide in tall grass.

Gaaaaaaaaaaah those little

s! Every. Single. Day. when I was stationed in Florida. PT was hell because those things just love dawn for some reason. Till the run started each individual had their own personal swarm, if the run pace was slow enough the swarm would come along.

Alaska's win though, I agree with Whembly, I miss it up there.

**Grey Templar**

IDK, I'd rather have something coming after me thats big enough to shoot then something I can't see.

**Snrub**

whembly wrote:

Goddamn that is one big mozzie.

**AduroT**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
Dont they also have bugs the size of vans that carry off small children?
This also leads to proof of my theory that austraila was gods dumping ground for all his failed animals.
Seriously, Why do people live there?

Really nice beaches.

**whembly**

Not dangerous.. (or, are they????)

**Ensis Ferrae**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Personally I'm hoping to get my tags for mountain lion at some point. Gotta be rather careful with that hunt though. The hunter can very easily become the hunted.

Yeah dude, from all the survival courses I've taken part in, and whatnot, the best thing apparently for them, especially if you see them (or not) is to wear sunglasses on the back of your head, or your hat backwards. The obvious thing of never go into the fething woods alone! and if you do happen to come across one, don't turn your back on it, and if you are with a group of people, stand with your arms around each others shoulders (like a rugby scrum), and be really obnoxiously fething loud (like fans at sporting events)... The idea of standing so close is that the cougar can not pick out an individual person, and instead thinks that the prey is in fact, much larger and therefore more dangerous than it is, so it "should" leave you be.

Of course, none of this advice is any good in the cougar's other natural habitat:

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