🔗 Zachary Kai: What Everyone Should Know About Australia

Yes, there are things with the capacity to kill you (like everywhere) and yes, we have a large selection. […] Yet you’re more likely to die from a falling coconut than a shark attack, and the people killed by spiders is infinitesimal next to the other unfortunate ways to go.

As an Aussie, I do wonder at how genuine the fear of being killed by spiders, snakes, etc. actually is. I mean, they’re real, but I’ve not personally been threatened by them. Closest are a couple of redbacks, and they’re easy to deal with.

Via: Michael Harley