It's our sadistic sense of humour

Yeah, and get up ya woos

Ah yes, schadenfreude runs deep in Aussieland.

And the American's "I almost died".

100%!

As an aside Aussies are seen as hard partyers because we live in a country that is focused on fairness and a fair go rather than getting ahead so many of us are just enjoy the moment because we can. As such we tend not to take things so seriously until we have to then we get Canadian WWII kind of serious and then back to the party.

As an example There's that Australian eagle that attacks parachutes and hang gliders

@@derpyderp1991 Our eagle is way better than the bald eagle. They also will go after roos.

@@jessbellis9510 yep

🤣🤣🤣 true!!

Plenty of drongos come into town too!

Some of us drongos live in cities too 😂😂

@@Reneesillycar74 fr

"even though they make you crap your pants" Have you tried waking up with one of those on your face? I wouldn't recommend it... and I'm not even scared of spiders

@@GeoRyukaiser These bad boys are a test of your mettle, that's for sure. And, wake up on face, no. New pair of pajama bottoms time.

@@stefanavic6630 Sorry about previous post (now deleted), mistook it for another thread. Surprisingly I didn't freak out. Somehow teenaged me managed to calmly herd it into a plastic bowl and took it out to the front garden.

@@GeoRyukaiser Didn't even see that post mate - no harm, no foul as our American friends would say :)

Mate they eat snakes too

On the plus side, after a few months of these vids he'll be fine with regular spiders haha.

you are?

@@allanmck as someone who lives in aus with a father who has arachnophobia ... nope never goes away

The last death by spider bite in Australia was in 1979.

Yeah, that is why that stupid idiot Amber Heard smuggling her diseased dog into the country got so many people angry, rabies is in America but not here, that is why quarantine laws apply and that stupid idiot Amber Heard refusing to obey the law was such a big thing.

Indeed, the giveaway was the colour of the legs, black fur fading into red.

@@schr4nz and the ears and the tail.

We do have Australian bat lyssavirus which is basically the same as rabies… same family of virus! But only 3 recorded case though and only bats can carry it!

Rabies is a form of Lyssavirus . We have flyingfox spread Lyssavirus which can be deadly.

i thought so as well

Yes it's a 🦊

Yep, it’s a fox. Shoot it!

Exactly fuckin Right

Being drunk in a public place is gross and inconsiderate. Being drunk at a home gathering with family and friends is par for the course.

@@jessbellis9510 Yes! There is always someone who parties too hard with mates because of the occasion, and someone else who's watching him and making sure he's safe, not sorry!

I hate roaches WAY more than spiders. They're massive, carry diseases and don't respect your space like spiders do.

Thank god they did. There would be nothing to shoot otherwise. Other than Roos.

The One that yoinked the spider off the car window is a Mudlark.

I've seen many cases where people are having a mental health crisis and they drive their car into the ocean. You never really know the reason why, but it's sad.

@@hannahighmark8036 Too true. It is a sad and worrisome situation.

reminds me of another game of chance... Bogey Lotto.... you flick a bogey at the calendar and you pick that number for your lotto ticket... you have to flick a few as there are a few numbers required, so it's easier for the family for a family lotto ticket!!

It honestly depends if they're likely to see you as a threat or not. My mum (who is short and skinny) was on a trail when she saw movement to her left and a massive male roo was in the bushes right next to her, just watching. She wanted my dad to see and so called him, and as soon as the roo saw my dad it immediately went into posturing/territorial mode. As a kid we were caravanning in QLD rainforest area and stopped by the side of the road for lunch. A cassowary and her 3 chicks walked out into the little clearing we were in and just stood there, even when we got up and had to walk by them to get back to the caravan. I think the greatest advice for anyone planning to explore Australia is "Don't bother it and it won't bother you." Except for salt water crocs, which will watch and hunt you.

no-one cares if you are half drunk and everyone is just having fun. It's when people get obnoxious or violent or generally lose their shit, and then that really pisses people off, and can lead to a night at the police station.

I second this

we pretend that we care !!!

Exactly, if I can't see inside my shoes, I tap them to shake out any spiders. My dad was bitten by a redback once on his toes when he put on his mowing shoes. He was sick for days. Spiders are EVERYWHERE.

It was a fox.

​@@DarkMatter1992nawww it was cute. Still hilarious

I used to go jetty jumping off the Redcliffe Jetty back in the 80s

@@septemberclare2697 me too about 30 years later haha

Without a doubt, cockroaches.

Much worse than spiders

They are. The flying variety too. They're the worst. ;-;

Stay in the cities and you’ll be fine

Seriously, I live in the bush and I'm 60. I've probably seen 2 genuinely huge spiders in all that time.

At least their mouths aren't as disgusting as Komodo dragons - even if they let go you're still likely to have to amputate the limb if you aren't extremely quick with emergency medical attention.