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There is a stereotype in the rest of the world that, in Australia, everything there is out to kill you. But how often have you actually come into contact with something there that could've killed you? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee to c/ama@aussie.zone

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 0 points 10 months ago

As someone from the u.s that's kinda interesting to hear given that whole Australia meme. I've even been in that situation while hiking here in the US.

We stopped to set up camp after hiking for the day and noticed a set of eyes looking at us from the bushes some distance away while we were eating. We heard a bunch of howling after we were done and so we got into our hammocks holding our hatchets. We heard a bunch of something, still not entirely sure what, wolf/coyote or whatever walking around our campsite. Then when we were heading back the next day we came across a black bear cub, meaning momma was somewhere close by. Both of those things could have totally fucked our day up lol