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Tichey1990 t1_j3p19gk wrote

Reply to comment by ImJ2001 in Massive 7.7 earthquake hits Indonesia and Australia by biscuits2101

Ill be honest, as an Australian, as long as you stay out of the water id say its safer than North America. A few venomous spiders and snakes but no one really dies from them. As for this earthquake, less than 0.5% of our population lives in the area that got effected and was still pretty minor. Not even being reported in the news here.

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Altruistic_Price7572 t1_j3q6yfz wrote

Why stay out of the water, what’s in the water…..

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Pawneewafflesarelife t1_j3syx39 wrote

Stonefish, blue ring octopus, sting rays, jellyfish, sharks, rip currents. Mostly similar to stuff NA has in the water, aside from the cute deadly octopus.

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AsherGray t1_j3w4aac wrote

To be fair, the US doesn't see stonefish or blue ring octopuses, both of which are lethal. The box jellies in Australia are a different species than those found around the US, which are also deadly, while the US species are just painful. The US has bull sharks which are some of the most aggressive sharks, but they're in the Atlantic. I'm thinking that's why the Aussies love going to Hawaii

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Pawneewafflesarelife t1_j406gj9 wrote

Yeah I'm anxious about stonefish. Newish to Australia and Aussie husband tells me that rock socks (dunno what Aussies call them, the water shoes with rubber base) won't stop a barb. Will the stingray shuffle form of walking avoid them?

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Tichey1990 t1_j3t3x43 wrote

On the venomous side, you have box jellyfish and blue ringed octopus as the most dangerous. Both can be fatal. On the oh no! its going to eat me side there are plenty of sharks in the ocean. Salt and Fresh water you get salt water crocodiles, these are only in the north of Australia but anywhere they can be, stay out of the water or you will die.

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