• Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Unless this was in Australia or some place with dangerous snakes, I don’t really see why people should be THAT afraid of them, if anything you should be happy they’re gonna keep the rats at bay.

    looks at username

    Oh.

    • Treevan 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I’m going to let you in on a secret, the snake danger thing might be overblown.

      Good thing about humans is that we keep animals in an endangered state wherever we settle.

    • Caspase8@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Aussie snakes might be very venomous, but in general they’ll only bite if they’re provoked. I live near a nature reserve full of snakes and it’s not really an issue for most people. Just leave them alone and they’ll leave you alone.

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        1 year ago

        But you might provoke them by mistake as you didn’t even see them no? I mean no expert but like accidents happen, it’s not just people being dumb and bothering them or similar.

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          1 year ago

          I’ve lived near the reserve for about 20 years and I haven’t heard of anyone being bitten by a snake there (although some dogs have, unfortunately). I think accidents could happen but they’d be pretty rare. The snakes here tend to stick to the long grass and near the creek and I think most people have the sense to not go trampling through the grass during snake season.

          It also depends on the snake species. Around here we mainly have Eastern browns, which are venomous but timid. In other places in Australia snakes may be more aggressive and accidents are more likely.

    • Default_Defect@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      Not as aussie but I found out that we have rattlesnakes in my area by seeing a facebook post of one getting caught 2 blocks from me.

      • cerement@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        more people get bitten by rattlesnakes during the three days of the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup than during the rest of the year everywhere else in the world – snakes really just want to be left alone

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          1 year ago

          Logically, I know I have nothing to worry about, but my main character syndrome makes me worry about when it will eventually happen.