New giant insect discovered in the Australian rainforest could be country's heaviest

[Norion]

curl-6 said:

Norion said:

There's thankfully no bears here in Scotland/UK. In fact the animal situation is so comfy here that the most dangerous animal is actually cattle in terms of the number of deaths. Other than that one to be careful around are adders but the last death from one of those here was 50 years ago so not a big deal.

Nice, I'd like to visit Scotland someday.

Fun fact; here in Australia cattle and horses are also the most dangerous animals in terms of actual death toll haha.

All our venomous spiders and snakes and stuff don't actually kill that many people, like we have the world's deadliest spiders but the last confirmed spider death was in 1979.

Huh I wouldn't have expected that. I guess the reputation Australian wildlife has really is overblown. You mentioned the brutal heat earlier and Scotland is quite good in that regard since Summers aren't that bad and the past few weeks have been only a bit warmer than I would like so pretty comfortable. Winters go below freezing but only somewhat in an area like mine so it's quite manageable for both heat and cold.