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[Xue Sheng]

Not quite true- they closely resemble the sheep and rabbit bitten pasturelands of the south downs. You're right though, they shouldn't be stuck into north America

Different grass in those psturelands

 

[Prince_Alarming]

And so you have finally discovered, through diligent repetition, the secret to becoming a grandmaster.

Diligent repetition, I take it, is the secret?

 

[Prince_Alarming]

Different grass in those psturelands

Ah, OK. I mean, the south downs would have loads of different species, plus weeds I suppose. Or would have done in the past. Left to its own devices i.e. uncared for, it's actually quite a diverse habitat. You could mention this to your missus?

Did you fight the lawn and the lawn won?

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

They have lats water Crocs in Florida, and alligators are not pussy cats, not as aggressive as a Nile Croc, but I am not going near one if I don't have too

I have cared for several species of crocodilians and I can tell you that American Alligators are by far the least aggressive. Even small Caiman can be far more dangerous than an acclimated alligator. I have handled 6 ft alligators that were as tame as a dog, come when you call them, and loved to be scrubbed with a brush.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

They have lats water Crocs in Florida, and alligators are not pussy cats, not as aggressive as a Nile Croc, but I am not going near one if I don't have too

There are no Saltwater crocodiles in the US. It’s a species unto itself. We have the American crocodile which maybe found near salt water but that’s not the same thing by magnitudes.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

There are no Saltwater crocodiles in the US. It’s a species unto itself. We have the American crocodile which maybe found near salt water but that’s not the same thing by magnitudes.

What about those big fiddlestickers that were around in the mesozoic though? They must have been FEARSOME.

Spent today making hay the old fashioned way with a scythe, a rake and a pitchfork. I love it. Beautiful smell, gorgeous scenery...

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

True, but getting bit by an Eastern Coral Snake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, or Western Diamondback Rattlesnake...is no walk in the park

Your chances of being bitten by a coral snake is near zero. Your chances of dying from a Crotalid pit viper ( rattlesnake ) are slim with a very few exceptions about 1/600 last I checked. Your may very well wish you had died because of the hemotoxic effects, I have witnessed the effects of a wet bite first hand. I worked with venomous snakes for several years. A friend of mine became a venom toxicologist. I have good information resources in this regard. I taught snake avoidance classes for dogs as a side gig using live rattlesnakes. I’ve handled hundreds of them over the years and they vary widely in personality.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

True, but getting bit by an Eastern Coral Snake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, or Western Diamondback Rattlesnake...is no walk in the park

Exactly 1 coral snake fatality since 1967.

 

[Flying Crane]

There are no Saltwater crocodiles in the US. It’s a species unto itself. We have the American crocodile which maybe found near salt water but that’s not the same thing by magnitudes.

Salt water croc, estuary at Port Douglas, Queensland Australia

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Salt water croc, estuary at Port Douglas, Queensland Australia

These guys will eat you!

 

[HighKick]

Lawns, like you see at a home, appear nowhere in nature. They are a human construct

I agree as gas the meticulously mowed lawn bit for me nothing is prettier than a beautiful field is fescue which is the most common lawn grass in the south and likely the eastern U.S.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Ah, OK. I mean, the south downs would have loads of different species, plus weeds I suppose. Or would have done in the past. Left to its own devices i.e. uncared for, it's actually quite a diverse habitat. You could mention this to your missus?

Did you fight the lawn and the lawn won?

I'm mowin' grass in the hot sun
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
I fought the lawn and the lawn won

 

[Xue Sheng]

I agree as gas the meticulously mowed lawn bit for me nothing is prettier than a beautiful field is fescue which is the most common lawn grass in the south and likely the eastern U.S.

I am glad you like them, as for me, I hate them all, and it it were up to me, I'd live in the woods with no lawn at all.

 

[_Simon_]

Not to mention Brown snakes, Tiger snakes, Death Adders, and red bellied black snakes amongst others. There are around 140 species of snake in northern Australia. Around 65% are venomous, including some the most deadly snakes in the entire world. Australia also has the only deadly octopus, and the box jelly or sea wasp jelly fish that can kill as well.

Like I've said before, we're a very welcoming country

 

[_Simon_]

I am glad you like them, as for me, I hate them all, and it it were up to me, I'd live in the woods with no lawn at all.

But then you couldn't tell them DANG KIDS TO GET OFF YOUR LAWN

 

[Flying Crane]

These guys will eat you!

And if they don’t get you, the bull sharks swimming up the river will. Just stay out of that water. Low visibility gets you killed.

 

[Flying Crane]

I have cared for several species of crocodilians and I can tell you that American Alligators are by far the least aggressive. Even small Caiman can be far more dangerous than an acclimated alligator. I have handled 6 ft alligators that were as tame as a dog, come when you call them, and loved to be scrubbed with a brush.

Picture of my son petting a baby alligator. Educational presentation put on by an animal rescue outfit at the public library.

I don’t show my son’s face on the internet, or the face of those from whom I haven’t received permission.

 

[Flying Crane]

Not to mention Brown snakes, Tiger snakes, Death Adders, and red bellied black snakes amongst others. There are around 140 species of snake in northern Australia. Around 65% are venomous, including some the most deadly snakes in the entire world. Australia also has the only deadly octopus, and the box jelly or sea wasp jelly fish that can kill as well.

And I believe even the duck-billed platypus is venomous. It has a venomous spur on the ankle, if I remember correctly.

 

[Flying Crane]

Not to mention Brown snakes, Tiger snakes, Death Adders, and red bellied black snakes amongst others. There are around 140 species of snake in northern Australia. Around 65% are venomous, including some the most deadly snakes in the entire world. Australia also has the only deadly octopus, and the box jelly or sea wasp jelly fish that can kill as well.

There are these guys as well:

Sydney Funnel-web Spider, Atrax robustus

Probably the most notorious of all spiders, Sydney Funnel-webs have a fearsome reputation. Most of this is deserved, but some is exaggerated.

australian.museum

A bite is considered a medical emergency and can be lethal in 15 minutes. And they aren’t shy and retreating. They will stand their ground.

Just one of a number of dangerously venomous spiders in Australia. Land of Monsters.

 

[Xue Sheng]

But then you couldn't tell them DANG KIDS TO GET OFF YOUR LAWN

First, from that I can tell you ain’t geezerly enough to be saying that… your not qualified… in the woods i can still tell them
YOU DANG KIDS GET OFF A MY YARD!!!! Alternatively I could also YOU DANG KIDS GET OUTTA MY WOODS!!!!

But either way i must also be shaking my cane at them

When you’re old enough they will send you a book of geezer guidelines… then you’ll be ready

There is another option as well in if living in the woods, and this one is in my DNA.. true story.

My great grandmother was a petite little woman in her 90s, living by herself, in the woods. Kids started showing up near her house at night making all sorts of racket trying to scare her. She went outside… with her shotgun… yelled at the to get out of here and fired off a round. The kids left at high speed and never came back.