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[Pnx]

Losses:
 AUS: 10,000 rounds. Dignity.
 EMU: 12+ birds


I'd say that's a victory. They are australian wildlife after all.

Hope you guys know how exaggerated the deaths from Australian wilflife are:

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Now let’s really get serious. Fear of Australia’s creatures shouldn’t even be a consideration. Let’s look at the facts.

Snakes: With 41 recorded deaths between 1980 and 2009, snake deaths in Australia average out at less than two per year.
Spiders: Nobody in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979 after the successful introduction of antivenom for all native species.
Sharks*: Accounted for 25 deaths between 2000 and (March) 2012 in Australia, about 2 a year.
Crocodiles: Historically, crocodiles account for less than one death per year here in Australia, although that is increasing slightly as the crocodile population rises following the ban on crocodile hunting in 1971.
Blue Ringed Octopus: Just 3 recorded deaths in the last century.
Stonefish: One unconfirmed death by stonefish in 1915.
Cone Snails: I could find no recorded deaths from cone snails in Australia whatsoever.
Killer Jellyfish: Jellyfish account for (at time of writing) 66 deaths since records began in 1883. The box jellyfish was responsible for 64 deaths, and the Irukandji the other two. It sounds a lot, but still less than one death per year, more like just half a death per year.
* Updated 5.4.12. with latest shark death figures.

There, I think I’ve covered them all. Equalising it out, Australia’s dangerous creatures kill about five people a year.

If I’ve missed anything out, got anything wrong, or if anyone has an update on these figures, please do comment below.

Australia’s worst killers!

Here in Australia, about 20 people a year die from horse riding accidents.
Around 10 people per year in Australia die from European Honey Bee stings after going into anaphylactic shock.
And around 300 people a year drown.

Drowning is a big unknown killer just about everywhere, and through my readings of history I've discovered that a surprising number of kings have died in horse riding accidents.

[RedKing]

Losses:
 AUS: 10,000 rounds. Dignity.
 EMU: 12+ birds


I'd say that's a victory. They are australian wildlife after all.

Hope you guys know how exaggerated the deaths from Australian wilflife are:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now let’s really get serious. Fear of Australia’s creatures shouldn’t even be a consideration. Let’s look at the facts.

Snakes: With 41 recorded deaths between 1980 and 2009, snake deaths in Australia average out at less than two per year.
Spiders: Nobody in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979 after the successful introduction of antivenom for all native species.
Sharks*: Accounted for 25 deaths between 2000 and (March) 2012 in Australia, about 2 a year.
Crocodiles: Historically, crocodiles account for less than one death per year here in Australia, although that is increasing slightly as the crocodile population rises following the ban on crocodile hunting in 1971.
Blue Ringed Octopus: Just 3 recorded deaths in the last century.
Stonefish: One unconfirmed death by stonefish in 1915.
Cone Snails: I could find no recorded deaths from cone snails in Australia whatsoever.
Killer Jellyfish: Jellyfish account for (at time of writing) 66 deaths since records began in 1883. The box jellyfish was responsible for 64 deaths, and the Irukandji the other two. It sounds a lot, but still less than one death per year, more like just half a death per year.
* Updated 5.4.12. with latest shark death figures.

There, I think I’ve covered them all. Equalising it out, Australia’s dangerous creatures kill about five people a year.

If I’ve missed anything out, got anything wrong, or if anyone has an update on these figures, please do comment below.

Australia’s worst killers!

Here in Australia, about 20 people a year die from horse riding accidents.
Around 10 people per year in Australia die from European Honey Bee stings after going into anaphylactic shock.
And around 300 people a year drown.

Oh, you're no fun anymore.

[Truean]

I do not understand how people IRL insist on talking about politics. I just....

We can freaking get along great until they do that. Why on earth would they insist on that. I don't care. I just don't at all.

Friendship + politics = often no friendship.

I do not get it at all. This was even one of the people who really, truly knows all about me and how I'm trans etc. so I kinda care, you know? And given that she knows that about me, I'd think she'd understand why I feel bad about certain things like being a third class citizen, etc.

I mean if you get along with someone on all things except one thing then you just don't talk about it and keep getting along.... [sigh].

[Hanslanda]

I do not understand how people IRL insist on talking about politics. I just....

We can freaking get along great until they do that. Why on earth would they insist on that. I don't care. I just don't at all.

Friendship + politics = often no friendship.

I do not get it at all. This was even one of the people who really, truly knows all about me and how I'm trans etc. so I kinda care, you know? And given that she knows that about me, I'd think she'd understand why I feel bad about certain things like being a third class citizen, etc.

I mean if you get along with someone on all things except one thing then you just don't talk about it and keep getting along.... [sigh].

:/ Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't live without them.

[Fenrir]

:/ Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't live without them.

This is a contestable assertion.

[Hanslanda]

:/ Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't live without them.

This is a contestable assertion.

Induibitably. To qualify it would have taken a long time. Of course, as General Melvar once said, "I can phrase all my reports to waste the maximum possible amount of time, if that is your wish."

[Urist Imiknorris]

:/ Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't live without them.

This is a contestable assertion.

Were your parents human?

[Fenrir]

:/ Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't live without them.

This is a contestable assertion.

Were your parents human?

Hrmph. I suppose I have Christianity to thank for my obscurity. You probably would not have asked such a silly question if I were your precious Jesus.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

With my parents, I'd say it's pretty debatable.

[Prometheusmfd]

:/ Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't live without them.

This is a contestable assertion.

Were your parents human?

Hrmph. I suppose I have Christianity to thank for my obscurity. You probably would not have asked such a silly question if I were your precious Jesus.

Well, He had adopted parents that were human.

[Karnewarrior]

Losses:
 AUS: 10,000 rounds. Dignity.
 EMU: 12+ birds


I'd say that's a victory. They are australian wildlife after all.

Hope you guys know how exaggerated the deaths from Australian wilflife are:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now let’s really get serious. Fear of Australia’s creatures shouldn’t even be a consideration. Let’s look at the facts.

Snakes: With 41 recorded deaths between 1980 and 2009, snake deaths in Australia average out at less than two per year.
Spiders: Nobody in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979 after the successful introduction of antivenom for all native species.
Sharks*: Accounted for 25 deaths between 2000 and (March) 2012 in Australia, about 2 a year.
Crocodiles: Historically, crocodiles account for less than one death per year here in Australia, although that is increasing slightly as the crocodile population rises following the ban on crocodile hunting in 1971.
Blue Ringed Octopus: Just 3 recorded deaths in the last century.
Stonefish: One unconfirmed death by stonefish in 1915.
Cone Snails: I could find no recorded deaths from cone snails in Australia whatsoever.
Killer Jellyfish: Jellyfish account for (at time of writing) 66 deaths since records began in 1883. The box jellyfish was responsible for 64 deaths, and the Irukandji the other two. It sounds a lot, but still less than one death per year, more like just half a death per year.
* Updated 5.4.12. with latest shark death figures.

There, I think I’ve covered them all. Equalising it out, Australia’s dangerous creatures kill about five people a year.

If I’ve missed anything out, got anything wrong, or if anyone has an update on these figures, please do comment below.

Australia’s worst killers!

Here in Australia, about 20 people a year die from horse riding accidents.
Around 10 people per year in Australia die from European Honey Bee stings after going into anaphylactic shock.
And around 300 people a year drown.

Drowning is a big unknown killer just about everywhere, and through my readings of history I've discovered that a surprising number of kings have died in horse riding accidents.

"The king is dead, long live the king."
"Ooh, king's dead is 'e? What got the old bastard this time?"
"The official story is that a great prophet of yore came from on high and rose him aloft to a heavenly perch."
"HA! An' what's the real story?"
"His horse reared and he was launched over that ridge over there."
"Well, long live tha' king an' all that."

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Drowning only kills so many people because people who don't know how to swim go out on boats and get drunk. Natural selection at work.

[Tellemurius]

Drowning only kills so many people because people who don't know how to swim go out on boats and get drunk. Natural selection at work.

semi-related

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there was a fuck off jesus one i found for a boat guy but i couldn't find it

[Loud Whispers]

Drowning only kills so many people because people who don't know how to swim go out on boats and get drunk. Natural selection at work.

Eh, the most causes for drowning is by people getting caught out at sea, usually at the result of something they don't understand like a rip current, exhausting themselves and inducing a state of panic. Then they start sinking...

[Hanslanda]

Drowning only kills so many people because people who don't know how to swim go out on boats and get drunk. Natural selection at work.

Eh, the most causes for drowning is by people getting caught out at sea, usually at the result of something they don't understand like a rip current, exhausting themselves and inducing a state of panic. Then they start sinking...

For note, if you ever get caught in a rip current (they are fucking horrifying if you do) do not panic, and do not swim straight back to shore. Swim parallel to shore for a good distance (few hundred yards/meters, if you can) then try to swim back to shore.