Is our perception of the nasty biting-stinging things of Australia off?
No, just today we found a large adult redback spider (despite the house having been treated by pest control a couple of weeks ago) where Glen was sitting. The kind of spider that you'd need antivenom for if you got bitten.
The thing is, we don't know any other way of living, we're used to it - go outside in bare feet, unless it's so hot you risk getting serious burns walking outside bare.
But yes, we have venomous bitey things. Probably not as many as Queensland, but still, a fair few. It's just... yeah, you get used to it. I know that there are dugites in the bushland behind us, which is thought to have one of the more lethal venoms in the world; I walk in that bushland a bit. Aside from general awareness, you can't get paranoid or think about it all the time; otherwise you'd never end up doing anything, or going anywhere.
And Perth is *definitely* full of sand! But not everywhere is.
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No, just today we found a large adult redback spider (despite the house having been treated by pest control a couple of weeks ago) where Glen was sitting. The kind of spider that you'd need antivenom for if you got bitten.
The thing is, we don't know any other way of living, we're used to it - go outside in bare feet, unless it's so hot you risk getting serious burns walking outside bare.
But yes, we have venomous bitey things. Probably not as many as Queensland, but still, a fair few. It's just... yeah, you get used to it. I know that there are dugites in the bushland behind us, which is thought to have one of the more lethal venoms in the world; I walk in that bushland a bit. Aside from general awareness, you can't get paranoid or think about it all the time; otherwise you'd never end up doing anything, or going anywhere.
And Perth is *definitely* full of sand! But not everywhere is.