Australia never ceases to amaze me

[Mormolyce]

no its doesn't.

gasoline (n.) Look up gasoline at Dictionary.com
"lightest volatile liquid obtained from distillation of petroleum," 1864 (alternative spelling gasolene is from 1865), from gas (n.) + -ol (probably here representing Latin oleum "oil") + chemical suffix -ine (2). Shortened form gas was in common use in U.S. by 1897. Gas station as a fuel filling station for automobiles recorded by 1924.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gasoline

Gas-ol-ine.
Gas-oil-chemical.

There is apparently a metric fuckton of marsupials in South America that I didn't know existed until about two minutes ago, mostly in the form of possums.

Yeah I'd heard there were a few outside Australia, but also discovered the South American ones when googling that post.

P.S. To this day I don't understand "possum" vs "opossum".

[Alvito]

Hate to break with our national tradition of exaggerating how deadly Australia is, but our reputation is a little undeserved.


http://www.anaesthesia.med.usyd.edu....snakebite.html

If you look through the list it's mostly very old or very young people out in the country or remote areas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_in_Australia

P.S. I once read something about the number one risk category for snake bites in Australia. "Being a professional snake handler".

P.P.S. Check out the list of deaths by animal in Australia (10 year period 2000-2010):


http://www.ncis.org.au/wp-content/up...aths-final.pdf

http://www.australiangeographic.com....-in-australia/

Those damn murderous Aussie horses.

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I think your definition of "lemonade" is what Australians would call "lemon squash" or something. The terms are a bit interchangeable though.

Dogs alone kill more people then that entire list in the US in the same time span. Difference in population plays into it to some degree.

[Fat Mac]

Gas-ol-ine.
Gas-oil-chemical.

yes it does

[Deleted]

I love the commentary lol.

[Dhrizzle]

So like what's Mike's Hard Lemonade called? I get Petrol, Bittumen is still fairly new to me, thongs are fairly acceptable too.

But I have a real hard time accepting Lemonade.

I dunno about the other anglophone countries but in the UK the "-ade" suffix (as in lemonade, orangeade and lucozade) usually denotes a fizzy drink.

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Meanwhile, in the UK,

1. Horses: about 10 a year

2. Cows: about 5 a year

3. Domestic dogs: about 4 per year

4. Bees & Wasps: about 3 per year

5. Deer attacks about 1 per year

Snakes have killed 10 people in the last 140 years with the last being in the 70s.

[Blobfish]

In Darwin and far north Queensland maybe?

Who cares about them :P

You wouldn't survive in the Territory mate
Dunno where you are, but you sound like a Sydney or Melbourne wanker

[Independent voter]

I think we have more people though.

That "other mammal" includes pigs. Pigs are terrors, or they can be.

[Mormolyce]

You wouldn't survive in the Territory mate
Dunno where you are, but you sound like a Sydney or Melbourne wanker

I can't remember if I ever noticed you're from Darwin before, that explains a lot.

[Trassk]

Australia, where everything is big, hairy, and got pointy bits.

[ParanoiD84]

lol that dad didnt gave a fuck, just casualy picks the kid up.

My favorite

[Sierra85]

its really not as bad as people say. if you live in a big city is basically the same as living in any town in UK or america or canada.

[Aggrophobic]

Well there are more kangaroos than people here :P

They can be aggressive I think, though it's rare.

A full grow male Red Kangaroo is around 5.6-5.9ft tall, up to 7ft when raised on their hind legs, they weigh around 200pounds can deliver a kick force of around 180-200lb, augmented by a claw on its toe. Basically they can kick your ribcage in and/or eviscerate(disembowel) you. So yeah, if you piss one off it certainly can rip you a new one.

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to go to Australia but killer kangaroos? Damn.

[Aquinan]

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to go to Australia but killer kangaroos? Damn.

Well that's if you go and piss off a big red male, most of the time they are gentle, again, don't piss off wild animals :P

[Aggrophobic]

Well that's if you go and piss off a big red male, most of the time they are gentle, again, don't piss off wild animals :P

Haha. I'll make sure to remember that when I get around to go there. Thanks for the advice.

[Mormolyce]

I mean, the US has bears. I'd be a lot more worried about a bear in my backyard :P

Though I think bear deaths are still on the order of 1 a year.

[RobertoCarlos]

Its only really small towns that have to worry about this kind of stuff. I lived in queensland for a bit and saw snakes often but it wasnt that bad as most of them try avoid you. Some brown snakes went into a neighbours house though and that was freaky because a brown snake can kill you in under an hour with one bite.

[Tijuana]

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...christmas-tree

After that mouse carrying spider, Australia (hopefully) closes the year with another merry story.

Sweet mother of God How the hell do you people live there? These news about Australia are second best to Florida man I think or sometimes even better. I wouldn't even realize that thing with all the ornaments.

Do they not have snakes where you live? Snakes don't seem very exotic to me. /shrug