I am convinced that Australia is not actually populated by humans at all, and anyone claiming to be an Australian is actually a realistic-looking lure used by giant spiders to bring more prey.

@jeremymcadam7400

6 жыл бұрын

The Rogue Wolf I'd like you to delete this comment. You won't get another warning

@mls160

6 жыл бұрын

jeremy mcadam you don't scare us, spider!

@willynebula6193

6 жыл бұрын

Lies! come over and see with you're own eyes. We won't bite! I promise, also just curious what blood type are you?

@Lauren-rl2vj

6 жыл бұрын

this is an underrated comment chain

@Willow4526

6 жыл бұрын

This hahaha

I've lived in Australia all my life and I have not died once!

@dr.poojanpatel7625

3 жыл бұрын

You must’ve been using cheat codes, heh!

@RedYellowBird6889

3 жыл бұрын

Yet

@toxicworld7211

3 жыл бұрын

But how many times have you almost died?

@XalconKugelBlitz

3 жыл бұрын

Call the magpies!

@larrybarnes3920

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, me either.😁

We feed our magpies when they have chicks, so they're incredibly friendly and don't swoop anyone. The only downside is when you're in the front yard and three noisy magpie chicks are following you around asking for food. :)

@MooKau_

3 жыл бұрын

*MIRRRP!* *MIRRRP!* *MIRRRP!* *MIRRRP!* *MIRRRP!*

@joannemurdock7899

3 жыл бұрын

P Phillip u r correct I feed them mince they love it, and y u will friends for life

@alastryona

3 жыл бұрын

"downside" bro u got grandkids now, own up to it

@09Dragonite

2 жыл бұрын

Very clever solution. It reminds me of the reports of people feeding crows and ravens in their yards. Eventually, the birds began repaying their debts to their hosts by bringing them objects and trinkets that they found. At some point they started bringing in money off the street- loose bills and some change here and there- but when they recieved more food for bringing money than other trinkets, they started stealing it. Moral of the story: befriend your birds.

@seantehan9484

2 жыл бұрын

if u feed them and spend time with them they are extremely friendly and charming birds. they recognise peoples faces and react differently to them if they have knowledge of them

Australian Tourism Board: We need a new slogan to bring in more tourists Hank Green: "Excruciatingly painful, but you'll probably survive" ATB: I like it!

@AndyViant

3 жыл бұрын

Best slogan I've ever heard

@Darryl_Frost

3 жыл бұрын

It is a great slogan, NZ should use it for us!!

@MyFavouriteVDO

2 жыл бұрын

Me: I don't want to live in Australia My mum: (takes me to Australia)

@joseescobar2076

2 жыл бұрын

U

@Rkenton48

2 жыл бұрын

The vacation you might not survive!

Him: "You might meet an Australian Magpie" Me: "Mate, you WILL meet an Australian Magpie, They're everywhere"

@AndyViant

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. they are in pretty much all states, not just 3.

@graffittigecko.2290

3 жыл бұрын

You might not meet them, becuase they would have swooped you neck and leave you bleeding to death. Welcomecto Australia.

@theyakmaster9984

2 жыл бұрын

Youll see a crap ton but I cycle a lot and in all my life have never been swooped. Most of this is true just sorta exaggerated

@brianmckenzie4890

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I got swooped today

@theyakmaster9984

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianmckenzie4890 I am going to revise what I said two months ago to say that I have now been swooped like 3 times

Me : **Inhales Oxygen In Australia ** Gympie Gympie : ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)

@butterman0007

5 жыл бұрын

Gimme Gimme your soul!!!!

@karvast5726

4 жыл бұрын

Ima make gympie gympie bandages

@kylestanley7843

3 жыл бұрын

I hate it

I told an English person to keep a pocket full of cat food pellets and to throw them in the direction of a swooping Magpie. He came in to work the next day and told me that as soon as he threw the cat food, the magpie stopped in mid air and pounced on the cat food. He fed it from then on and was never attacked again, just like i told him, that it works.

@DaveyGa

3 жыл бұрын

Farkin' traitor

@Ocker3

3 жыл бұрын

This sounds a lot better than carrying fresh meat

@graffittigecko.2290

3 жыл бұрын

Tell him to give them tea.

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

Tikka has been seen around a local college campus, yelling “fish! Fish! Fish!” at people… he just wants goldfish crackers!

@Rkenton48

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to me on a farm in upstate Connecticut. except it was a bobcat and I gave it two of the rabbits I had removed from the traps. She was my buddy after that. (As long as I had a brace of rabbits for her)

I've lived in Australia for almost 20 years, but I've only been swooped by a magpie once, and it was because I didn't give it enough of my chips. It ended up following me, _and crossing the road with me,_ demanding my chips. A roaming cop car just happened to drive by the street and noticed the magpie following me, and one of them rolled down his window and jokingly asked if the bird was giving me any problems, lol

@onebutterfly_S

Жыл бұрын

are your serious 😭 this can’t be a real story 😂😂😂

@mwolkove

Жыл бұрын

Magpies are black, right? An American cop would've just killed it.

@onebutterfly_S

Жыл бұрын

@@mwolkove 🤭

@etmax1

Жыл бұрын

I think America is worse, they have poison ivy and poison oak and then there's Brown Recluse spiders. Sure we Sydney funnel wed spiders but at least they're large, not like the tiny brown recluse.

@Voidvampy

Жыл бұрын

@@onebutterfly_S I promise you it's real 😂

Tourists are scared of snakes, spiders, and crocodiles. Real Aussies are scared of magpies.

@tigershark8867

5 жыл бұрын

And plants, apparently The Gympie Gympie

@bigcazza5260

5 жыл бұрын

nah yeah thats why you always wear your thongs, the trick is to make sure you aim for the head and dont let them get there claws stuck in, many a plugger have been lost to magpies

@hollymarie3375

5 жыл бұрын

SirTickleBear why is this soooo true😂

@deleteduser87

5 жыл бұрын

👍

@deleteduser87

5 жыл бұрын

Magpies are sad to eat eyes m8s

This episode of SciShow has been brought to you courtesy of the New Zealand Tourism Bureau.

@crosscategory

6 жыл бұрын

mountainhobo Australians... Still doesn't mind going camping in the bush after this video

@percygallagher922

6 жыл бұрын

What’s New Zealand got? Wingless birds and Mt Doom.

@coweatsman

6 жыл бұрын

NZ has the haka war cry. Everyone should see a haka at least once in a life time.

@MyUrbanExplorationOnline

6 жыл бұрын

Oh New Zealanders. It is not Australia fault that they don't know how to bowl under arm while playing Cricket, or still not dealt with there wild Hobbet's problem.

@JohnSmith-tw3rw

5 жыл бұрын

Bonza quote mate.

"You know what to look out for" right after describing an invisible meter long jellyfish death tentacle.

@temporaryname3208

2 жыл бұрын

Invisible metre long death jelly sounds about right

In defense of magpies, they are a beautiful bird with an exquisite song. They only attack during mating season, around 2 months of the year. They also recognise the people that live near them and won't attack them. They're a national treasure, even if they can get pretty aggro at times. I mean we've all felt that way when our babies are threatened...

@DaveyGa

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, beautiful until it's 4am and right outside ya bloody bedroom window..

@idealicfool

3 жыл бұрын

Or your kid loses an eye just walking through the park

@matildastanford7019

3 жыл бұрын

@Daveyga then I'm guessing that it's time to get up? @Idealic fool was your kid chucking rocks or sticks at them? The ammount of times I've seen that happen is astonishing.

@StephensCrazyHour

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonc1400 soon. August- September

@LisaBeergutHolst

2 жыл бұрын

The biggest threat to your kids is climate change. Time to direct that anger where it belongs lol

Aussie here and I’ve never in my life heard someone call an irukandji a “king slayer” also if you feed your local magpies they decide you’re cool and won’t swoop you!

@raaston9761

4 жыл бұрын

welp when i move to Australia i will become the god of magpies

@Cujo5

3 жыл бұрын

If you smack them while they swoop down on you, they lose confidence and never do it again.

@alisonholland7531

3 жыл бұрын

Me either, always been an irukandji - why didn't they include the eastern brown, the red belly, the taipan, blue ringed octopus and so on? When my sister visited from England she was totally shitting herself when my kids asked me "mum can we go to the park" I told them yep, but watch out for snakes and spiders she asked how I could be so calm about it, I told her no one here really thinks twice about it, we just know what to be on the look out for.

@michellelammi787

3 жыл бұрын

Because those things you mention are the more common nasties everyone knows about.

@strayandrongo7461

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cujo5 They get the carrot or the stick?? lol

If you give the magpies meat they remember you forever and bring you presents and other family members for you to feed, they’re so sweet

@Arterexius

5 жыл бұрын

@@Alice-cb7jg Yes. They're intelligent birds who only attack humans because humans have harmed them and their chicks. If you show them that you don't want to harm them. That you can be trusted. Then they'll be grateful towards you, cause you'll be one out of thousands who show genuine care for them. They're able to distinguish between individuals. They do have a certain level of consciousness, although it's unsure how much. Same counts for Keas, Ravens and Crows. Another bird who will also be able to recognize who is to trust and who isnt, but which wont bring you gifts, is the mute swan (family: Anatidae). I know from personal experience. A little over 10 years ago I saw a local mute swan couple and their chicks, while feeding them bread. However, whenever I threw out bread pieces to them, the seagulls always swooped in from above and took the bread. This annoyed me a great deal, so I showed aggressive behavior towards the seagulls and taught them that I didn't want them where I were (they actually learned that, although I never harmed them. Just gave them constant warnings and threw bread crumbs in their heads - they didn't like that). What I then noticed a little while later, was that the swan couple and their chicks would swim towards me whenever I came to feed them. Even when others tried to feed them, they'd rather swim to me. Over a few months I gained more and more of their trust, until I finally was allowed to handfeed one of the adults. This is a bird which can easily bite off your finger and all I got was a finger with a few scrapes through the first layer of skin. I almost was allowed to pet them too. Almost. They swimmed away, but they didn't lose trust in me. To this day, that is the single greatest experience I've ever had with a wild animal.

@bananapeaches6370

5 жыл бұрын

周穎晞 they are the most amazing birds. They sing to me too after i feed them a few pieces of meat. ♥️ they really are truly sweet birds :) people are just more fascinated with the cruel and scary instead of the loving and caring 🤷‍♀️ but hey, thats life

@jasminecollins897

5 жыл бұрын

That's why I feed my local ravens. It's worth it to be on a corvid's good side.

@wbnc66

5 жыл бұрын

Last house I lived at had a murder of crows that came by every morning for breakfast.I'd toss treats out and they would happily eat up and had no fear of me, the missus, or our dog...they would raise all sorts of a ruckus if strangers, or my jerk of a neighbor came into the yard so I had a built in alarm....much better neighbors than some people.

@bananapeaches6370

5 жыл бұрын

William Byrd absolutely agree! It’s why I’m so cut up inside that our beautiful 7 acres is zoned for high density residential.... when I walk to my letterbox to check the mail, I imagine home many houses I’d be passing in a few short years as our driveway is nearly 500 metres from front door to road (no racing out with the wheelie bin if we forget and hear the truck coming! 😂) ... probably at lest 40 houses I reckon, the way they pack them in nowadays ... all this means so much wildlife will be homeless... ☹️ PS - your surname is so apt right now! :)

I found it pretty interesting / funny that magpies actually mimic sounds, an example being all the car alarms in a mall district I live near. You hear car alarm sounds very often and its just the birds lol

@darrellcook8253

2 жыл бұрын

They are calling the cars so they can take over the world. The sound of tires squealing with horns honking and car alarms all going off at the same time is what cars understand so they aren't replying to the magpies. Lucky you.

@travisireland7276

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the Unabomber made the same observation.

@plantymcplantface7182

2 жыл бұрын

@@travisireland7276 That was in that Unabomber documentary/tv show "Manhunt: Unabomber S01 Ep02". Pretty sure he mentions it in his manifesto as well.

@tashuntka

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, got one hereabouts that does my phone rings, both of them.....Funny guy...

The day Kangaroos and Magpies team up I'm staying inside forever and die of hunger.

@trollshamanpwnage

2 жыл бұрын

They'll form an alliance with the cone snails and rule land, air AND sea.

As an Australian, it makes you feel proud to have survived to adulthood when you watch things like this. Whenever you learn about a horrifying creature that only lives here, there's a certain knowing nod and feeling of living in a naturally occurring Jurassic Park scenario. Also, before this I thought the tick thing was worldwide and that everyone around the world was warned as a child not too look into sea shells that look like that. Only here, eh?

@meganlukes6679

3 жыл бұрын

I feel something similar when I hear people talk about the gators and Floridaman.

@guywithtie6624

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a naturally occurring Jurassic park scenario with the Cassowary literally being like a velociraptor

@teambeining

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the American Southwest, and we were taught to stay away from scorpions and how to suck out snake venom. Still not prepared for Australia though.

@kylegibson5933

2 жыл бұрын

@@teambeining and who taught you to suck out snake venom? who would’ve taught you that 😂 you never are supposed to attempt that …

@DuskF5

2 жыл бұрын

I'm more amazed with your Indigenous people surviving that long, away from any civilization, truly masters of survival...

Will it hurt, will it be excruciatingly painful? Absolutely, but you'll probably survive. Sounds like life in general.

@discordant8543

4 жыл бұрын

But you die at the end

@hellomoron

4 жыл бұрын

This sounds like the attitude of an Aussie

@luminareflare4914

4 жыл бұрын

For you.

@Noname-67

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think you will probably survive in life

Found that centipede in my house and many in the soil around my house. I flicked one over to a curious magpie who gobbled it up without hesitation. Respect!

Mostly, I've found that we've just grown up with the knowledge necessary to stay safe. Tap out your shoes if you haven't used them in a while, don't eat fruit off unknown trees, don't put your hands in holes, stay away from the magpie nest...

@pauligrossinoz

2 жыл бұрын

The trick with snakes is: 1. _Be careful._ Don't just blunder about outside. 2. When you see one, just stop and back away slowly and quietly. Our snakes just want to be left alone, and aren't usually aggressive. (Except for the taipan.)

@offwiththefairiesforever2373

2 жыл бұрын

Or feed them

As the wonderful late Sir Terry Pratchett worked out; sometimes it is just easier to list what is NOT dangerous, lethal or poisonous/venomous in Australia. The answer? Some of the sheep.

@leviroch

6 жыл бұрын

Yuki Fox some. . .

@lilaclizard4504

6 жыл бұрын

vegans would disagree & try to tell you they kill you with their yummy saturated fats lol - worth the death for the Aussie Day lamb :)

@Manhole87

6 жыл бұрын

U ever been kicked or butted by a pissed of sheep. I know a guy who got kicked so hard it detached muscle from his bone

@nayandusoruth2468

6 жыл бұрын

Only some of the sheep though...

@calebburns4346

6 жыл бұрын

Justin McMullen he was trying some beastiality wasn't he?

If I lived in Australia, this list would be 8 long.

@d_wang9836

6 жыл бұрын

If you lived in Australia the list would be 1 long, as all the others would move out

@musclehank6067

6 жыл бұрын

+[ Duwang_Mn ] fair point.

@shawneeg214

6 жыл бұрын

I CHALLENGE YOU WEAKLING HANK

@apple54345

6 жыл бұрын

7 of Australia's Most Terrifying Inhabitants are for the weak.

@maxgb2000real

6 жыл бұрын

Muscle hank is only hank, screw that "Hunk Hank" copycat

Lmao damn magpies 😭 ain’t nothing worse than getting attacked by a bird. You be helpless af 🤣 like please bird

Nietzsche': "That which does not kill us makes us stronger" Australia: hold my beer.

@offwiththefairiesforever2373

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@travisireland7276

2 жыл бұрын

Hold my beer while I make you a vegan.

Fun fact, australian magpies are not corvids (crows, ravens, european magpies, blue jays etc.) but belong to a group of birds with the delightful name "butcherbirds". That's all you need to know, really.

@TimothyFerguson

6 жыл бұрын

WireMosasaur They get the name from stabbing insects onto thorns to store them.

@Tapecutter59

6 жыл бұрын

Aussie magpies and butcherbirds belong to the family "Artamidae", but a local would never refer to a magpie as a butcherbird. According to surveys by ornithologists the magpie is the most beloved bird in Australia

@DysnomiaFilms

6 жыл бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think jays aren't corvids?

@WireMosasaur

6 жыл бұрын

They are! :D They're odd-looking fellows to be lumped in with rooks and crows, obviously, but they are indeed corvids. Little blue fellas.

@DysnomiaFilms

6 жыл бұрын

WireMosasaur ah k knew they were sonhbirds, thought they were only cousins to corvids.

As you said, magpies are smart birds and can recognize individual humans. They are also easily bribed. Give them a little bit of food and they become quite friendly. They bring their young to meet their human friends, and those magpies don't see people as threats and don't swoop. They are clever, and can be friendly, and are actually quite playful.

@fatalshore5068

2 жыл бұрын

They are smart enough to differentiate humans so they will still attack people, they just won't attack you or your family. :) Magpies are the freakin best, love em so much.

Hank is definetely one of the most well liked and charismatic presenters on the web.

@washkabe9179

2 жыл бұрын

Hank is my favorite presenter although I like everybody on this channel

I’m an Australian It was refreshing to see you guys have looked passed the typical things

@jarrypason9884

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Lorrane how are you doing today.

"But you'll probably survive!" I am *NOT* filled with confidence!

@0Clewi0

6 жыл бұрын

I don't care, meat allergy is what left me really scared.

@fionaanderson5796

3 жыл бұрын

Almost certainly survive... although you may spend a few days wishing you were dead.

@fionaanderson5796

3 жыл бұрын

@@0Clewi0 it's funny. Aussies have heard of a US tick that does that, but not an Aussie one. It can't be that common here.

@suzannedavidson6292

2 жыл бұрын

@@fionaanderson5796 East coast of Australia, very prolific in moist temperate bushland. I live on South coast of Australia and have even found one in my garden. Looked exactly like the illustration shown. I have relatives who live on Victorian/New South Wales border - they have this problem there.

@christinacoad1237

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the meat and cheese allergy was the scary part for me too

Magpies remember faces... i knew that was the same damn bird every time.

@IronMan-kt1lb

4 жыл бұрын

Yyyyyyyeeeeessssss

@marccolten9801

4 жыл бұрын

But how do the humans know its the same bird each time?

@aussierose9015

4 жыл бұрын

Yep had a kid at school that used to throw rocks at the Maggie's and one day hit one and I kid U not he could not go down the oval without being attacked for the next few yrs of school lol

@alli-kat2329

4 жыл бұрын

@@aussierose9015 lmaooo.. Im in adelaide and they r in hoardes in my area rn!

@slamyourheadin9449

4 жыл бұрын

Rose k got what he deserved tbh

I've always got between 5 and 21 magpies in my backyard, no swooping. A couple are very curious and friendly.

Australians when we see spiders & snakes: “oh ok, I’ll stay away from you” Australians when we see magpies: “KEEP AWAY YOU SPAWN OF SATAN”

@darrellcook8253

2 жыл бұрын

Respect their authority, air power won wars. This one can be won with a handful of kitty nuggets, they love cat food and will remember you. They're beggars and unique friends if you feed them.

1. Tony Abbot in a budgie smuggler.

@dariusrattey992

6 жыл бұрын

scary stuff

@dennisnedry9862

6 жыл бұрын

The onions quiver in fear

@arjaxlarjax

6 жыл бұрын

Turnbull in a taxcut seems to be a more toxic venom now days 😂

@crosscategory

6 жыл бұрын

Maddin1313 Pauline Hanson in a burqa was pretty bad too...

@ozskipper

6 жыл бұрын

@Cross... Could have been worse.. Could have been Pauline Hanson in a bikini... I would rather look at abbot in budgies smugglers and I am straight lol.

Fun fact = I live in Australia, one night when I was a kid about 20 years ago my dad picked up a beanbag and put it on top of me just as a little joke/play around. Hanging on to the underside of the beanbag was a huge centipede that landed on my face. Dad said he will never forget the blood-curdling screams of that day. Haha. I'm fine by the way it didn't bite or scratch or anything.

@DragoniteSpam

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what part of that sounds fun :|

@EdricLysharae

5 жыл бұрын

But you definitely won't forget it.

@georgeevangel4292

5 жыл бұрын

OZGlitch--Your dad sounds like a fun guy

@cillamoke

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness!! How I'd be mortified!!!

@marccolten9801

4 жыл бұрын

Do you visit dad in the ratty home you put him in to remind him of this.

Very apt video to show up on my sidebar, I just found a wolf spider in a clothes basket. It was terrifying, it must have been at least 3 feet across and had fangs the size of a t-rex's! At least... that's how it seemed when I had to get out Frodo's sword to kill it.

I understand why Australia was a jail now Imagine being dropped there without knowing anything of this beforehand

@leoniedoyle8484

2 жыл бұрын

For 60,000 years before it became a jail it was a peaceful place for Australia's First Nations people.

@leoniedoyle8484

2 жыл бұрын

The reason why it became a jail was not because it was a harsh country, but rather because England ran out of space to store their criminals. I'd rather you not make a comment like this because it's actually super ignorant...

@jolla9963

2 жыл бұрын

@@leoniedoyle8484 Australia is actually a faiked hemp growing colony, America has declared it's indepenance 2 years earlier and Britain had lost access to it American hemp supply, the Royal Navy relied on hemp for rigging sails. But the silly buggers bought the wrong hemp seed, they bought smoking dope not roping dope. Australia had a very mellow start, it was only after that it became a penal colony, and the correct seeds were bought out and roping dope was harvested. Alas, hemp rope was in it final years as the industrial revolution was about to kick into high gear, and steam would soon rule the waves.

@leoniedoyle8484

2 жыл бұрын

@@jolla9963 you're so embarrassing bye

@darrellcook8253

2 жыл бұрын

You can write a comedy or horror script pretty easily as there's lots of material and possibilities to work with. Hmmmm.

Lived all my life in Australia. The only one of these I've come across is the magpie. We have several visit our garden. They have never been aggressive. They are obviously bright. They like to play "chicken" with my dog. You can practically see them laugh when they outwit my dog! I would, however, definitely add the blue ringed octopus to this list.

@sophiamalcolm2119

5 жыл бұрын

I KNEW IT! I KNEW PEOPLE WERE OVERSELLING AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUSNESS! I've only lived in Aussie for a couple years, and like you haven't seen many dangerous animals but have heard SO many tales of dangerous snakes and spiders and plants and birds, but never knew if they were real. You have no idea how long I've waited for proof that Aussie is fine. EDIT: By "never knew if they were real" I meant "never knew if they were likely to happen." These animals definitely CAN kill you, ESPECIALLY the Box Jellyfish (holy crap I'm glad I don't go to the beach ever)

@somebloke3869

5 жыл бұрын

I've got Maggie's that do the same, they'll tap their beak on my dogs dinner bowl if she hasn't noticed them.

@AndrewBlucher

5 жыл бұрын

Male magpies attack people who appear to be a threat. Attaching cable ties to your helmet makes you look more dangerous, so the magpies attack more. But they have to swerve to avoid the cable ties, which gives the person confirmation that the ties work. The magpies also learn that their attacks work, because people leave the area quickly. It's illegal to kill wildlife so they get their own confirmation bias. It's lose - lose!

@somebloke3869

5 жыл бұрын

Magpies are smart enough to know people aren't really a threat. The main reason males attack is to show off to their mate.

@amandagardner565

5 жыл бұрын

@@sophiamalcolm2119 i'm in Maryborough Vic, i have brown snakes on my 5 acres, i keep the grass short and avoid where they hibernate in the summer months, in 18 years i have seen 2 adults up close and 8 juveniles (12 inch long). my dogs roam the entire property, hence the short grass and i haven't lost a dog to snake bite, a cat did get bitten once, but survived, he just kills the babies when he finds them now. never had the magpies on my property swoop, but some a 1/2 km away did once while i walked the dog, we are more likely to have spur wing plovers dive on us, we have a pair that has tried (unsuccessfully) to nest every year for 18, usually foxes get the chicks around 6-8 weeks old. Australia is as safe as any country (or safer) it's awareness of ones environment that makes one safe, don't blunder about the Australian bush in summer unless you want to find a snake, don't swim in northern lakes or rivers if there are crocodiles etc.

Being an Australian it’s always funny to watch videos like this 😂😂

@danyapilchowski2959

5 жыл бұрын

Draw with Maddie that’s cool! And you like art too? (From your username) cool me too

@riverbullshark

4 жыл бұрын

I am Australian

@quentronsteer5621

4 жыл бұрын

i hadn't heard of anything besides magpies in this list. and i live in australia. haha

@Dan66TwilightFan

4 жыл бұрын

how are you guys alive still

@doge8153

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Castro they stay inside

In defense of the magpies. If they recognize you and see you around often they are a lot less likely to attack. If you feed the local Magpies they are more likely to bring their young to you when they have learned to fly and not attack you at all. They will mostly attack from behind, drawing eyes on the back of a bike helmet will help a lot.

"The giant centipede is so fearsome that it's know to take on some of Australia's scariest snakes." And, they share their territories with tarantulas.

@wayneedwards5589

Жыл бұрын

There are no tarantulas in Australia.

So I'm okay with everything, except for the airborne death tree particles.

@lukespread

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they're a hassle.

@andymanaus1077

3 жыл бұрын

The gympie gympie tree only grows in a relatively small, rainforest area in northern Queensland. The locals know about it and give it a wide berth. They aren't a problem anywhere else.

@suzannedavidson6292

Жыл бұрын

​@@andymanaus1077 And there are signs in several languages near them warning people to avoid contact with them.

Great vid, but you left out the most dangerous of them all: Holden Commodore drivers.

@kennnnys

4 жыл бұрын

Ford drivers are just as bad

@JohnJ469

4 жыл бұрын

@@kennnnys Pussies! Wait until you come up against the dreaded Lawn Bowler driving a Volvo.

@fionaanderson5796

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnJ469 I was about to say Volvo drivers.

@etmax1

3 жыл бұрын

Disagree, Volvo drivers!

@andymanaus1077

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, BMW drivers are the absolute worst. They buy $80,000+ cars that they know will be worth about $5000 within 5 years, so they have money to burn and enough arrogance to really not care about safe driving. Closely followed by Volkswagen drivers who are the most oblivious drivers on Aussie roads. Awful Volvo drivers are so 1980s.

In Australia it’s not about living it’s about surviving

Australian Magpies are my favourite bird, they have I think the most beautiful bird call of all.

Honestly, I’m Australian, and mate, we aren’t scared of anything... but magpies. Spring is coming...

@marcellespiritu

4 жыл бұрын

Oh boyyyyyy....i guess im not going..

@achach5055

3 жыл бұрын

True... Magpies, and the giant flying cochoroaches.

@fionaanderson5796

3 жыл бұрын

Magies are much maligned. I have never been swooped, and can walk within a few meters of fledglings.

@achach5055

3 жыл бұрын

@@fionaanderson5796 did your mum and dad drop you to and from school all through school? And you never left home on weekends? Never went out bike riding or nothing?

@fionaanderson5796

3 жыл бұрын

@@achach5055 no, no, and no. I walked or caught the tram. I now live in a regional town and walk through bushland and forest regularly. My local magpies know me, those further afield are wary when they have young, but i talk to them and they let me pass. I've even had one family sing to the next ones up the street to let them know that i was ok, and then they passed the message on after i passed them. Wild birds won't come to me, but most are fine with me being nearby, and will calm down with me holding them if I've had to catch them (injured, trapped in a chimney or window, tangled in string, etc).

As an Aussie zoologist, i can confirm: 1) Magpies are dicks, most people have been swooped. 2) Paralysis ticks are not fun. Ive had one on my neck, and know many pets who have died from them. 3) I had one of these bastards scratching around near my head in my tent 2 weeks ago, cenitipede venom is quite nasty. 4) No experience with this plant, but it doesnt surprise me. Many of the plants here are quite toxic. 5) Cone snails are hard to treat and quite lethal. Populations on different reefs can have different chemical concoctions in their venom, making antivenoms nearly impossible. 6) Stinging trees suck. Ive had it on the soft skin on the underside of my arm, and without immediate waxing of the needles it will persist for months. 7) Irukandji as we call them is probably the worst pain known to man. My professor in toxinology had been stung 11 times, search for jamie seymour - irukandji and watch his experience in hospital.

@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123

6 жыл бұрын

CalmYourFarm my God, to think a centipede crawl around my body is nightmare fuel, if it happen to me, I wouldn't sleep at night for I don't know... the rest of my life maybe. I fear them, but not on phobia level, simply because I afraid they would crawl into my ear.

@jamisonjammoprice2044

6 жыл бұрын

i was the first recorded irukandji sting inside the singer nets, spent 2 weeks in hospital as it was 45mins before i got medical help cause lifeguards did not think it was a jelly cause as far as they thought inside nets was safe. was nearly 20yrs ago now and still dont forget the pain....

@TheSugartush

6 жыл бұрын

CalmYourFarm this is horrifying 😫😣

@glitchy9613

Жыл бұрын

Magpies arent dicks, not neccesarily.

I've found the most terrifying and life threatening thing, for me at least, is Sydney traffic...I don't know how people do it everyday. Give me sharks, snakes and ticks any day! Well maybe not ticks, they give me nightmares ever since I found one on my sack...

Always interesting, thank you.

Never had an issue with any of these except the dreaded magpie season. I used to be a postie on a bike. Here's a thing I learnt. I stuck fake eyes on the back of my hat, they didn't swoop.

@etmax1

3 жыл бұрын

Then there's feeding, I used to dig out Christmas beetle grubs, never had an issue after that. There was also once a chick that had fallen out of it's nest, we kept cats away and gave it a bowel of water for the day (hot weather)

You missed the fact most of our centipede's bites also contain flesh eating bacteria

@MrWombatty

5 жыл бұрын

Usually it's not their bites that's the worst problem, but centipede & caterpillars often have venomous spikes or hairs that you only have to brush against!

@user-xj8wy4uu1q

Ай бұрын

@@MrWombattywrong

I really love the cheerful delivery of horrifying information! One of my regrets is one, when visiting a state park outside of Sydney, the visitor center was selling a small guide to dangerous plants and animals to avoid. There must have been 50 itemd on it. I wish I had bought a copy.

The place I live has super fast growing weeds, when we cut the grass we let it dry in a pile before burning. It gets filled with centipedes real fast, never snakes though. I've only seen three snakes where I live, don't think there's anymore there since the entire area burns once a year. Like completely bakes the ground, no bushes left, just a few tough trees.

@kokujin5446

2 жыл бұрын

@Roxy Gillick I think there's only 10 maybe 20 snakes left where I live. It's an island, and the entire thing burns during summer. The heat from the sun alone cooks the ground to extreme temperatures. A newly made field had nothing but extremely find dust. And a snake hole in the middle, I poked the snake, it came out of the hole slithered for 2 seconds and died. The heat from the ground was probably 50° C or 122°F Was a hot day and there was no wind.

7 of Australia's Most Terrifying Inhabitants: 1. Australians

@Cassxowary

5 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly!

@sidhanthmishra8488

5 жыл бұрын

You must be from New Zealand

@codyblea3638

4 жыл бұрын

When your accent is legitimately attributed to the original prisoners and their drunken sluring. You stopped giving a damn a long time ago. When a Canadian says watch this, you start recording. When an American does so, you get 911 dialed. When an Aussie does so, run in the opposite direction of their attention.

@stevebutchart3638

4 жыл бұрын

@@codyblea3638 umm, that has literally nothing to do with the Australian accent...

@dont_give_a_flying_f

4 жыл бұрын

Ripped kickboxing kangaroos?

Emus: Why aint i on this list ?! I defeated the machine gunners!

@rumpelstiltskin6252

3 жыл бұрын

they never talk about that ,it is forbidden,

@COD_editsBC

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s true but if you see one on it’s own come new you just hold something above your head, it makes them think that your bigger than them and they leave I might add though if you can’t find something in time just run 😂

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

@@COD_editsBC and get run down. They’re fast. But not as insane as cassowaries!

10:54 I love how cheery he is when he says PROBABLY survive

Very interesting. I have visited Australia, Sydney, Melbourne & Kangaroo island in Adelaide. What an amazing country and people. I came across red back and funnel web spiders. I also had a close encounter with a brown snake and several kangaroos. Subscribed

When Australia is so dangerous, they need their own versions of diseases because the original ones aren't deadly enough. "Now you know what to look out for", has a tiny jellyfish that is almost invisible.

@flaviusclaudius7510

6 жыл бұрын

Australian versions of diseases? Google 'Bairnsdale ulcer', a disease which has been slowly spreading towards Melbourne. Edit: In case it wasn't obvious, NSFW (or NSFL)

@jessicaevangelista9190

6 жыл бұрын

Weeeelll time to move, then

@danielm4827

6 жыл бұрын

Natasha Taylor ...time to move out of Melbourne D:

@coweatsman

6 жыл бұрын

So Sydney has the funnel web spider and Melbourne has the Bairnsdale ulcer'. Note to self, stay in Adelaide.

My reasons to go to Australia before 0 My reason to go to Australia now -7

@Arcanine2D

6 жыл бұрын

I've been here for 23 years, I haven't been affected by anything in this video before. I have that orange looking plant in my backyard and have eaten some with no problems.

@Willow4526

6 жыл бұрын

Hayden lastname the one you're eating is probably a mandarin tree not the one in the video....

@Arcanine2D

6 жыл бұрын

They are small though, like max the size of an Australian 10 cent coin?

@batintheattic7293

6 жыл бұрын

Hayden lastname - eating the fruit of the 'orange looking plant' will probably get you a place on the Darwin list. If you can't name it - for crying out loud, don't eat it!! Keep safe :) .

@cellgrrl

6 жыл бұрын

Since we lost Steve Irwin, I have no reason to go. Never had a desire. I live in Texas, that's excitement enough for me.

Also male platypus have spurs on their hind legs that are venomous too.

Thankfully I've never gotten stung by the jellyfish, which is a miracle since I grew up swimming in the sea, all day every day. Like ligit 8 hours just laying around in the sea, swimming around looking for cool fish. What I mean by looking for cool fish is just staying still with my eyes open under water watching for the slightest move in the seaweed floating around me. You find small pipefish, sea horses, some frog fish looking things, baby groupers and if you're lucky, one of them glowing fish. No idea what it is, but it has a blue light that is seen sometimes even during the day.

I heard that The Shire was originally in Australia, but with all the snakes, crocs and spiders the Hobbits migrated to New Zeland.

@eugenio5774

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, not advisable to go round barefoot where there are TICKS THAT CAN PARALISE YOU

@dylanflynn1895

6 жыл бұрын

It's not really advisable to go around New Zealand barefoot either many species of grass have razor edges or thorns, harmless but painful

@lockedboat4782

6 жыл бұрын

Marc Shanahan New Zealand is just a less dangerous version of Australia

@dylanflynn1895

6 жыл бұрын

Samuel L. I dislike the comparison to Australia

@dylanflynn1895

6 жыл бұрын

Samuel L. I dislike the comparison to Australia

Australian tourist office: Come see the beautiful nature and wildlife! SciShow: Im about to end this mans whole career

@booxwee3804

3 жыл бұрын

@AndreaLuise Ca. what?

Why am I just finding this?! Brilliant.👍

I've eaten the fruit of the gympie-gympie but on the last occasion (around Cooktown) my thumb brushed a leaf. The shock was instantaneous, akin to putting it on an anvil and hitting hard with a 9-pound steel hammer. The pain gradually subsided after a month or so. And yes, I did cry at one stage, early on in the piece.

Paralysis tick bites vegan Vegan: I’m immune

@vexacion9735

5 жыл бұрын

Underrated Comment

@StSpongeTube

5 жыл бұрын

You're mistaking immunity for already broken.

@pigl4t1

5 жыл бұрын

Paralysis tick bites me Me: immediately decides to starve instead of going vegan

@jamiewells22

5 жыл бұрын

Iron Vanguard mood

@jgillylikesbudsalot7436

5 жыл бұрын

@@StSpongeTube shut your mouth you've passed your expiry date 🤣

Most don’t realise. In Australia we purposefully build the cycle-ways through magpie habitats. As Australians are people, we find magpies attacking people funny. And cyclists are the perfect candidates for the job.

@bioboy1819

5 жыл бұрын

Bob Hawke... why does this not surprise. Clever tactic of Labor against those Liberal Cycling PM’s!

@sabrina.h2737

5 жыл бұрын

Bwah, ha, ha! I love it!

@badusername9903

4 жыл бұрын

what does this have to do with liberals... or even politics

@andrewstrongman305

4 жыл бұрын

We miss you Bob.

@LawrenceMclean

4 жыл бұрын

@@badusername9903 Look up "Bob Hawke"

Magpies are the most beautiful natured animals I've ever dealt with my favourite by far.

@Mrgreen2558

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, magpie is peaceful and nice but the main problem is the humans, humans are worst creatures they will do everything for their own greed. Humans are doing evil corruption killing, poison the food and water spraying chemertail on the air and doing all type kind of evil major sins. Look australia they are the one began killing animals starting with emu long time ago after killing the emu birds they began to kill cats and camels of course the animals will united against them.

@glitchy9613

Жыл бұрын

@@Mrgreen2558 sigh

"If you hang out in the suburbs of Queensland, NSW, or southern western Australia during spring, you might meet a magpie" what a weirdly specific range for a bird that is just ... everywhere in Australia lol.

Been in Australia 74 years. Critters are scary - i actually got stung by a bee once, my bad because I stepped on it. I ride bikes a lot, and yes, the magpies are a slight annoyance for a few weeks in spring, but there are precautions you can take, and some dumb things you should not try. By far the most dangerous animal we have is Homo Sapiens.

@travisireland7276

2 жыл бұрын

Holy f*** you stepped on a bee and it not only survived but also stung you?! Another reason to not travel there.

@aussieseal9979

Жыл бұрын

@@travisireland7276 bees live everywhere.

Dang Australian nature, you scary!

@apple54345

6 жыл бұрын

ayy you get a like because this is what i came here to comment.

@18matts

6 жыл бұрын

Such a good time back then

@ReverendRaff

6 жыл бұрын

Silly Uba is right. It's not that bat. Except the magpies. Those will end up the dominant species here if we're not careful hahahaha

@elizabethmckenzie3373

6 жыл бұрын

My boyfriend lives there I’m going there this Christmas

@azmanabdula

6 жыл бұрын

You all thought we were joking..... This is only scratching the surface PS Magpies are beautiful. feed them, and love them, they are your friends This is as good as it gets with Australian wildlife

I just have to say I love you .. keep on keeping on

I love magpies, they're the only bird you can walk right next to and they don't even piss off, they're not scared of anything

Lived in Australia all my life, and only animals that truly scare me are the Box Jellyfish and the Irukandji Jellyfish. Those things are made of nightmares.

@timsmith5361

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Also I’ve never heard of one being called “kingslayer”?

@wayneedwards5589

Жыл бұрын

Best to wear a stinger suit when its box jelly season.

You missed stone fish and blue-ringed octupus

@TheSallye33

4 жыл бұрын

And our ants. Bull ants and jumping jacks really should make this list.

@Mentorcase

4 жыл бұрын

Platypus! venomous spines

@thorbengoeman9729

4 жыл бұрын

And emu’s? Can’t forget them!

@williamshanasy2288

4 жыл бұрын

And drop bears

@blackpearl6972

4 жыл бұрын

An Auustraaliaans their extremely dangerous, an need to be avoided at All Cost.

Yeah, I've been swooped a few times when I'm in a new area where the magpies don't know me.

You forgot one of our most common trees - the Eucalyptus or gumtree. Affectionately known as the 'widowmaker' due to it's tendency to fall or drop large limbs without warning. It regularly kills people and we have them everywhere.

@teemusid

2 жыл бұрын

They are quite abundant in the SF Bay Area, as they were planted by sailors. They were planted for future use as replacement masts.

@suzannedavidson6292

Жыл бұрын

Dandle0000001 Not all gum trees are "branch droppers" - just some.

@user-xj8wy4uu1q

Ай бұрын

@@suzannedavidson6292really?

When you live in a subtropical/tropical area you engage what's known as Aussie Rules. Not like the Rugby, it's just that you check every shoe and toilet seat before you step or sit down.

What about drop bears? Heard they’re pretty dangerous!🐨

@spud4242

6 жыл бұрын

they always forget the Drop Bears..... when will they ever learn???

@doubleplusgoodful

6 жыл бұрын

This is why so many tourists die here. We need more public awareness.

@allenjenkins7947

4 жыл бұрын

Why does nobody mention the hoop snakes?

@rossrhodes1963

4 жыл бұрын

Allen Jenkins Because it’s more fun watching that unsuspecting tourist heading downhill trying to outrun it. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgh

You missed Parlimentarians. They're by far the most terrifying creatures we have.

@dajjukunrama5695

2 жыл бұрын

Well that’s probably an illegal opinion

I don't want to be too technical here... but great stuff!! Thanks ;-)

I never heard Irukandji jellyfish being called Kingslayer in Australia.

@emilieetifier2624

5 жыл бұрын

Yes also exactly my thoughts. I thought the bloke was talking about a new species that had been discovered. In Australia, Irukandji are called... Irukandji.

@leviroch

5 жыл бұрын

Irukanji has always just been known to me as the invisible reason you cant go swimming for half the year up north. . . The sharks and crocs are why u cant swim the OTHER half the year lol

@fugawiaus

4 жыл бұрын

Also Aussie, always been called irukandji, a type of box jelly. Just wear a skin wetsuit.

@thedamnedatheist

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently it is a new species only described in 2007. Only a taxonomical distinction really. practically they are all called Irukandji.

@sheelaghclapham5506

4 жыл бұрын

Neither have I

“Overall impending sense of doom”, so it’s like a tiny floating Cthulhu??

@AndyViant

3 жыл бұрын

No, it's more like having an ex wife.

@davespanksalot8413

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha they are very Lovecraftian! And on top of that they have something like twenty eyes, four brains and are active hunters, albeit slow hunters. There is speculation that several tourists who were classified as having died from heart attacks while snorkeling were actually irikanji stings. And a fun fact: their larger cousins the Box Jellyfish used to be called Sea Wasps until someone worked out tourists would go into the water to avoid the "wasps"! On the bright side their stingers can't penetrate thin materials like panyhose or lycra skin suits.

This is why I like to visit Australia outside of Magpie breeding season. When they aren't trying to gouge your eyes out, they're very nice to see and hear around the house.

All these warnings about the dangers of Australia, yet you keep on coming! You left the most dangerous off the list - the Drop Bear!

As an Aussie, I find it incredibly entertaining to watch these videos, and I'll always walk away with more things to terrify my brother with.

"Aussie cheese fries" - said nobody in Australia ever

@fugawiaus

4 жыл бұрын

Gerry Gold yeah they are at the Outback Steakhouse. Which is strangely an American company. They are good though.

@jantschierschky3461

4 жыл бұрын

@@fugawiaus but as Australian, as the grand canyon

@fugawiaus

4 жыл бұрын

Jan Tschierschky bloody good feed though.

@DaveyGa

3 жыл бұрын

As Rodney Rude says, they're not fries, they're farkin' CHIPS!

Humans in Australia: *exists* Literally every dangerous Australian animal: *so you have chosen death!* 😂

@ANDROLOMA

2 жыл бұрын

Beware the lethal koalas.

Hank is the best!

Fun fact: I live IN Atherton, Australia! Its kinda funny, we commonly refer to the Gympie Gympie tree as the "Atherton Tableland stringing tree". Also like nobody even knows what they are; There are even a few growing behind the Atherton State High School. Also, for anybody who is interested, the waterfall you see at 7:40 is Millaa Millaa falls, a great place to escape the heat (I do recommend).

@abmddashby

5 жыл бұрын

I love the Tablelands, wish I could go there again. So many beautiful waterfalls, rolling hills, rain forests, and awesome sites. The people up the are awesome too.

So i live in cairns, australia... and have been stung by the gympie gympie tree and a irrikuandji jellyfish.... they all hurt but wouldnt call anywhere else home live in a beautiful place.....

@choppergamer

6 жыл бұрын

did you get medals for surviving those?

@jamisonjammoprice2044

6 жыл бұрын

Another way to make AUS little more fun is the fact that the jellyfish nets they use for the swimming enclosures on the beach cant stop the irrikunadji, as they are to small. Found out the hard way being the first ever person stung inside the enclosure. That got me front page on the paper and on the news ....No medals, I should have tho :p haha....

Magpies don't attack unless they are disrespected out of mating season. This is my experience. I always greet them and also feed them on occasion. Never been attacked. I am 71. Love Maggies. Gorgeous and clever... You are their neighbours and they know exactly who you are and more importantly, what sort of person you may be.

This is splendid; thanks. [Extra points for noting that silica is what makes up quartz. Too often, people refer to silica-based materials, even amorphous ones, as quartz.]

I'm from Australia and I can tell you, swooping magpies are the least of our problems!

@lordbanetheplayer8844

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm...

@tacoblude8208

3 жыл бұрын

Ujuani Abelsen really

@etmax1

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, incompetent politicians are a much worse problem.

@larrybarnes3920

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. We've got conservative politicians. 😣

@leoniedoyle8484

2 жыл бұрын

Scomo is our biggest problem

Meat allergies from tick bites also occur in the USA from the Lone Star tick. paralysis ticks are far more dangerous to pets. The common kingslayer's real name is the Irukandji.

@richardsmith748

5 жыл бұрын

Those jelly fish terrify me

@thedamnedatheist

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardsmith748 , they sound like more of a problem than they are.

@shirel.a8421

4 жыл бұрын

As someone who probably knows two peolle whos been bitten by lone star ticks. Yeah. Im surprised by how many times Ive been bitten by ticks that I havent encountered a lone star

Are you sure about the Maggies? I live in rural area and there are always plenty of magpies flitting around but I have never been attacked by one. Pluvers on the other hand are notorious for being aggressive, I was swooped by a pluver when I was riding a motorbike, luckily I was wearing a full face helmet and the damn bird just bounced off but I was traveling at about 80kph so the pluver had no personal protective equipment and sadly did not survive (I did turn back and check)

As an Australian who has worked in revegetation and encountered all seven of these, I confess I feel much safer camping out in the open here than I ever would in any country that has bears or hippopotamus. Compared to other third world tropical countries like Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, and New Guinea (the latter two countries also having saltwater crocodiles, taipans, brown snakes, stinging trees, cassowaries, and our venomous marine life) Australian wildlife is pretty mild.

@archclement2902

7 ай бұрын

Yes. Mammalian megafauna are the most dangerous beasts. After Us and Mosquitoes of course.

The ticks are indeed dangerous, but not half as dangerous as the tocks.

@JTA1961

4 жыл бұрын

What about the giant Ding Dongs ??

I live in Cairns and have been stung by that amazing tree a few times :) the best thing to do is get wax strips and repeatadly target the area that got stung. This usually gets them out before the skin heals over. The ones who say “Australia isn’t really that dangerous” are the people who never go outside. Yes you can easily survive here but you’re hurting a lot of the time :)

@davidwarland2680

2 жыл бұрын

no country folk dont get hurt, its city folk who think they know and go get hurt, like you, stung a few times, aahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa

@alanc6781

2 жыл бұрын

Jude, the thing is, I think, to be aware.

@psychic5719

2 жыл бұрын

That is very dramatic. Lived here all my life, go out side a lot! In the bush, desert, beach areas and never been hurt by anything.

@buzz5020

Жыл бұрын

@@psychic5719 let’s be honest though, comparatively it is a lot easier to get yourself hurt over here. Think of all the little things we subconsciously do to avoid being bitten by things on a daily basis for example.. never put your fingers in small gaps you can’t see into, always shake your clothes if you’ve left them on the ground, don’t walk through long grass with shorts.. you’ve got to know what you’re doing out here

@user-fq4oq9qv7b

Жыл бұрын

@@buzz5020 agreed

this was hilarious....!!! Ive been attached by a magpie and it drew blood as it swooped me. looked like i was stabbed in the head. literally seen everything else except the jelly fish... thats why i keep safe and have snakes and spiders as pets. much safer than going outside and being exposed to the wild ones. well done. this was a fantastic recording.

I had to watch this to see what animals make the list. Magpies were not what I expected! LOL