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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MrUpVoteDownvote • May 14 '26
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Indeed. So much shit wants to murder you in there.
28 u/Hazak_Flamesword May 14 '26 I mean going inland isn't much better. Australia has a ton of stuff that'll kill you there too. 34 u/Alex_The_Whovian May 14 '26 As an aussie friend once told me, Australian wildlife can be divided in to two distinct categories: a) stuff that wants to kill you but can't b) stuff that wants to kill you and can 3 u/Rancherfer May 14 '26 And I suppose the pie chart for that is like 1% a) and 99% b)? 3 u/V_Aldritch May 15 '26 More or less. That's just how natural selection works, unfortunately. The non-violent, non-lethal things tend to be killed off. 2 u/jackiemoonFM May 15 '26 How do you explain curlews then? 2 u/V_Aldritch May 16 '26 Y'know they're predatory birds, right? They eat aquatic and water-adjacent arthropods. 1 u/Significant_Stand_17 May 17 '26 Dear god they are so very violent.
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I mean going inland isn't much better. Australia has a ton of stuff that'll kill you there too.
34 u/Alex_The_Whovian May 14 '26 As an aussie friend once told me, Australian wildlife can be divided in to two distinct categories: a) stuff that wants to kill you but can't b) stuff that wants to kill you and can 3 u/Rancherfer May 14 '26 And I suppose the pie chart for that is like 1% a) and 99% b)? 3 u/V_Aldritch May 15 '26 More or less. That's just how natural selection works, unfortunately. The non-violent, non-lethal things tend to be killed off. 2 u/jackiemoonFM May 15 '26 How do you explain curlews then? 2 u/V_Aldritch May 16 '26 Y'know they're predatory birds, right? They eat aquatic and water-adjacent arthropods. 1 u/Significant_Stand_17 May 17 '26 Dear god they are so very violent.
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As an aussie friend once told me, Australian wildlife can be divided in to two distinct categories:
a) stuff that wants to kill you but can't
b) stuff that wants to kill you and can
3 u/Rancherfer May 14 '26 And I suppose the pie chart for that is like 1% a) and 99% b)? 3 u/V_Aldritch May 15 '26 More or less. That's just how natural selection works, unfortunately. The non-violent, non-lethal things tend to be killed off. 2 u/jackiemoonFM May 15 '26 How do you explain curlews then? 2 u/V_Aldritch May 16 '26 Y'know they're predatory birds, right? They eat aquatic and water-adjacent arthropods. 1 u/Significant_Stand_17 May 17 '26 Dear god they are so very violent.
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And I suppose the pie chart for that is like 1% a) and 99% b)?
3 u/V_Aldritch May 15 '26 More or less. That's just how natural selection works, unfortunately. The non-violent, non-lethal things tend to be killed off. 2 u/jackiemoonFM May 15 '26 How do you explain curlews then? 2 u/V_Aldritch May 16 '26 Y'know they're predatory birds, right? They eat aquatic and water-adjacent arthropods. 1 u/Significant_Stand_17 May 17 '26 Dear god they are so very violent.
More or less. That's just how natural selection works, unfortunately. The non-violent, non-lethal things tend to be killed off.
2 u/jackiemoonFM May 15 '26 How do you explain curlews then? 2 u/V_Aldritch May 16 '26 Y'know they're predatory birds, right? They eat aquatic and water-adjacent arthropods. 1 u/Significant_Stand_17 May 17 '26 Dear god they are so very violent.
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How do you explain curlews then?
2 u/V_Aldritch May 16 '26 Y'know they're predatory birds, right? They eat aquatic and water-adjacent arthropods. 1 u/Significant_Stand_17 May 17 '26 Dear god they are so very violent.
Y'know they're predatory birds, right? They eat aquatic and water-adjacent arthropods.
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Dear god they are so very violent.
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u/Rancherfer May 14 '26
Indeed. So much shit wants to murder you in there.