can u please not put things in the tags or in posts that say ‘in australia everything is poisonous or wants to kill you’ because it is not true. you’re contributing to the stigma of native animals and it’s not ok

drferox:

This is a long running joke on the internet and honestly our wildlife would benefit from being left alone more. We do have more poisonous things than just about everywhere else, in basically every biome, and our wildlife is generally either gnarly and dangerous to handle, or actively harmed by human interference.

I think the internet can handle one of its longest running jokes and if they can’t and chose to avoid Australian native animals because of it, the animals will be no worse off.

If you would like to discuss this further, you are welcome to. Off Anon.