TwentySixHundred

One nice thing about where I live is that we have only one poisonous snake and it's extremely rare and endangered (too cold I guess).  We also only have one poisonous spider, but it's technically not native to our area (we're on the very edge of its range).  

The thing about snakes is although we have some the most venomous in Australia. When it comes to humans they usually slither away and hide. They feel the vibration through the ground from a human or large animals feet. Dogs and cats on the other hand, sneak and stalk prey silently. So they're more likely to be bitten as the snake doesn't hear them coming.

Browns are common across eastern states of Australia and they're second most venomous in the world. So my poor little buddy got a decent dose of toxic venom The part that sucks is waiting till tomorrow as i can't sleep knowing he's at the VET and i wont know till the morning if his ok.

Don't get me wrong, MUCH respect and fear for snakes, don't have many dangerous ones here for some reason, small copperheads, but I grew up seeing them daily in North Florida, rattlers, moccasins, coral snakes, really scary stuff.

As an experienced invertebrate keeper, the funnel web down there is what gives me the worst heebie-jeebies, tho I have long ago broken most of my inherent "fear" of spiders.

A spider that sneaky, that big, that mean, that venomous, that will not "play nice" even under the best circumstances is just an abomination to safety.

That said...

If it were legal to export them(it isn't), I'd probably own one, ha!

Naw, sorry jumping in sorta random-I've just kept a lot of "dangerous pets", snapping turtles to assassin bugs, and always been fascinated by Australia's rather "boring looking" "creatures that will mess you the heck up".

I dunno how ya'll have the guts to go outside.

Hell, or even stay inside, for that matter!