Aussie Enviro

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I hate seeing ~~these posts on~~ Facebook.

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[–] bpalmerau@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

You might want to encourage your friends to get Mastodon accounts. Mastodon is federated like Lemmy, and there's a mastodon.au instance. There's a beginners guide here: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-use-mastodon-social-beginners-guide

[–] notgold@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 4 months ago

I saw this on Lemmy but it reminded me of why I deleted my Facebook account.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

So why do you hate seeing posts like this? I'm coming up with some ideas but I reckon you're going to surprise me.

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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

the unnecessary killing of animals, then posting about it for clout? yes i would hate seeing that too if i was on face book

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 1 point 4 months ago* (2 children)

Well, we're seeing it here. Is that any reason not to hate it? Same post.

There are people out there who are so conditioned to hate snakes, spiders, etc that their first instinct is to kill them so changing the 'role' might help them to get some perspective. What is obvious to some is not obvious to all.

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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

i think we are in agreement acutely, “posts like this” meaning the ones where people kill animals for no reason.

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[–] notgold@aussie.zone [S] 1 point 4 months ago

Yep that's what I meant. I killed this snake in my yard or I killed this spider in my kitchen. It hurts my heart that people hate these creatures so much.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works -3 points 4 months ago (10 children)

There's some irony to this being posted on aussie.zone, country of a million killer animals.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Our wildlife gets such a bad rap! 😆

Sure we have some bitey and stingy animals but the overall fatality rate is very, very low. Here are some figures (I couldn't find any that were more up-to-date) from a quick search. Look at the animal that causes the most deaths. It's one you no doubt have in your country too.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I was just kidding. I lived a few years in Aus, it was awesome

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ah, glad you liked the place! :) Always feels good when someone says that.

Where'd you visit/live? I'm gona go way out on a limb and say Sydney. Risky choice, I know.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

You took the risk... It did not pay off :D. I was in Adelaide for most of the time, though yes, I did visit Sydney for a couple weeks.

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Haha! Whaaat!!! I's gona say RAdelaide, but then I thought, too risky.

I liked Adelaide when I went there. But I's pretty young so didn't really explore much unfortunately.

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wait! What!? Whats happening with Bovine deaths? Is this something we need to send 'A Current Affair' in to investigate?!

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[–] notgold@aussie.zone [S] 3 points 4 months ago

Pull Ray Martin out of retirement and get it sorted

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago*

Being a city girl I had no idea until I heard about the dangers of working with cattle when I came to a regional area. If you want to raise your eyebrows, this will give you som ideas: https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/safety-and-prevention/hazards/workplace-hazards/agriculture/cattle-handling

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[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

The rate might be low, but comparing blindly to domesticated animals isn't quite fair, since context and exposure levels drastically skew the results. Humans interact a lot with domesticated animals directly, and comparatively little with wild (and venomous) snakes.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 1 point 4 months ago

Depends where you live 😆 . In any case, most snakes are shy and move away from people (for good reason) and will only bite if provoked accidentally or intentionally. We also have anti-venom in hospitals so deaths are pretty rare.