Nasty critters where you live..

[InnerBrat]

Yes!

...and that Black WINDOW spider what ggs was talking about can be very freaky! Imagine a huge black WINDOW wth eight hairy legs...

As for the Black Widow...

...it's North American, not Australian.
So my money's on it not being a typo, and you having just made a fool of yourself.

[Alyrium Denryle]

11 species of rattlesnake
Gilla monsters
Bark Scorpions.

The difference between me and the rest of you, is I wish to devote my life to studying these same creatures

1) Blue ringed Octopus (no anti venom for this sucker, and it can cause complete paralysis even death)

TTX is not your friend...it is 10k times the potency of cyanide
Oh and by the way, I hate you for living in Australia

1. 5 Gators
2. a Water Moccasin snake
3. a Copperhead snake

The only reason I would ever visit the bible belt...

[Col. Crackpot]

I must say that the oddest thing i have seen regarding critters was in Montreal. The squirrels near Concordia University are as big as cats and they have no fear. fat furry blobs run right up to you and accost you for food. Kinda like the hookers in Los Angeles

[Peregrin Toker]

Well, I was once hounded (no pun intended) by a loose Rottweiler, only a short walking distance from my home, and it's a wonder it didn't attack me.

[Montcalm]

I must say that the oddest thing i have seen regarding critters was in Montreal. The squirrels near Concordia University are as big as cats and they have no fear. fat furry blobs run right up to you and accost you for food. Kinda like the hookers in Los Angeles

Are you sure its a squirrel you saw.

[haas mark]

So far in living in the South, I have encountered

1. 5 Gators
2. a Water Moccasin snake
3. a Copperhead snake
4. Fire ants
5. and more biting flys and bugs than you can count

Depending on where you live in the city...

Bears
Mountain lions
Man-eating mosquitoes
Many different varieties of ants
Many different varieties of snakes
Lots and lots of things that bite
Wolves

[TrailerParkJawa]

Fremont is pretty much totally urbanized. There are a few open spaces or parks where you might run into a rattlesnake. Black widows can be found anywhere, I suppose.

However, if you travel a short distance to the edge of the urban footprint of the Bay Area, you will run into wild board and mountain lions.

Oh, I almost forgot, if you like to surf you need to watch out for Great White Sharks that might think you are a tasty seal.

[Zoink]

I've got no nasty critters.

The black bears are big wusses.
The wolves don't show their face.

We've got red squirrels, which are really territorial, but I can kick their ass on a good day.

The snakes are fun to play with.

The spiders are really big, but they aren't deadly.

As a kid, a muskrat ripped up my dog's face, buts that's only because the dog was looking for trouble.

[Xon]

Some of the nasty critters were I live:
1) Blue ringed Octopus (no anti venom for this sucker, and it can cause complete paralysis even death)
2) Portuguese Man-o-war or Bluebottle
3) Red back spider
4) Tiger snake
3) Dugite snake
6) Stingrays
7) Western brown snake
Mouse Spiders
9) White tailed Spiders
10) Black window spider
11) Brown house spider

Aranged roughly in order of toxicity, not a complete list.

Reasons one through eleven as to why Austrailia will never call me a visitor or resident. I keep expecting at some point for you all to discover that the grass is poisonous to boot!

Some poison grasses which I managed to find after some googling:

Johnson Grass(Sorghum halepense), An introduced weed, older plants contain quanities of hydrocyanic acid to threaten lifestock. Probable isnt good for humans either.

Marsh Arrow-Grass (Triglochin palustris) is also poisionious(flowers & leaves). Its another imported weed.

Imported mushrooms of doom:
Deathcap Mushroom(Amanita phalloides) are also poisonious as hell, another imported pest.

Some more poisonious plants: Alocasia macrorrhizos (Cunjevoi), Dianella spp. (Flax Lilies), Macrozamia spp. (Burrawangs), Solanum laciniatum (Kangaroo Apple) (fruit is poisonious if not fully rippened)

I havent found any native grasses which are poisonous.

Boba Fett, Australian Venom Research Unit - Black Window Spider

[GonK]

I've woken up to find the house surrounded by heifer's (young cows) adn on a couple of occasions have been walking down the road to school only to decide that it's okay to miss the bus today as I really don't want to argue with the large bull standing in the middle of the road.

In Edinbugh about the only dangerous animals are packs of drunk rugby players and the occasional hen night.

[LadyTevar]

Most dangerous critters.. hrmm...

I live in Appalachia, so we're kinda low on those, but...

Copperheads. Especially when a nest of babies suddenly squirms out of your backyard.

Eastern Diamondback Rattlers. At least you hear them when you get too close.

While we have black bears, they're more likely to run from you, unless you're dumb enough or unlucky enough to be between mommy and cubs.

Deer. No, don't laugh, because you've never had one walk out in front of your car and then tried jumping over the car. They land in the front seat.

And last but not least... Raccoons and 'possums. (Opossum, for the Scientifically inclined) not only are they disease carriers, but they can and will get up on your porch and prevent you from leaving.

[Dalton]

Hofstra girls.

Instantly recognizable, instantly irritating.

[Admiral Valdemar]

HERE BE DRAGONS!

[weemadando]

Its Australia. Damn near every animal here has at one time or another been responsible for human death/severe maiming. And yes, that includes the "cute" stuff, like Koalas, Kangaroos, Echidnas, Wombats, Platypus'...

[Saurencaerthai]

In New England:

1. Those fucking Canada Geese! Gah, me hates them! They crap on all the fields and are just a general nusience. I long for the day when goosehunting is made legal in MA suburbs...
2. Squirels
3. Mosquitos (I was at a playing field near a marsh at twighlight whilst launching rockets, and the came in a cloud!)
4. Racoons

[Andrew J.]

Ticks.

Ticks + pets that go in and out when they please=Lyme disease risk.

[Jadeite]

And last but not least... Raccoons and 'possums. (Opossum, for the Scientifically inclined) not only are they disease carriers, but they can and will get up on your porch and prevent you from leaving.

My dad has purposely run down possums before in his car, he hates the damned things with a passion.

[Montcalm]

In New England:

1. Those fucking Canada Geese! Gah, me hates them! They crap on all the fields and are just a general nusience. I long for the day when goosehunting is made legal in MA suburbs...
2. Squirels
3. Mosquitos (I was at a playing field near a marsh at twighlight whilst launching rockets, and the came in a cloud!)
4. Racoons

Chill out dude at least you can eat the geese,here we`re stuck with a real flying parasite fucking pidgeon,in the summer you can`t dry your clothes outside without one of these crap machine shitting on it,and if you want to erradicate the species PETA will throw a hissy fit.

[darthdavid]

Jehovas whitnesses
Christian fundamentalists
Squirrels
Cyotes
Rabid: Woodchucks, possums, racoons, rednecks
Barking neighbor dogs

[SirNitram]

Those from the regions of Connecticut I've lived in...

Tev's Appalachia list, + the dreaded Suburban Yuppie.

[Boba Fett]

Boba Fett, Australian Venom Research Unit - Black Window Spider

LOL

Seems to me Innerbrat was right, acept my apologies ggs!

[The Yosemite Bear]

RV4RENTers are also on the list of dangerous critters. It's just that you "Flatlanders" don't realize the danger of the "Bambi Jihad" they like to jump right into cars man, I mean that horse pic in A&P right now is a common occurance where I live. Fuck I just had the front end replaced last year due to an attack by "Terrorist Does"

[Col. Crackpot]

In New England:

1. Those fucking Canada Geese! Gah, me hates them! They crap on all the fields and are just a general nusience. I long for the day when goosehunting is made legal in MA suburbs...
2. Squirels
3. Mosquitos (I was at a playing field near a marsh at twighlight whilst launching rockets, and the came in a cloud!)
4. Racoons

Chill out dude at least you can eat the geese,here we`re stuck with a real flying parasite fucking pidgeon,in the summer you can`t dry your clothes outside without one of these crap machine shitting on it,and if you want to erradicate the species PETA will throw a hissy fit.

i'm sorry, but the Canadian Geese are far worse. they fly over New England like fucking squadrons of B-29's dropping their payloads of sticky shit on bombing runs over Boston, Providence and Hartford. hundreds or thousands of them at a time. April and October usually are the peak months. lol, i've heard some people call them the Canadian Bomber Command.

[Boba Fett]

Nasty critters...

Wasps are my biggest enemies. I hate them.

Yesterday I saw a type - in the city!!! -which I never seen before.

It was almost a size of a colibri and the color was rather red/yellow then black/yellow.

Must be the result of those insecticides that this kind of "monsters" exists.

[Grand Admiral Ancaris]

Some of the nasty critters were I live:
1) Blue ringed Octopus (no anti venom for this sucker, and it can cause complete paralysis even death)
2) Portuguese Man-o-war or Bluebottle
3) Red back spider
4) Tiger snake
3) Dugite snake
6) Stingrays
7) Western brown snake
Mouse Spiders
9) White tailed Spiders
10) Black window spider
11) Brown house spider

Aranged roughly in order of toxicity, not a complete list.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't there also another couple of doozies. Namely the Inland Taipan (worlds most poisonous snake), and the Sydney Funnel-web (world's most poisonous spider). Snakes don't bug me, but god do I hate spiders... especially big ones with bad attitudes.