Aussies Are Being Asked About Which Non-Australian Animals Freak Them Out And I Agree With All Of Them

    I did not need to know what an emerald cockroach wasp was.

    Hameda Nafiz
    by Hameda Nafiz

    BuzzFeed Staff

    It's no secret that Australian animals send a shiver of fright up our international friend's spines, but what the rest of the world seems to forget is that they have some darned scary animals too.

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    And I'm not talking lions and pythons here.

    Well, Reddit user u/Phuktihsshite set out to find out exactly which non-Australian animals we're all afraid of — and the responses were absolutely golden. Here are some of the best ones!

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    Drop bears have nothing on these guys.

    1. Moose

    Moose smiling in field.
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    "Moose. I read Winterdance by Gary Paulsen when I was a kid and his descriptions of these malevolent murder-beasts just exploding out of the forest and kicking sled dogs to death for the hell of it got to me. Then, thanks to YouTube, I realised how how fucking HUGE they are and NO THANK YOU."

    —u/Goreki

    2. Baboons

    Wide mouthed baboon with huge teeth.
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    "Baboons, they could fuck you up."

    —u/laurenkswan

    "We [South Africans] have baboons and they are fucking huge. They have canine teeth the size of a lion and with enough encounters with humans, they lose all sense of fear. They usually just walk into your house and just eat your shit until you chase them out. I don't need to find out what happens when one gets territorial though..."

    —u/HankyCanky

    3. Japanese hornets

    Japanese hornet sitting on man's hand and taking up half the space.
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    "These things are fucking huge!!! I theorise that Satan created them while making animals with God."

    —u/Mamboo07

    4. Bears

    Close up of a male black bear's face.
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    "BEARS! You guys scream at us about our creepy spiders and shit, but USA fuckers go out camping and see fuckin' bears and shit. The worst thing you can find in Australia is a kangaroo, but they're pretty dumb."

    —u/JamieIsSad

    5. Camel spiders

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    "Camel Spiders. Military people open fire on these fuckers on sight and yet y'all think we should burn down our houses just because a friendly huntsman bro wants to chill in a corner and eat our midgeys/flies."

    —u/Zeruvi

    6. Mountain lions

    A mountain lion caught on a night vision camera.
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    "Mountain lions. Can't do much against a huge fucking cat now, can I? I might have a knife, but it's got five on each paw, plus a few in its mouth. I'm out-knifed!!!"

    —u/Galaxywalaxy

    7. Hippos

    Two hippos lazing happily in the sun.
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    "Hippopotamus. They are the embodiment of evil, hidden inside a fat cow-like body."

    —u/LeCalculator

    8. Emerald cockroach wasp

    A metallic looking wasp chomping into the head of a cockroach.
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    Suggested by: u/sangbum60090

    "Had to look that up and saw a picture. I thought, oh that pretty looking and then I started to read about its habits...holy shit. Even for roaches that sounds like one of the most horrible ways to die."

    —u/shroom2021

    9. American possums

    An American possum huddled down in grass.
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    "American possums look like they do crack, while Australian ones look so cute."

    —u/ahumanpileofgarbage

    10. Geese

    A goose looking menacingly towards the camera while standing in a field of green.
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    "I've heard geese will fuck you up."

    —u/dum_cid

    11. Komodo dragons

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    "Komodo dragons. Like what the fuck is that?!"

    —u/EmilyTheatre

    12. And finally, Coyotes.

    A close up of a coyote's face.
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    "They're not afraid of people in the slightest and won't hesitate to go after you and your dog."

    —u/Unknowable-thirst

    Note: Responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.

    Australians after reading this list:

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