We all know Australia's riddled with some of the most iconic and terrifying animals in the world. But apparently, we're also home to some of the most annoying animals? At least, according to this Reddit thread — where user u/The_Duc_Lord asked "What's the most annoying Aussie animal?"
When I think of our furry, feathery and scaly friends, "annoying" isn't exactly the first thing to come to mind. So I took a deep-dive into the comments to find out just how annoying they could be.
1. "I nominate these noisy bastards [the curlew bird] that spend all night screaming at each other through my bedroom."
2. "Cicadas — pretty sure I have permanent hearing damage from those bastards at my primary school."
3. "Sulphur-crested cockatoos. Love 'em still, but oh shit, they're a squawky bunch if they want to roost in your yard!"
4. "Horny koalas. Oh man."
5. "Plovers, always making their shitty nests in the middle of my yard and then having the nerve to swoop me every time I leave my house."
6. "Possums. Bastards get into your roof and shit everywhere. They also eat your veggie garden. Don't be fooled by the cuteness, they are complete cunts."
7. "[Cockatoos] kept tearing my TV aerial down, ripping off the fascia boards and dropping the mandarins from my neighbour's tree into my yard with one bite out of them. My Christmas lights lasted a day before they started to tear them up. I am sure they would wait for me to come outside before dropping another strip they broke off down to the ground. But it is worth it for watching their crazy antics."
8. "Mosquitos!"
9. "Blue bottles. Nothing ruins a beach holiday more than copping a week where the wind is blowing just right to have these buggers close beaches up and down the coast."
10. "Warm waters and northerly winds in Far North Queensland equals [lethal marine stingers] — little bastards the size of your thumb, that’ll kill you and still manage to get inside netted beaches."
11. "I just hate fucking flies to be honest. Curlews are pretty cool."
12. "Channel-billed cuckoo. There have been a couple of babies being raised by crows in my neighbourhood and they screech ALL DAY to get their 'adopted' parents to feed them. Drives me crazy."
13. "Tassie devils make ridiculous noises in the middle of the night, if you're unlucky enough to live near a den."
14. "The Australian boobook — screaming BOOOOBOOOOOK on repeat for hours at night.
15. "Bin chickens."
16. "Eshays."
17. And finally, "The animal that thinks driving a car that sounds like it has explosive flatulence and a very loose anus around suburban streets at three in the morning is a great idea."
What do you think Aussies, does this list cover off the most annoying animals in Oz? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Reddit responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.