Food chain in Australia

I am bored, so here’s a thread about the wonders of nature (warning: spiders)

There are quite a few interesting animals in Australia, some of them are pretty strong.
The emus, for example, came out victorious in the Great Emu War of 1932.
The platypus is one of the few poisonous mammals I know (rn the only one I can think of)

And now, the discovery that lead to this thread: Huntsman spiders and Hawk wasps.
Huntsmen are giant spiders preying on small birds and possums.
Here’s an image:

Spoiler: Huntsman Spider

One might wonder whether this miracle of nature is already at the top of the food chain or not.
The answer? — No.
Here is an image of a Hawk wasp carrying a Huntsman to it’s feeding grounds (dinner table):

Spoiler: Hawk wasp

Anyway, hope you guys enjoy these images

 

That's a big spider

 

Thanks for putting those in spoilers. I'm gonna look at them tomorrow after waking up xD

 

*wonders what's the only animal Australia is lacking in*


Human.

 

That spider is not real, I refuse to believe that a treacherous monster like that can exist. This is fake

 

i just felt something crawling on my legs

 

...It's actually real. Dude, some of these ridiculous things in life are real.

 

recommend watching this
EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS
or for classics
ARACHNOPHOBIA

 

There are other things that that puts Australia way down on my to visit list. Like higher living costs more or less no big old architecture that is only in that region aka old culture as a tourist only for the beach swimming etc there are many other countries with much cheaper cost for the same service.

For example even in Canada there are regions where you need to use something sepcial like mosquito net for black flies.

 

pest at other place - common, uncommon tier
pest in Australia - rare, Elite tier

 

There’s also a thing called spider season between May and August.
That’s what it looks like:

Spoiler: Spider Season

 

Don't forget drop bears.

 

I apologize beforehand.

Nothing a forestfire cant fix.

 

I miss living in Melbourne, but not clearing redbacks out of my shower every now and then.