The snake at the beginning is a Diamond Python. Important to note how chill it was when the guy picked it up, they are rarely aggressive. In fact they are so chill I think they would like jazz.
People overseas go on about the bare feet thing but no one seems to stop to appreciate the fact that Aussie streets are clean enough to feel safe walking barefoot without worrying about stepping on glass or needles
This depends where you live in Australia and the time of year. You might go barefoot in winter where I live (western NSW) but in summer your feet could get stuck in melting bitumen or cooked on hot sand. And if you decide to walk on the ground or grass, there's always the introduced calthrop (California puncture weed), lovely spiky burrs about 6-8mm which always have one spike upwards. These will puncture a bicycle or wheelbarrow tyre, or your feet, stick in your shoes to get carried indoors, then stick in the carpet. I don't go barefoot anywhere other than the shower and bed.
I used to go barefoot everywhere as a kid, these days my feed would bleed. I certainly remember times where the beach sand or the pavement were just a little too hot, although I never burned my feet.
@@ryanreaction walked outside today on my brick paving barefoot and did the summer dance it was so hot, my feet aren't as tough as they used to be. Remember half of these are probably filmed around a beach precinct not in suburbia.
I think they have a venom that only hurts, I was bitten by a baby one once and it hurt a little more then a green ant, but it stopped me from crushing him/her, it was tiny, maybe a cm at the most, but a big one wouldn't hang around in such a silly spot and heaps easier to notice
The water temp changes based on where you are. Swimming in the Sunshine Coast is much nicer than swimming in South Australia where the water is freezing
The 11 C water temp in summer things is completely inaccurate. the water temp around sydney almost never gets below 16C even in the middle of winter, and is typically above 22-23 in summer. Hobart the most southerly city has an average water temp of 12.7C at its coldest in August (peak winter). Sunshine coast water almost never gets below 20C in winter and can get close to 30C in summer. so i dont know where he pulled the figure of 11 from.
@@nunya2171 yeah not sure what hes on about. on the Goldy the temperature never drops below 20 and in carins it enever drops below 26. Water gets to warm in summer and feels like a bath.
Ryan I love that your reactions are so dramatic, yes most of these things can be found in Australia, but most of us live a normal life very similar to what your own life experiences would be. The huntsmen spiders are scary, but they will not kill you unless you die of fright.
I'm Australian and I LOVE watching your videos. I think you are tge nicest and most humble American I have ever come across and I've been to America twice 😅❤ If ever you come to Australia, you'll be welcome at our house😄 We have a lot of stories to tell. BTW, thank you for Keeping it positive, you're very much appreciated
And he really said driving between major cities is the same as driving between Pennsylvania and Indiana. I mapped it and it's more like New York to Kansas.
Huntsman spiders are your friends. They can enter your house through a slit in a window, air vent or doorway. I currently have one living with me. He’s been here for at least a month because I only knew he was here when I saw him come out from under my recliner chair. I didn’t even jump because I know he’s not out to get me, just the cockroaches which are about to return with the warm weather, and other bugs I don’t want indoors.
@@adammcnally1955Other clues are the light switches and lack of ceiling cornice (coving). Not to mention the grey walls with white baseboard that looks very typically american.
Been living in Australia for 60 years, never seen a snake small or big in my house. , and the spider l keep them out to without trouble, this video is B S
This is a video to keep people invading Australia. This is all fake. If you leave kangourous alone the leave you alone, none of them come to your door ever.
@@vincentlevarrick6557 also, the power point shown in 0:31 is definitely NOT Australian. Power points in Australia are side by side, not stacked on top of each other.
Hey Ryan, I love that the guy doing the Leopard Seal video did not bother to mention that they are extremely rare in Australian waters as they are native to the Antarctic and sometimes New Zealand. Also if the water temperature is 11 degrees in summer he is most likely in Tasmania. The average around the latitude of Sydney is 22 degrees
Things I noticed being in UK/EU... Australian bugs and birds are loud, and the air is clearer. The thought of not needing to relocate spiders and bugs each summer... I have a buddy in the shower right now who needs to go outside. "Dude... we don't have flies coming into this house, little guy... you'll starve, bro."
I didn't notice things I take for granted until they weren't around for a while. Australian's just deal with it, because it's what we know. I'm sure there's area of Florida where people know not to walk in areas where there's alligators etc.
I love you dude! You have such a lovely disposition. It is fun watching you react to the cultural differences between Aus & US. Your charm and charisma is what keeps me coming back though! I profoundly enjoy your beautifully positive attitude and openness. Keep up the great content and keep being yourself because you're a legend! Thanks mate! Xoxo
Huntsman spiders can bite but wouldnt even make you sick and only if they feel threatened - they actually do keep the deadly redbacks away. I am 63 and was born here and Ive never had a snake in the loo 😂😂 Theres often snake skins found in our roof cavities from when the snakes are hibernating and shedding their skins. That snake on the stairs looked like a pet python. ❤
We have a huntsman spider in our kitchen right now, it came in as a youngling missing three legs, it's growing like crazy what with summer starting and all the bugs😅 took three weeks to regrow them and now it's a TANK.
Son was going 90 kph and hit a roo on way to work. Got out to check the damage. Before he could assess it he looked up and the 6 ft roo was coming after him ready to kick his ass and mad as. Needless to say he jumped in car and checked when he got to work hahaha😅
I've never seen snakes in the toilet bowl. I have seen frogs though. The spiders in the air were on webs which you can't see. Kangaroos like that inside the cities is extremely rare. You'd love huntsman spiders, they are totally harmless and keep the flies and mossies down. They mostly stay out of the way of people too.
but they will bite if threatened, some get big so the fangs bite can be near a centimetre in width, I know coz I got bitten on the cheek one night, it must have come down to stare me out on the pillow!😂
There's a trick to walking barefoot you need to step on the painted white lines on the road, walk on the grass along the footpath we call that grass area a nature strip and finally you walk in the shade!
Bahaha brilliant! I’ve been walking barefoot since I was knee high ti a grasshopper and the bottom of my feet are so calloused now I can barely feel anything lol
Don’t hate on the Huntsman, they can grow very big but are a cool spider. They just chill around the house and pest control for you. They eat cockroaches and nasty red backs and other bugs. I had a big old huntsman living in my bedroom once, called him 7 legs, he was missing a leg. The one with the web full of spiders will be golden orbs, I see them sharing their webs all the time. If you ever come to Australia and walking the street at night, don’t cut between the trees. Perfect place for the orb spiders to build their web and no one wants a face full of spiders especially at night. It happened to me. 😅 🕷️
I entered a maccas with a huntsman spider on my shoulder after it fell out of a tree... needless to say I walked out and placed my shoulder against another tree to let it off
The wildlife at the university, it depends upon where the campus is. For example if it were in Melbourne and the City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMiT), then the only wildlife is students, brushtail possums and pigeons; however if it were the Bundoora campus, then there'd be wombats, ducks, echidnas, flying foxes, parrots, cockatoos, kangaroos, snakes, and possibly even a platypus.
You've got to be kidding about the wildlife at RMIT Bundoora I went there in the 1970s when it was surrounded by farmland on all sides and I can't say I saw any of them aside from ducks on the pond and the occaisonal parrot. Nowadays its completely surrounded by suburbia so I doubt its become wilder. The wildest things there back in the day were Max Merrit and the Meteors, Mother Goose, Ayres Rock and Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band to name a few of the acts we put on for studnt gatherings.
@Megabearoz with the obvious exceptions the Bundoora campus, similarly to La Trobe's campus, has somewhat "re-wilded", so kangaroos have ventured in along the "green belts", wildlife when forced to adapt will find a way... with suburbia comes bird-feeders, the snakes find new habitat.
Spiders: Don't smash them, the large huntsman spider is a sight hunter, it sees you coming and it bolts, it is fast, and it takes the track to safety that it sees as shortest or best. Screaming, mayhem and physical damage follows. Do not try to hit them with mops or brooms and absolutely do not try to do this if the spider is above you. They jump, and very well, it could be to jump and run down the broom/mop handle or it could just be directly onto you. I have seen a large, physically strong, grown man, a shearer by trade, exit head first out a very small window when one ran down a broom handle directly at him. Re them being harmless. They pretty much are. They have fangs, their bite does hurt a little bit, rather like being bitten by a mouse, but unless you are allergic then the most you can expect is some localised itching and maybe some swelling or mild pain. Physical injury in a huntsman encounter is usually received by trying to avoid, or kill a huntsman spider, and injuring yourself on people or furniture in the process. Leave them be, they don't want to bite you, it is a waste of their time, they can't eat you and they would rather run away from you than risk having you, the real predator, hurt them. Snakes: Yes, they hang out in the toilets. One of the ways a snake can enter a house is via a damaged sewerage pipe or vent. Keep your pipes and vents in good condition and covered. Likewise, airconditioning header units are a great way for spiders, snakes and small goannas to enter a home. The pipework down the outer wall that houses the power and condensation tubes is often not sealed and our locals love to slither or crawl their way inside via those. Stuff the ends of those holding pipes with rolled up plastic bags or expanding foam. Snake (and lizard species) vary across Australia and where you live will have a big impact on the sort of snakes you will encounter around your home. If you are not 100% certain of what you are looking at, assume it is dangerous. Ring a Snakecatcher in your area and keep an eye on it, while also keeping out of it's way, so you can let the Snakecatcher know where to find it. They will catch and relocate the animal to a safe area well away from danger to people or it. Kangaroos: In outer suburbs and large parklands or golf courses they can be common sights, however, as human density and vehicular traffic increases, the Kangaroos decrease. I doubt I have to point out why... Keep out of their way and don't interfere with or try to touch a wild Kangaroo or any Kangaroos in breeding season and you will be fine. Does will run away unless you corner them or a Joey and Bucks will keep to themselves unless you are bothering their family group or it is mating season and their testosterone is high. A Buck will mess you up, bad, and that may include disembowling you thanks to the large claws on their hindlegs and the way they stand on their tail and kick at you.
I had a huntsman visit a couple of months back. He/she made himself at home, visiting each room upstairs and then moved downstairs. I looked forward to seeing which room was next and was a little sad when he left.
I think you need counselling 😆 I can't stand the things. They get evicted from my place, hasto pronto, either caught under a jar or drowned in bug spray.
@jeffbrooks8024 Oh believe me, it has an effect alright! Immediately! It takes them a little while to die, but you can't mistake a big huntsman upside down with legs curled up in the air. It's definitely deceased.
We live about 8kms out of town in a rural area on 5 acres. We have about 6-10 kangaroos come every night to eat some grass on our property. We have wattle trees and the Huntsman spiders actually breed in them. I find it comforting having a huntsman in the house. You get less bugs that way and they don't make webs.
That first python was obviously a pet. There has been more than one report in the news of pythons moving up the pipes, into toilet bowls, but mostly, they like ceilings and sheds, where they can catch vermin. This makes them popular with some people, in areas where rodents are an issue, but small pets do go missing on the regular in Far North Queensland. Australia is so big, you can choose your climate, from close to the Arctic, right up to the blazing tropics.
Wtf nooo. 😂😂😂 why is it obviously a pet? Pythons are really passive, that’s exactly how I would have expected it to react… in my old work place we had to remove them all the time from the office areas. They don’t tend to ‘strike’ and kill prey by constricting the body so when you do pick them up you will often find they will wrap around your arm at least in my experience.
You can get snakes in the house but they don’t usually hang out on the stairs, Roos don’t attack you from behind, he’s just passing thru huntsman spiders are harmless but they can get the f..k out of my house 😅
I agree, besides the wooden and glass enclosure in the lounge. What type of f..kwit from overseas on their first day in Australia would pick up a snake not knowing if it's venomous or not? Besides I don't think that's in Australia. The house looks like it's in the states.
Got home from work one day and wife wasnt home but at the front door was a pair of gumboots, a shovel and a note, simply saying 'Brown Snake Inside' lol
@@indigocheetah4172 I grew up on a sheep farm and then lived in a remote town in North QLD that was a 10 hour drive from the nearest city and we still managed to not kill any snakes that got onto our property or inside our house! It's not hard. 🙄 It's also illegal to kill them, so when you get bit trying to kill one, you have nobody else to blame but yourself for being stupid!
@@ashleighlister3248, it is illegal to kill them. Not when a king brown is in the wall, heading towards the kids, in the shower. On a cattle property 80klms from Winton.
12:00 Even in North Queensland I have hit pockets of cold water that it feels like your heart will stop. Swimming in a pool is nothing like swimming in the Ocean. If something brushes your leg you pick up the pace.
We found a 4 foot long olive tree snake in our yard in Brisbane Australia yesterday. It's harmless but my husband had to move it as our dogs were trying to get it. The huntsman spiders are harmless
I’m Brissy and currently have a Red Bellied in the back yard. Had a couple last year also. At least when they’re about, the browns stay away. I’d love an Olive though. When I lived on Bribie, we had local Eric the Emu who would roam the streets, popping into the yards and up to front doors to say hi then meandering on
@@deannavanvelsen2057 that sounds perfect. I miss living rurally with all the wildlife. I’m in Carindale so not too far but sadly, city “ish” life now.
Kangaroo's are magical creature, when you hit them with a car they might as well be a bloody tree. Rule of the thumb when it comes to Wildlife. Do not pet or feed the wildlife. Not only because it can put you in danger, but the animals getting used to humans puts them in danger. Huntsman spider will just slide under your door, they are harmless but they *will* mess with you. My old house mate wanted to keep the one in the house as a pet. It died violently one night when I laid down in bed in the dark, picked up my phone & felt the prick run across my hand & up my arm. Also *always* wear Sun Screen. Do not take it lightly. You can literally feel your skin burn on some days. Even on a cool day. If you have a dog & take it for a walk. ALWAYS put your hand on the ground & check how hot it is. You can very easily end up needing to take your dog to the vet on a hot day because it's paws got burned on the road or foot paths.
And cockroaches! I keep them safe and have had to "rescue" various housemates multiple times. I'd rather *I* relocate the poor wee critter than they annihilate it with fly spray coz they've left their brains somewhere else. They're also super "clean" (in human terms) in that they don't spin webs so,,, what's not to like? lol
Small note about getting tanned, it also depends where you originate from. I’ve lived in Australia my whole life, but I have Swiss-German roots, so I’m pale as a ghost with tons of freckles.
Snake is a harmless Python. The aerial Spiders are harmless Orb Weavers. Everyone who has a huntsman in the house either leaves it alone or catches it and puts it outside. Water temps are not cold in summer. 😂
I live in australia, at some point in my childhood i was living in Melbourne and i was scared of the dark and behing the lamp i huntsmen spider was chilling, my parents told me it was harmless so i named it harry, sadly one day ifter school i was sitting in my room when i spider magically appeared next to me in fear i killed it, later to find out it was harry and i actually cried it was really sad 😢
Huntsmen spiders are everywhere, even in the city. They’re harmless BUT I still hate them with a passion as I’ve had too many encounters over the years that have scared me silly. Including one running across my hand as I was riding my bicycle. Falling down from the visor and landing in my lap while driving in the traffic causing me to nearly crash. Finding a massive one in my kitchen sink as I went to wash the dishes. Seeing huge legs creeping out from behind the toilet paper roll is still traumatic to this day. I mean the list is endless hence why I can’t stand them despite growing up surrounded by them….
The Uni looks like the one I did my Undergrad and Honours at, Sunshne Coast, QLD. Buildings and pathways look the same. There were always families of kangaroos lounging around in the grassy areas between buildings. We weren't alowed near them.
Huntsmans are harmless. I tolerate them even though I’m terrified of them lol I remember finding one on my toilet seat once. I ran out of there in a hurry 😂
I am Aussie.. we have six states and six cities excluding ‘act’. The scenery on the way to each city is amazing!! Australia is beautiful!! The ocean is warm In Queensland and gets colder as you get down to the bottom of Australia.. yes spiders everywhere but no kangaroos knocking on ur back door.. that’s 1 in a million..snakes everywhere too.. don’t get me started on drop bears!! Love Americans!!
Two comments. American viewers should be aware that Oz uses the Celcius temperature scale, not Fahrenheit. Second comment, pythons are not venomous but big ones can inflict a nasty bite if provoked enough. Most of the time they are fairly docile. But beware, they mainly prey on things like rats and mice and bites can become badly infected. Best to not touch any snakes. Remember that highly venomous snakes, such as the Eastern Brown Snake, are common in some areas, are considered to be the second most venomous snake on earth (after the Inland Taipan which is also endemic to inland Australia), are big and can be aggressive. DO NOT GO NEAR SNAKES. Just admire their beauty from a distance.
She’s not brave, she’s aboriginal, she knows how to look after Huntsman spiders. To quote the movie “Bounce”, “It’s not brave if you’re not scared.” She wasn’t scared of it because there’s nothing to fear.
@@gregoryparnell2775 What accent would that be anyway? Africa is a continent of 54 countries. Besides that, she’s very Aboriginal in appearance and speech. 😍
You sound ignorant. Since when did aboriginals know how to handle spiders just because they’re aboriginal? 😂 unless they’re living in a rural area, most of them wouldn’t want to go anywhere near them. White Australian/Aboriginals… there’s no difference in how they handle spiders 🙄
WTF has her being an Aboriginal person got to do with it. She can do it with ease because she’s Australian, who just happens to be a First Nations person. I’m as white as they come and relocate huntsman on a regular basis because I too am Australian. Plastic container and a piece of paper. Job done.
@@jaywan5553 I wasn’t being offensive. The commenter implied she was of African origin and wouldn’t know a thing about Australian spiders, thus she was brave to do what she did. You and I would have done the same thing.
As a child I grew up in a provincial city in Qld. We lived in a "Queenslander", the toilet was not in the house it was downstairs under the house. There were no lights to turn on. So in the middle of the night if you couldn't hold a pee. You'd have to get up open the back door go downstairs & under the house in the pitch blackness of night. We had a torch on the kitchen table but it was hardly used. I can recall about a dozen times when going to the toilet, & running into spiders webs. The fear of not knowing what type of spider (web) was more frighten than seeing a spider.
2:17 mate they are like ninjas. I watched a herd(?) of them hop across our paddock at the speed of light and pass through two barb wire fences as if they weren’t there.
I have a huntsman protocol. If they come inside they have a death wish but if they stay in the corner of a room it's usually cool. If they move around or sit right above my head they're gonnas. Outside like balconies it's their zone. They kill spiders and cockroaches (i took a video of one that had just stunned a wasp and was dragging it around the backyard and then into the house vent) That sun thing doesn't help with ageing though 😬 learning that the hard way
G'day Mate! The second from last one...He was just doing Melbourne... In Sydney the sea temp. is a wintry low of 17ºC to a summery 25ºC while in Old(Gold Coast) it goes from 21 in winter to over 25ºC in Summer and warmer the further north you go. You can get 4 seasons in one day in Melbourne but not all over OZ! Cheers!
The sun is great until you start having to make annual appointments to have skin cancers removed and are waiting for the one that decides to get really nasty. Not an Aussie but a Kiwi who shares the same sun.
10:12 My mate his feet are like thick leather. He can walk on oyster rocks. I have to go around or my feet get shredded and I won't walk the next day. The bird chasing the snake was a "Coot" they are fast. I have also seen Quails attacking snakes to protect their babies. They work as a team and just peck the snake in turn to move it on. They are fast.
Definitely wouldn’t pat a Leopard Seal, Fur Seals on the other hand are quite inquisitive and will often approach and swim around divers, they are the ones you will see trainers working with in zoos/aquariums
The snakes are ok because if you don't know if one is poisonous or dangerous there are professional snake handlers you can call to take away unwanted snakes that randomly crawl into your house. If you live in an area prone to this close to bushland or water sources just keep a handlers number in your phone or pinned to the fridge.
The one that talked about the 11 degree ocean temperature and 3 weathers must be in Melbourne. The ocean water stays cold down there because it’s the Great Southern coming off Antartica. East or West coast gets beautiful ocean temperatures. And north get balmy tropics waters. The real point is you get pretty much every thermal/weather condition from the entire world across a single country all dependent on where in the country you go. From central deserts to snowcap mountains, both exist in the same country at the same time, year round.
The snake is a Carpet Python, although this species has no fangs or venom, it does have a set of around 100 small, sharp teeth which have the ability to cause substantial needle-like lacerations. Without venom.
In Australia the sun is actually another danger long term. I get much more eadily burned here than in midwest USA in the middle of summer. The melanoma rate used to be sky high; now there's a whole generation who have taken "slip, slop, slap" to heart, as well as wearing sunglasses to protect the eyes. (Slip on a shirt, slop on the sunscreen lotion & slap on a wide brimmed hat, maybe even with a back of neck protector). Its come down a bit, still older Aussies (e.g.Hugh Jackman) should check their skin regularly.
On the east coast, the spring, early summer current is colder (not 11deg try 16-17) until we’ll into summer when the warm northern current takes over. It does mean that this lasts into the beginning of winter when it’s often much warmer in the water than out (22-23 deg). Love that!
The beach town I grew up in. About 4 hours north of Sydney, there are roo's in the streets every day at dawn and dusk. In yards, parks, on the golf course, everywhere. There are also dingoes on the beach and a couple of koalas that stroll into the local fish and chip shop occasionally. There are also pigmy bats that roost in my mums beach umbrella in her backyard and fruitbats. We also have a pet blue tongue lizard that lives in the backyard and ringtail possums that visit daily. We arent on a farm, we are in a villa unit in a beach town. It's really common to see tonnes of wildlife
Yeah Ryan, i walked into an Orb Weaver web last week. Those big, fat bellied suckers always land in your face or hair. Then when after I did the spider dance, someone came an swished it off me.
7:52 is a phenomenon called ‘spider season’. Spiders nest in the air trying to catch more prey, and as a result, we get ‘spider showers’ from webs being shaken and disturbed by birds or kids throwing sticks.
Snake is a harmless Diamond Python Sea temp 11C in summer would only be in Tassie maybe… Sea temp doesn’t vary too much all year round except summer a bit warmer … Syd about 17-22C & getting warmer moving northwards
Gidday Ryan. In QLD, where I live, it's not safe to drive at dusk or dawn, or at night for that matter, unless you want to risk your car getting written off from roos. You have to be very careful and scour the side of the road as they have a habit of jumping out when you least expect it. Forget worrying about pot holes or other drivers for that matter, the kangaroos are the number one risk. I have kangaroos that come right up to the verandah and 9/10 times when I leave, there are kangaroos on the driveway. It's seriously annoying. I had to go out this arv, there was a kangaroo standing on the driveway, and another one when I got home 20 minutes later. My German Shepherd caught and killed a roo last year, so I have to make sure he's inside from dusk. Snakes. Yep. I've run over a Brown, whipper snipped a Brown, a Black and a Red Bellied Black, as well as having one inside and one on the verandah last summer. Last winter there was an enormous piece of snake poo on the verandah when I went outside. It was full of dead mice. It was absolutely disgusting. It was 3 degrees celsius the night the snake visited. So, no, they don't necessarily hibernate when it gets cold. The worst time for snakes is spring when they get frisky. When I was at the vets yesterday, a bloke brought in his dog which had become paralysed by a tick (another major problem where I live). The vet said they had a lot of tick and snake bites come in, so it's a real problem and extremely expensive for anti-venom (depending how much they need, $10,000 isn't unheard of). I've had funnel web spiders in the bedroom and red back spiders are everywhere over here. And of course the cane toads, which are poisonous. When you walk outside at night, they are everywhere. Bloody things. Oh yes, and snakes in the toilet. I'm afraid that's absolutely true. Plus lizards. And frogs. I hate frogs. They manage to get in somehow and are a pest in summer. At least we don't have bears, cougars and the like though!
The kangaroo thing also Varys allot from wear you live like suburban areas closer to the city you don’t see kangaroo’s like that but more rural you see more of them
I've never seen a snake or kangaroos around where I live. Living in suburbia it would be a rare sight. On the outskirts and the bush absolutely, but the rule of thumb is, if you see them give them a wide berth and they'll leave you alone. Huntsmans, yeah from time to time I get them, they're harmless.
Weve been having some crazy weather. Hot, fires, cold, hot fires cold... We had a storm roll in last night and it suddenly got so cold I had to put on pants.
Hi Ryan, I live in Sydney, those Huntsman Spiders are actually the best mosquito catchers. We need them to get rid of the insects, they are harmless but will defend if feel threatened. We don’t have kangaroos just hopping around in the streets. At least our plumbing is the best compared with the crazy USA toilets.
3:17 i saw a huntsman exit my kitchen through a closed aluminium sliding window. It was only a small one with a leg span about the size of my hand, but still it amazed me. They won’t kill an adult but I’m a certified arachnophobe and they scare the shit out of me.
G'day just come for a holiday bring the wife and child, and remember if come across something and it doesn't kill, you have had a great time, cheers mate.
7:34 😂😂😂 i literally had a huge web of biiiiig golden orb spiders above my front stairs for a good year. Only way in or out of the house, so i was folding myself in half each time 😂. Eventually had to call an exterminator.... when one decided to hitch a ride on my shoulder (yes, i did squeal)
4:59 ive had blue tongues, frillies, and skinks as long as my arm, possums, scrub turkeys, snakes, spiders and stray cats in my house and yard. But roo knocking on my door would b awesome. One night driving the inland highway from NSW to QLD we hit what we thought was a rock on the road. About a week later the front right tire went flat. On inspection i found echidna spines in it, and holes where a couple had fallen out.
Huntsman spiders are pretty chill here in australia, you can pick some up with your bare heands and just put them outside and you will be fine. My pop used to pick up huge huntsmans and chase around my mother with it in his hands. They are very chill when you dont agitate them.
We get huntsman spiders in the house all the time. We usually just take them outside. The worst thing is finding them in your bedroom then the next thing you don't see them anymore. We have to check the bed because I have found one crawling on me in bed before. They are harmless but scary.
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The snake at the beginning is a Diamond Python. Important to note how chill it was when the guy picked it up, they are rarely aggressive. In fact they are so chill I think they would like jazz.
That snake was definitely a pet, there was no way someone would approach it unless they were a trained snake handler.
@@utha2665 You can see the empty enclosure in the background. Definitely a pet.
perhaps snake jazz
Look like pet
People overseas go on about the bare feet thing but no one seems to stop to appreciate the fact that Aussie streets are clean enough to feel safe walking barefoot without worrying about stepping on glass or needles
This depends where you live in Australia and the time of year. You might go barefoot in winter where I live (western NSW) but in summer your feet could get stuck in melting bitumen or cooked on hot sand. And if you decide to walk on the ground or grass, there's always the introduced calthrop (California puncture weed), lovely spiky burrs about 6-8mm which always have one spike upwards. These will puncture a bicycle or wheelbarrow tyre, or your feet, stick in your shoes to get carried indoors, then stick in the carpet. I don't go barefoot anywhere other than the shower and bed.
This definitely depends where you live 😂
I used to go barefoot everywhere as a kid, these days my feed would bleed. I certainly remember times where the beach sand or the pavement were just a little too hot, although I never burned my feet.
Good point 🧐
@@ryanreaction walked outside today on my brick paving barefoot and did the summer dance it was so hot, my feet aren't as tough as they used to be. Remember half of these are probably filmed around a beach precinct not in suburbia.
Huntsmen spiders are technically harmless, but I’m sure they are going to kill me via heart attack one day 😂
Huntsman are considered to have the most romantic mating of all spiders. The females hardly ever eat the males
@@martinellis38 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I like them and let them crawl on my arm. My Wife freaks out
But they can give you a rather nasty bite!
I think they have a venom that only hurts, I was bitten by a baby one once and it hurt a little more then a green ant, but it stopped me from crushing him/her, it was tiny, maybe a cm at the most, but a big one wouldn't hang around in such a silly spot and heaps easier to notice
Confirmed: Chinese takeaway containers are the default spider removal system.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟..
The water temp changes based on where you are. Swimming in the Sunshine Coast is much nicer than swimming in South Australia where the water is freezing
... and populated by Great Whites.
Sunshine Coast is still too cold for me 🤣 I strongly dislike cold water lol
The 11 C water temp in summer things is completely inaccurate. the water temp around sydney almost never gets below 16C even in the middle of winter, and is typically above 22-23 in summer. Hobart the most southerly city has an average water temp of 12.7C at its coldest in August (peak winter). Sunshine coast water almost never gets below 20C in winter and can get close to 30C in summer. so i dont know where he pulled the figure of 11 from.
@@nunya2171 yeah not sure what hes on about. on the Goldy the temperature never drops below 20 and in carins it enever drops below 26. Water gets to warm in summer and feels like a bath.
@@nunya2171 yeah even over here in vic water temp is round 14 degrees, and when its like 30 degrees out 16 degrees water just hits the spot
Ryan I love that your reactions are so dramatic, yes most of these things can be found in Australia, but most of us live a normal life very similar to what your own life experiences would be. The huntsmen spiders are scary, but they will not kill you unless you die of fright.
Hahaha am I that dramatic
@@ryanreaction Yes Ryan you are! lol!
@@ryanreactionshe’ll be right,mate.
I'm Australian and I LOVE watching your videos.
I think you are tge nicest and most humble American I have ever come across and I've been to America twice 😅❤
If ever you come to Australia, you'll be welcome at our house😄
We have a lot of stories to tell.
BTW, thank you for Keeping it positive, you're very much appreciated
i agree
As an Aussie, your reactions are hilarious.
Did you say thank you when he called us beautiful?
And he really said driving between major cities is the same as driving between Pennsylvania and Indiana. I mapped it and it's more like New York to Kansas.
Me too.Especially the Huntsman that would leave body parts lol you are hilarious Ryan.
Huntsman spiders are your friends. They can enter your house through a slit in a window, air vent or doorway. I currently have one living with me. He’s been here for at least a month because I only knew he was here when I saw him come out from under my recliner chair. I didn’t even jump because I know he’s not out to get me, just the cockroaches which are about to return with the warm weather, and other bugs I don’t want indoors.
5:30 She is right. Since moving to Australia 44 years ago, the sun has totally turned my hair grey. 😀
The snake on the stairs was a definite setup.
No one has stairs like that in Oz. Add to that the accent…..
@@adammcnally1955Other clues are the light switches and lack of ceiling cornice (coving). Not to mention the grey walls with white baseboard that looks very typically american.
Been living in Australia for 60 years, never seen a snake small or big in my house. , and the spider l keep them out to without trouble, this video is B S
This is a video to keep people invading Australia. This is all fake. If you leave kangourous alone the leave you alone, none of them come to your door ever.
@@vincentlevarrick6557 also, the power point shown in 0:31 is definitely NOT Australian. Power points in Australia are side by side, not stacked on top of each other.
Hey Ryan, I love that the guy doing the Leopard Seal video did not bother to mention that they are extremely rare in Australian waters as they are native to the Antarctic and sometimes New Zealand. Also if the water temperature is 11 degrees in summer he is most likely in Tasmania. The average around the latitude of Sydney is 22 degrees
Things I noticed being in UK/EU... Australian bugs and birds are loud, and the air is clearer. The thought of not needing to relocate spiders and bugs each summer... I have a buddy in the shower right now who needs to go outside. "Dude... we don't have flies coming into this house, little guy... you'll starve, bro."
I didn't notice things I take for granted until they weren't around for a while. Australian's just deal with it, because it's what we know. I'm sure there's area of Florida where people know not to walk in areas where there's alligators etc.
I love you dude! You have such a lovely disposition. It is fun watching you react to the cultural differences between Aus & US. Your charm and charisma is what keeps me coming back though! I profoundly enjoy your beautifully positive attitude and openness. Keep up the great content and keep being yourself because you're a legend! Thanks mate! Xoxo
Most of these animals and insects live in the suburbs all over Australia. Different climates different wildlife. It’s amazing
Huntsman spiders can bite but wouldnt even make you sick and only if they feel threatened - they actually do keep the deadly redbacks away. I am 63 and was born here and Ive never had a snake in the loo 😂😂 Theres often snake skins found in our roof cavities from when the snakes are hibernating and shedding their skins. That snake on the stairs looked like a pet python. ❤
We have a huntsman spider in our kitchen right now, it came in as a youngling missing three legs, it's growing like crazy what with summer starting and all the bugs😅 took three weeks to regrow them and now it's a TANK.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟..
Pythons and huntsman spiders are chill. It's the smaller ones to be wary of.
Huntsman keeps alot of them out for you, therefore huntsman=frend
Son was going 90 kph and hit a roo on way to work. Got out to check the damage. Before he could assess it he looked up and the 6 ft roo was coming after him ready to kick his ass and mad as. Needless to say he jumped in car and checked when he got to work hahaha😅
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.
A couple years ago (I was like 10 or smth) I opened my door to my house and the cutest baby snake fell on my head 😂 it was hilarious
I've never seen snakes in the toilet bowl. I have seen frogs though. The spiders in the air were on webs which you can't see. Kangaroos like that inside the cities is extremely rare. You'd love huntsman spiders, they are totally harmless and keep the flies and mossies down. They mostly stay out of the way of people too.
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but they will bite if threatened, some get big so the fangs bite can be near a centimetre in width, I know coz I got bitten on the cheek one night, it must have come down to stare me out on the pillow!😂
The beaches in Queensland where I live are usually about 26 degrees Celsius or higher in summer
There's a trick to walking barefoot you need to step on the painted white lines on the road, walk on the grass along the footpath we call that grass area a nature strip and finally you walk in the shade!
Bahaha brilliant! I’ve been walking barefoot since I was knee high ti a grasshopper and the bottom of my feet are so calloused now I can barely feel anything lol
Don’t hate on the Huntsman, they can grow very big but are a cool spider. They just chill around the house and pest control for you. They eat cockroaches and nasty red backs and other bugs. I had a big old huntsman living in my bedroom once, called him 7 legs, he was missing a leg.
The one with the web full of spiders will be golden orbs, I see them sharing their webs all the time. If you ever come to Australia and walking the street at night, don’t cut between the trees. Perfect place for the orb spiders to build their web and no one wants a face full of spiders especially at night. It happened to me. 😅 🕷️
Bruh!!!
I had that happen to me during a (drunk) night out once.
I had like several showers afterwards lol
I entered a maccas with a huntsman spider on my shoulder after it fell out of a tree... needless to say I walked out and placed my shoulder against another tree to let it off
Beaches here are freezing because the water travels up from Antarctica. The sand will burn you but the water will freeze you :)
The wildlife at the university, it depends upon where the campus is. For example if it were in Melbourne and the City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMiT), then the only wildlife is students, brushtail possums and pigeons; however if it were the Bundoora campus, then there'd be wombats, ducks, echidnas, flying foxes, parrots, cockatoos, kangaroos, snakes, and possibly even a platypus.
You've got to be kidding about the wildlife at RMIT Bundoora I went there in the 1970s when it was surrounded by farmland on all sides and I can't say I saw any of them aside from ducks on the pond and the occaisonal parrot. Nowadays its completely surrounded by suburbia so I doubt its become wilder. The wildest things there back in the day were Max Merrit and the Meteors, Mother Goose, Ayres Rock and Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band to name a few of the acts we put on for studnt gatherings.
The scariest things at Melbourne uni are the crazy indoctrinated marxist students ..Australia is in trouble if these people are our future
@Megabearoz with the obvious exceptions the Bundoora campus, similarly to La Trobe's campus, has somewhat "re-wilded", so kangaroos have ventured in along the "green belts", wildlife when forced to adapt will find a way... with suburbia comes bird-feeders, the snakes find new habitat.
That campus is up in Queensland, has a bunch of water hens and I saw a Koala one time, but the biggest thing we had there is the mob of roos
University of the Sunshine Coast at Sippy Downs has a big mob of roos that like to chill out on the front lawns too!
Spiders: Don't smash them, the large huntsman spider is a sight hunter, it sees you coming and it bolts, it is fast, and it takes the track to safety that it sees as shortest or best. Screaming, mayhem and physical damage follows. Do not try to hit them with mops or brooms and absolutely do not try to do this if the spider is above you. They jump, and very well, it could be to jump and run down the broom/mop handle or it could just be directly onto you. I have seen a large, physically strong, grown man, a shearer by trade, exit head first out a very small window when one ran down a broom handle directly at him.
Re them being harmless. They pretty much are. They have fangs, their bite does hurt a little bit, rather like being bitten by a mouse, but unless you are allergic then the most you can expect is some localised itching and maybe some swelling or mild pain. Physical injury in a huntsman encounter is usually received by trying to avoid, or kill a huntsman spider, and injuring yourself on people or furniture in the process. Leave them be, they don't want to bite you, it is a waste of their time, they can't eat you and they would rather run away from you than risk having you, the real predator, hurt them.
Snakes: Yes, they hang out in the toilets. One of the ways a snake can enter a house is via a damaged sewerage pipe or vent. Keep your pipes and vents in good condition and covered. Likewise, airconditioning header units are a great way for spiders, snakes and small goannas to enter a home. The pipework down the outer wall that houses the power and condensation tubes is often not sealed and our locals love to slither or crawl their way inside via those. Stuff the ends of those holding pipes with rolled up plastic bags or expanding foam.
Snake (and lizard species) vary across Australia and where you live will have a big impact on the sort of snakes you will encounter around your home. If you are not 100% certain of what you are looking at, assume it is dangerous. Ring a Snakecatcher in your area and keep an eye on it, while also keeping out of it's way, so you can let the Snakecatcher know where to find it. They will catch and relocate the animal to a safe area well away from danger to people or it.
Kangaroos: In outer suburbs and large parklands or golf courses they can be common sights, however, as human density and vehicular traffic increases, the Kangaroos decrease. I doubt I have to point out why...
Keep out of their way and don't interfere with or try to touch a wild Kangaroo or any Kangaroos in breeding season and you will be fine. Does will run away unless you corner them or a Joey and Bucks will keep to themselves unless you are bothering their family group or it is mating season and their testosterone is high. A Buck will mess you up, bad, and that may include disembowling you thanks to the large claws on their hindlegs and the way they stand on their tail and kick at you.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟...
I had a huntsman visit a couple of months back. He/she made himself at home, visiting each room upstairs and then moved downstairs. I looked forward to seeing which room was next and was a little sad when he left.
I think you need counselling 😆
I can't stand the things. They get evicted from my place, hasto pronto, either caught under a jar or drowned in bug spray.
@@janined5784 you do know that unless they actually walk in the spray puddle, it has little to no effect. Lol
@jeffbrooks8024 Oh believe me, it has an effect alright! Immediately! It takes them a little while to die, but you can't mistake a big huntsman upside down with legs curled up in the air. It's definitely deceased.
@@janined5784 No counselling required. It has taken many years for me to be so blase about the presence of spiders but now
@@janined5784
Beach water temps vary greatly from one end of the east coast to the other, so 11 degrees in Victoria compares to 21 degrees on the gold coast.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟...
it aint even 11 in vic tbh
30 in the Whitsundays
We live about 8kms out of town in a rural area on 5 acres. We have about 6-10 kangaroos come every night to eat some grass on our property. We have wattle trees and the Huntsman spiders actually breed in them. I find it comforting having a huntsman in the house. You get less bugs that way and they don't make webs.
I saw one get torn apart by a pack of geckos
That first python was obviously a pet. There has been more than one report in the news of pythons moving up the pipes, into toilet bowls, but mostly, they like ceilings and sheds, where they can catch vermin. This makes them popular with some people, in areas where rodents are an issue, but small pets do go missing on the regular in Far North Queensland. Australia is so big, you can choose your climate, from close to the Arctic, right up to the blazing tropics.
Wtf nooo. 😂😂😂 why is it obviously a pet? Pythons are really passive, that’s exactly how I would have expected it to react… in my old work place we had to remove them all the time from the office areas. They don’t tend to ‘strike’ and kill prey by constricting the body so when you do pick them up you will often find they will wrap around your arm at least in my experience.
You can get snakes in the house but they don’t usually hang out on the stairs, Roos don’t attack you from behind, he’s just passing thru huntsman spiders are harmless but they can get the f..k out of my house 😅
I agree, besides the wooden and glass enclosure in the lounge. What type of f..kwit from overseas on their first day in Australia would pick up a snake not knowing if it's venomous or not? Besides I don't think that's in Australia. The house looks like it's in the states.
@@jayr4857Here is a thought . The person filming is the tourist and the bloke picking up the snake is an Aussie .
@@keithkearns93 right, ok
As an Aussie it never crossed my mind that people are scared of kangaroos 😂
Got home from work one day and wife wasnt home but at the front door was a pair of gumboots, a shovel and a note, simply saying 'Brown Snake Inside' lol
My response also , lol .
I hope you didn't kill it. The best way to get bitten by a snake is by trying to kill them. Call a pro and be kind.
@@ashleighlister3248 , when people live in regional and remote areas there is not a choice.
@@indigocheetah4172 I grew up on a sheep farm and then lived in a remote town in North QLD that was a 10 hour drive from the nearest city and we still managed to not kill any snakes that got onto our property or inside our house! It's not hard. 🙄 It's also illegal to kill them, so when you get bit trying to kill one, you have nobody else to blame but yourself for being stupid!
@@ashleighlister3248, it is illegal to kill them. Not when a king brown is in the wall, heading towards the kids, in the shower. On a cattle property 80klms from Winton.
12:00 Even in North Queensland I have hit pockets of cold water that it feels like your heart will stop. Swimming in a pool is nothing like swimming in the Ocean. If something brushes your leg you pick up the pace.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟...
We found a 4 foot long olive tree snake in our yard in Brisbane Australia yesterday. It's harmless but my husband had to move it as our dogs were trying to get it. The huntsman spiders are harmless
I was doing ubereats delivery one night and came across a wallaby in Chermside west one night 😂 definitely left my head scratching that night! 😂❤
I’m Brissy and currently have a Red Bellied in the back yard. Had a couple last year also. At least when they’re about, the browns stay away. I’d love an Olive though. When I lived on Bribie, we had local Eric the Emu who would roam the streets, popping into the yards and up to front doors to say hi then meandering on
@CateB66 we are on half an acre at Greenbank so we have a lot of kangaroos and wallabies nearby as well
@@deannavanvelsen2057 that sounds perfect. I miss living rurally with all the wildlife. I’m in Carindale so not too far but sadly, city “ish” life now.
Kangaroo's are magical creature, when you hit them with a car they might as well be a bloody tree.
Rule of the thumb when it comes to Wildlife. Do not pet or feed the wildlife. Not only because it can put you in danger, but the animals getting used to humans puts them in danger.
Huntsman spider will just slide under your door, they are harmless but they *will* mess with you.
My old house mate wanted to keep the one in the house as a pet. It died violently one night when I laid down in bed in the dark, picked up my phone & felt the prick run across my hand & up my arm.
Also *always* wear Sun Screen. Do not take it lightly. You can literally feel your skin burn on some days. Even on a cool day. If you have a dog & take it for a walk. ALWAYS put your hand on the ground & check how hot it is. You can very easily end up needing to take your dog to the vet on a hot day because it's paws got burned on the road or foot paths.
They huntsman spiders are harmless, Ryan. They eat the flies and mozzies.
Walked around with one in my shoe once for 30 mins till it bit me. Youch! Like a bee sting.
And cockroaches! I keep them safe and have had to "rescue" various housemates multiple times. I'd rather *I* relocate the poor wee critter than they annihilate it with fly spray coz they've left their brains somewhere else. They're also super "clean" (in human terms) in that they don't spin webs so,,, what's not to like? lol
Annnnnd the BEST thing is that they eat the poisonous spiders and don't make webs. BEST.HOUSEMATE.EVER.
@@garymcfetridge7883 haha, I'd bite you too if you were squishing me while i was snugged up in your shoe!!
Yeah, after a shower, I took off my shower cap… and OUT WALKED a HUNTSMAN…. !!!! Yikes… I was only 12 y.o.
Not scared anymore though 🥸
😂😂😂 you're hilarious Ryan....I'd love to see how you'd go at my place out in the sticks....so funny.
Every kid in Australia has walked through a golden orbs web and thought the world was about to end.
Golden Rule of Australia
Don't fuck with it and it won't fuck with you
Small note about getting tanned, it also depends where you originate from.
I’ve lived in Australia my whole life, but I have Swiss-German roots, so I’m pale as a ghost with tons of freckles.
Snake is a harmless Python.
The aerial Spiders are harmless Orb Weavers.
Everyone who has a huntsman in the house either leaves it alone or catches it and puts it outside.
Water temps are not cold in summer. 😂
Talking about huntsman body parts. When my washing machine was in the garage, I'd always have spider parts in amongst the wash.
I live in australia, at some point in my childhood i was living in Melbourne and i was scared of the dark and behing the lamp i huntsmen spider was chilling, my parents told me it was harmless so i named it harry, sadly one day ifter school i was sitting in my room when i spider magically appeared next to me in fear i killed it, later to find out it was harry and i actually cried it was really sad 😢
Huntsmen spiders are everywhere, even in the city.
They’re harmless BUT I still hate them with a passion as I’ve had too many encounters over the years that have scared me silly.
Including one running across my hand as I was riding my bicycle. Falling down from the visor and landing in my lap while driving in the traffic causing me to nearly crash. Finding a massive one in my kitchen sink as I went to wash the dishes.
Seeing huge legs creeping out from behind the toilet paper roll is still traumatic to this day.
I mean the list is endless hence why I can’t stand them despite growing up surrounded by them….
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟...
The Uni looks like the one I did my Undergrad and Honours at, Sunshne Coast, QLD. Buildings and pathways look the same. There were always families of kangaroos lounging around in the grassy areas between buildings. We weren't alowed near them.
yeh i thought it was the sunny coast uni too. plenty of small family groups of roos there
All snakes whether they’re girls or boys are called “ Nope Ropes” 😂
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.
When you're reading temperature, you have to remember that the rest of the world uses Celsius :D
Not even summer here and the water temp today was 18..4 C (65 F) Even in Tasmania summer water temps are 15 C
lmao, when u said they were coming down the chimmeny, i laughed cause most people in australia dont hav chimmneys, cause we dont need them.
Huntsmans are harmless. I tolerate them even though I’m terrified of them lol
I remember finding one on my toilet seat once. I ran out of there in a hurry 😂
The fact that this video dropped 34 minutes ago and I’m literally just searching “American reacts to Australia” again LMAO dude
I am Aussie.. we have six states and six cities excluding ‘act’. The scenery on the way to each city is amazing!! Australia is beautiful!! The ocean is warm In Queensland and gets colder as you get down to the bottom of Australia.. yes spiders everywhere but no kangaroos knocking on ur back door.. that’s 1 in a million..snakes everywhere too.. don’t get me started on drop bears!! Love Americans!!
As an Aussie, we find hilarious to see people from other cultures 'react' to things that are just a typical day for us.
The ocean in southern Australia may be cold. But in North Queensland the ocean is warm even in July (ie winter).
Two comments. American viewers should be aware that Oz uses the Celcius temperature scale, not Fahrenheit. Second comment, pythons are not venomous but big ones can inflict a nasty bite if provoked enough. Most of the time they are fairly docile. But beware, they mainly prey on things like rats and mice and bites can become badly infected. Best to not touch any snakes. Remember that highly venomous snakes, such as the Eastern Brown Snake, are common in some areas, are considered to be the second most venomous snake on earth (after the Inland Taipan which is also endemic to inland Australia), are big and can be aggressive. DO NOT GO NEAR SNAKES. Just admire their beauty from a distance.
She’s not brave, she’s aboriginal, she knows how to look after Huntsman spiders. To quote the movie “Bounce”, “It’s not brave if you’re not scared.” She wasn’t scared of it because there’s nothing to fear.
I thought that she had an African accent.
@@gregoryparnell2775 What accent would that be anyway? Africa is a continent of 54 countries. Besides that, she’s very Aboriginal in appearance and speech. 😍
You sound ignorant. Since when did aboriginals know how to handle spiders just because they’re aboriginal? 😂 unless they’re living in a rural area, most of them wouldn’t want to go anywhere near them. White Australian/Aboriginals… there’s no difference in how they handle spiders 🙄
WTF has her being an Aboriginal person got to do with it. She can do it with ease because she’s Australian, who just happens to be a First Nations person. I’m as white as they come and relocate huntsman on a regular basis because I too am Australian. Plastic container and a piece of paper. Job done.
@@jaywan5553 I wasn’t being offensive. The commenter implied she was of African origin and wouldn’t know a thing about Australian spiders, thus she was brave to do what she did. You and I would have done the same thing.
As a child I grew up in a provincial city in Qld. We lived in a "Queenslander", the toilet was not in the house it was downstairs under the house. There were no lights to turn on. So in the middle of the night if you couldn't hold a pee. You'd have to get up open the back door go downstairs & under the house in the pitch blackness of night. We had a torch on the kitchen table but it was hardly used. I can recall about a dozen times when going to the toilet, & running into spiders webs. The fear of not knowing what type of spider (web) was more frighten than seeing a spider.
Where I live in Tasmania near the beach , I see wallabies all the time, they are everywhere
Also see penguins a lot
2:17 mate they are like ninjas. I watched a herd(?) of them hop across our paddock at the speed of light and pass through two barb wire fences as if they weren’t there.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.
I have a huntsman protocol. If they come inside they have a death wish but if they stay in the corner of a room it's usually cool. If they move around or sit right above my head they're gonnas.
Outside like balconies it's their zone.
They kill spiders and cockroaches (i took a video of one that had just stunned a wasp and was dragging it around the backyard and then into the house vent)
That sun thing doesn't help with ageing though 😬 learning that the hard way
G'day Mate! The second from last one...He was just doing Melbourne... In Sydney the sea temp. is a wintry low of 17ºC to a summery 25ºC while in Old(Gold Coast) it goes from 21 in winter to over 25ºC in Summer and warmer the further north you go. You can get 4 seasons in one day in Melbourne but not all over OZ! Cheers!
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.
The sun is great until you start having to make annual appointments to have skin cancers removed and are waiting for the one that decides to get really nasty.
Not an Aussie but a Kiwi who shares the same sun.
10:12 My mate his feet are like thick leather. He can walk on oyster rocks. I have to go around or my feet get shredded and I won't walk the next day. The bird chasing the snake was a "Coot" they are fast. I have also seen Quails attacking snakes to protect their babies. They work as a team and just peck the snake in turn to move it on. They are fast.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟...
A Go-Fund me should be started to get Ryan and his family to Australia for a few weeks
Living in Melbourne, I see only 1 spider and 1 kangaroo a year.
Many dead roos on the side of the road tho
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.
Definitely wouldn’t pat a Leopard Seal, Fur Seals on the other hand are quite inquisitive and will often approach and swim around divers, they are the ones you will see trainers working with in zoos/aquariums
Drop bears are no joke! Make sure you get your dose of vegemite to ward them off!
The snakes are ok because if you don't know if one is poisonous or dangerous there are professional snake handlers you can call to take away unwanted snakes that randomly crawl into your house. If you live in an area prone to this close to bushland or water sources just keep a handlers number in your phone or pinned to the fridge.
The one that talked about the 11 degree ocean temperature and 3 weathers must be in Melbourne. The ocean water stays cold down there because it’s the Great Southern coming off Antartica. East or West coast gets beautiful ocean temperatures. And north get balmy tropics waters. The real point is you get pretty much every thermal/weather condition from the entire world across a single country all dependent on where in the country you go. From central deserts to snowcap mountains, both exist in the same country at the same time, year round.
The snake is a Carpet Python, although this species has no fangs or venom, it does have a set of around 100 small, sharp teeth which have the ability to cause substantial needle-like lacerations. Without venom.
I’m from Australia and you don’t see one kangaroo in a year you see more than 10 in a year
In Australia the sun is actually another danger long term. I get much more eadily burned here than in midwest USA in the middle of summer. The melanoma rate used to be sky high; now there's a whole generation who have taken "slip, slop, slap" to heart, as well as wearing sunglasses to protect the eyes. (Slip on a shirt, slop on the sunscreen lotion & slap on a wide brimmed hat, maybe even with a back of neck protector). Its come down a bit, still older Aussies (e.g.Hugh Jackman) should check their skin regularly.
𝐻𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.
On the east coast, the spring, early summer current is colder (not 11deg try 16-17) until we’ll into summer when the warm northern current takes over. It does mean that this lasts into the beginning of winter when it’s often much warmer in the water than out (22-23 deg). Love that!
Had a green tree snake come out of toilet one day as I was about to sit down, it scared the shit out of me literally lol.
The beach town I grew up in. About 4 hours north of Sydney, there are roo's in the streets every day at dawn and dusk. In yards, parks, on the golf course, everywhere. There are also dingoes on the beach and a couple of koalas that stroll into the local fish and chip shop occasionally. There are also pigmy bats that roost in my mums beach umbrella in her backyard and fruitbats. We also have a pet blue tongue lizard that lives in the backyard and ringtail possums that visit daily. We arent on a farm, we are in a villa unit in a beach town. It's really common to see tonnes of wildlife
You turn into a karate expert when you walk into one of those spider webs.
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The water is only cold on the east coast down south. The west Perth the water is warm in summer about 20c
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I've had bullfrogs in my toilet and frogs are cuisine for snakes. Where a frog (or mouse) can go, so can a snake.
Australia is great. Those things where every day things
Yeah Ryan, i walked into an Orb Weaver web last week. Those big, fat bellied suckers always land in your face or hair. Then when after I did the spider dance, someone came an swished it off me.
7:52 is a phenomenon called ‘spider season’. Spiders nest in the air trying to catch more prey, and as a result, we get ‘spider showers’ from webs being shaken and disturbed by birds or kids throwing sticks.
Huntsham's are friendly - they are basically another pet
Snake is a harmless Diamond Python
Sea temp 11C in summer would only be in Tassie maybe… Sea temp doesn’t vary too much all year round except summer a bit warmer … Syd about 17-22C & getting warmer moving northwards
The water is only cold in the south. I live on the Sunshine Coast near Brisbane and the water is about 22-25 degrees.
In Perth it’s about 25
You missed it. The roo was using the pedestrian crossing.
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well maybe in tasmania but on the gold coast the water temp is about 24c on average in summer
It’s just a carpet snake, there won’t be any mice or rats in the house at least 😂
We have golden orb's all through the garden but only had 2 spiders inside in 11years. Long as they stay outside I'm happy lol
I'm not, I keep walking into their webs, grrr!
Gidday Ryan. In QLD, where I live, it's not safe to drive at dusk or dawn, or at night for that matter, unless you want to risk your car getting written off from roos. You have to be very careful and scour the side of the road as they have a habit of jumping out when you least expect it. Forget worrying about pot holes or other drivers for that matter, the kangaroos are the number one risk. I have kangaroos that come right up to the verandah and 9/10 times when I leave, there are kangaroos on the driveway. It's seriously annoying. I had to go out this arv, there was a kangaroo standing on the driveway, and another one when I got home 20 minutes later. My German Shepherd caught and killed a roo last year, so I have to make sure he's inside from dusk. Snakes. Yep. I've run over a Brown, whipper snipped a Brown, a Black and a Red Bellied Black, as well as having one inside and one on the verandah last summer. Last winter there was an enormous piece of snake poo on the verandah when I went outside. It was full of dead mice. It was absolutely disgusting. It was 3 degrees celsius the night the snake visited. So, no, they don't necessarily hibernate when it gets cold. The worst time for snakes is spring when they get frisky. When I was at the vets yesterday, a bloke brought in his dog which had become paralysed by a tick (another major problem where I live). The vet said they had a lot of tick and snake bites come in, so it's a real problem and extremely expensive for anti-venom (depending how much they need, $10,000 isn't unheard of). I've had funnel web spiders in the bedroom and red back spiders are everywhere over here. And of course the cane toads, which are poisonous. When you walk outside at night, they are everywhere. Bloody things. Oh yes, and snakes in the toilet. I'm afraid that's absolutely true. Plus lizards. And frogs. I hate frogs. They manage to get in somehow and are a pest in summer. At least we don't have bears, cougars and the like though!
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The kangaroo thing also Varys allot from wear you live like suburban areas closer to the city you don’t see kangaroo’s like that but more rural you see more of them
I've never seen a snake or kangaroos around where I live. Living in suburbia it would be a rare sight. On the outskirts and the bush absolutely, but the rule of thumb is, if you see them give them a wide berth and they'll leave you alone. Huntsmans, yeah from time to time I get them, they're harmless.
Depends where you live, in Canberra you will find them from literally throughout the whole city.
Big boomer kangaroos in suburbia on Bribie Island, Queensland. Careful how you back out of your garage. 🦘
Weve been having some crazy weather. Hot, fires, cold, hot fires cold... We had a storm roll in last night and it suddenly got so cold I had to put on pants.
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Hi Ryan, I live in Sydney, those Huntsman Spiders are actually the best mosquito catchers. We need them to get rid of the insects, they are harmless but will defend if feel threatened. We don’t have kangaroos just hopping around in the streets. At least our plumbing is the best compared with the crazy USA toilets.
We do here in Bundanoon Southern Highlands, NSW
3:17 i saw a huntsman exit my kitchen through a closed aluminium sliding window. It was only a small one with a leg span about the size of my hand, but still it amazed me.
They won’t kill an adult but I’m a certified arachnophobe and they scare the shit out of me.
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G'day just come for a holiday bring the wife and child, and remember if come across something and it doesn't kill, you have had a great time, cheers mate.
true! 💯
7:34 😂😂😂 i literally had a huge web of biiiiig golden orb spiders above my front stairs for a good year. Only way in or out of the house, so i was folding myself in half each time 😂. Eventually had to call an exterminator.... when one decided to hitch a ride on my shoulder (yes, i did squeal)
4:59 ive had blue tongues, frillies, and skinks as long as my arm, possums, scrub turkeys, snakes, spiders and stray cats in my house and yard. But roo knocking on my door would b awesome.
One night driving the inland highway from NSW to QLD we hit what we thought was a rock on the road. About a week later the front right tire went flat. On inspection i found echidna spines in it, and holes where a couple had fallen out.
Huntsman spiders are pretty chill here in australia, you can pick some up with your bare heands and just put them outside and you will be fine. My pop used to pick up huge huntsmans and chase around my mother with it in his hands. They are very chill when you dont agitate them.
We get huntsman spiders in the house all the time. We usually just take them outside. The worst thing is finding them in your bedroom then the next thing you don't see them anymore. We have to check the bed because I have found one crawling on me in bed before. They are harmless but scary.