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All we have in New York is pigeons eating fried chicken off the pavement...Australia seems a gorgeous paradise by comparison...
posted by sexyrobot at 7:15 PM on April 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sexyrobot at 7:15 PM on April 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh wait, we also have pizza rat...I pity the poor Australians without pizza rat.
posted by sexyrobot at 7:16 PM on April 6, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by sexyrobot at 7:16 PM on April 6, 2017 [4 favorites]
Yuck!
posted by Confess, Fletch at 7:55 PM on April 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Confess, Fletch at 7:55 PM on April 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
"I for one..."
Wait- David Attenborough's a MeFite?
posted by MtDewd at 8:14 PM on April 6, 2017 [2 favorites]
Wait- David Attenborough's a MeFite?
posted by MtDewd at 8:14 PM on April 6, 2017 [2 favorites]
I'm so glad I was able to watch that in 4k.
posted by RolandOfEld at 8:22 PM on April 6, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by RolandOfEld at 8:22 PM on April 6, 2017 [3 favorites]
I am actually disappointed that the name 'Tip Turkey' has fallen out of favor.
posted by bangalla at 8:58 PM on April 6, 2017 [7 favorites]
posted by bangalla at 8:58 PM on April 6, 2017 [7 favorites]
North Americans love to comment on our venemous animals every time Australia comes up. You know what the deadliest animal in Australia is? The horse. It has a body count almost double that of all snakes combined.
Meanwhile North American campers sound like the staple diet of the 60 varieties of various deadly deadly bears.
posted by Silentgoldfish at 9:18 PM on April 6, 2017 [18 favorites]
Meanwhile North American campers sound like the staple diet of the 60 varieties of various deadly deadly bears.
posted by Silentgoldfish at 9:18 PM on April 6, 2017 [18 favorites]
"Meanwhile North American campers sound like the staple diet of the 60 varieties of various deadly deadly bears."
I read this as "deadly, deadly beans" and was gonna post:
Metafilter: 60 varieties of various deadly, deadly beans.
Now I can't and instead I'm left feeling vaguely disappointed.
posted by Hairy Lobster at 9:57 PM on April 6, 2017 [6 favorites]
I read this as "deadly, deadly beans" and was gonna post:
Metafilter: 60 varieties of various deadly, deadly beans.
Now I can't and instead I'm left feeling vaguely disappointed.
posted by Hairy Lobster at 9:57 PM on April 6, 2017 [6 favorites]
60 varieties of various deadly deadly bears
there's the black ones and also the brown ones and also there's the um oh wait ok pretty much just those ones i guess
posted by dersins at 10:46 PM on April 6, 2017
there's the black ones and also the brown ones and also there's the um oh wait ok pretty much just those ones i guess
posted by dersins at 10:46 PM on April 6, 2017
One of my favourite (and earliest) Australian moments was in Sydney, watching a street chess game. When an ibis strolled across the board, it felt like I was in a surreal alternate reality where everything was like in the real world, but slightly not quite.
Massive jet lag may have helped.
posted by kandinski at 11:04 PM on April 6, 2017 [5 favorites]
Massive jet lag may have helped.
posted by kandinski at 11:04 PM on April 6, 2017 [5 favorites]
Oh wait, we also have pizza rat...I pity the poor Australians without pizza rat.
Sad to say, but pizza rat was a hoax. But never fear! Raccoons and black bears are quite real, and could go toe-to-claw with any Bin Chicken.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:51 PM on April 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Sad to say, but pizza rat was a hoax. But never fear! Raccoons and black bears are quite real, and could go toe-to-claw with any Bin Chicken.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:51 PM on April 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
I do 't know what the lingo is, but Toronto has a plague of trash raccoons. Bins lids are specially designed to foil them.
posted by mollymillions at 5:47 AM on April 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mollymillions at 5:47 AM on April 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
aka trash pandas, mollymillions. The green bins have elaborate gravity-triggered locks. If it's blowy out and your bin tips off the kerb, it'll pop open and release its payload to the world.
I'm so taken that Australia's trash pest is basically Thoth.
posted by scruss at 5:52 AM on April 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm so taken that Australia's trash pest is basically Thoth.
posted by scruss at 5:52 AM on April 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
I had never heard of this kind of urban scavenger before! Here in America, it's always pigeons, crows, and racoons; so this was really interesting, thanks for posting it!
(Also these tan ones seem to be becoming more common as the white ones disappear?)
posted by ragtag at 6:34 AM on April 7, 2017
there's the black ones and also the brown ones and also there's the um oh wait ok pretty much just those ones i guessYou forgot the white ones!
(Also these tan ones seem to be becoming more common as the white ones disappear?)
posted by ragtag at 6:34 AM on April 7, 2017
I could be happy the rest of my life with a cinnamon bear.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:45 AM on April 7, 2017 [7 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 6:45 AM on April 7, 2017 [7 favorites]
I understand "trash raccoons" are just regular raccoons.
You mean "trash panda" right?
posted by photoslob at 7:52 AM on April 7, 2017
You mean "trash panda" right?
posted by photoslob at 7:52 AM on April 7, 2017
My apartment complex sits at the edge of a swamp and there's a feral cat colony that lives in it. Trash Panda is what we call this huge black and white tom that emerges to eat out of our dumpsters. He'll walk right by actual cat food left by well meaning rescuers and climb into the dumpster. Meanest asshole. The raccoons don't even mess with him.
posted by 80 Cats in a Dog Suit at 8:06 AM on April 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by 80 Cats in a Dog Suit at 8:06 AM on April 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
Here's a relevant song about birds (warning: has casual Australian cussing).
posted by CrunchyFrog at 8:09 AM on April 7, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by CrunchyFrog at 8:09 AM on April 7, 2017 [4 favorites]
That's a damn good Attenborough impression, you have to admit.
posted by DangerIsMyMiddleName at 9:39 AM on April 7, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by DangerIsMyMiddleName at 9:39 AM on April 7, 2017 [6 favorites]
Oh wait, we also have pizza rat...I pity the poor Australians without pizza rat.
We also have the taco squirrel.
posted by Chuffy at 9:59 AM on April 7, 2017
Bin chickens are disgusting, but seem harmless. I've heard that Drop Bears have been seen roaming the outskirts of Sydney.
posted by mule98J at 10:06 AM on April 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mule98J at 10:06 AM on April 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh wait, we also have pizza ratWe also have the taco squirrel
We've got the pizza rat!
We've got the taco squirrel!
We've got the combination pizza rat and taco squirrel!
posted by moonmilk at 10:06 AM on April 7, 2017 [14 favorites]
North American campers sound like the staple diet of the 60 varieties of various deadly deadly bears.
Look mate you don't need 60 varieties when you have the drop bear (contains bloody evidence of attacks).
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:22 AM on April 7, 2017
Look mate you don't need 60 varieties when you have the drop bear (contains bloody evidence of attacks).
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:22 AM on April 7, 2017
That's a damn good Attenborough impression, you have to admit.
Are you taking the mick?
posted by lucidium at 4:36 PM on April 7, 2017
Are you taking the mick?
posted by lucidium at 4:36 PM on April 7, 2017
It sounds more like the guy in the old Sunrice ads than it does Attenborough.
posted by robcorr at 11:28 PM on April 7, 2017
posted by robcorr at 11:28 PM on April 7, 2017
Here in DC we have donut squirrels, but they lack something in the Egyptian God-resemblance dept.
(When I get to Australia I plan to bring a very large trenchcoat, pull it over my head, and stick an Ibis up through the hole while insisting I'm Thoth. Will report back.)
posted by aspersioncast at 12:18 PM on April 9, 2017
(When I get to Australia I plan to bring a very large trenchcoat, pull it over my head, and stick an Ibis up through the hole while insisting I'm Thoth. Will report back.)
posted by aspersioncast at 12:18 PM on April 9, 2017
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