Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "American Freaked Out By The Scariest Animals In Australia" video.
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1: Got hit by a bastard paralysis tick about 2 months ago. I have a small lump of subcutaneous scar tissue from it. I removed it thinking it was a regular tick and left some mouthparts in the wound. Got them out last week.
2: I saw one in rocks when I was about 12-years old. That colour is correct, Ian. They flare brilliant Blue rings when in defensive mode. Deadly bastards.
3: Stingy bastards.
4: Soldier Beetles. Bitey, stinky bastards.
5: I've seen similar on a property I lived on in Central Queensland. Amazing, flying bastards.
6: Platypus. Cute, but still venemous bastards.
7: As kid living in Perth, we had a fibro fence with capping along the top. We had HUNDREDS of Redbacks living under the capping. I used to play with them and their webs. Scary bastards.
8: Lucky enough not to have stood on one of these bastards. But a mate found one in the rocks one day at Yeppoon.
9: I used to hunt stingrays with a spear up North. Easy pickings and good eating if cooked right. Tasty bastards.
10: I've had many encounters with wild dingoes (and wild dogs-feral dogs). Cunning bastards, but very cool.
11: Yeah, nah. F**k that. I also am wary of Northern Funnel webs. But these Sydney ones? If I lived there I wouldn't garden. Nasty bastards.
12: Living in the tropics and subtropics, Flying Foxes have been part of my existence. Smelly, noisy bastards :o). Trivia: I used to have a photo of my dad holding out the wings of a Flying Fox he'd shot (in the 60s). He was about 5'7 and had his arms almost fully stretched out, making the bat's wingspan over five feet. Oh, and they're actually quite cute. I've rescued a few from barbed wire fences.
13: Irukandji .Tiny, nasty bastards. Swim at your own risk in Summer/Wet season.
14: Oh, the Inland Taipan is an unlucky bastard. It's coastal cousin gives it a bad reputation. They are generally placid unless provoked or in breeding season.
15: Bull sharks are sneaky, aggro bastards. They swim right up into fresh water. There's video on YouTube of bull sharks in a lagoon/billabong just up the road from where I used to live. And yep, people swim in there.
16: Box Jellyfish. Refer to my description of the Irukandji for these stinging bastards.
17: Big bastards. But ya gotta love 'em.
And finally, that narrator could not have been Australian. He didn't call one of those animals a bastard...oh, and his accent was waaaay off.
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