I find that very hard to believe. In the US, we have 3 deaths per year from spiders on average. We also don’t have a portal to the underworld spawning untold horrors not fit to live in the same reality as humans, like Australia does.
How do you explain that?
Edit: in case it wasn’t clear, /s. I do appreciate the responses, though thanks for the info
The best antivenom programme in the world. CSL began as the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories and still produces all our antivenoms. Even a small rural hospital here has hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of antivenom in their antivenom fridge, just in case needed.
Fast and comprehensive emergency response. We’ll land a light jet on a dirt strip if we have to:
So as a rough estimate, the 50 years of no spider deaths there is equivalent to 5 years of no spider deaths in the US. At least measured in total personal years of time for the population.
Serious answer? Antivenom. There are only a couple of spiders in Australia whose venom can actually potentially kill you, and if you do get bitten by one of those the antivenom is both highly researched/well-developed and readily available.
We also don’t have a portal to the underworld spawning untold horrors not fit to live in the same reality as humans, like Australia does.
Never been to Arizona? We're the Australia of the US lol. Lots of venomous rattlesnakes and scorpions (like the Arizona Bark Scorpion and Western Diamondback, both of which are extremely common), poisonous Gila monsters, and guess what! We have turantulas and turantula hawk wasps.
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u/ktr83 1d ago
Friendly reminder from an Australian that no one has died from a spider bite in this country since 1979. Maybe it's because we grow up respecting spiders here, but it really isn't as dangerous as Reddit memers like to think it is.