• Charliebeans
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    10 months ago

    Cannot believe that someone would prefer 2022 photo instead of 2023…

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      10 months ago

      I worked for a municipal government. Some houses have ‘nature reserves’ near them, wild areas of mostly indigenous vegetation.

      Resident: "This needs to be cleared. Snakes live in there "

      Me: “Good. That’s the point.”

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        10 months ago

        True nature in cities is not only for humans, but also for the animals, bugs and all the little creatures.

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        10 months ago

        Almost every single snakebite in a city is caused by escaped pets. And the majority of snakes are not venemous. If people want to be worried about animals, they should be worried about the untrained and poorly controlled dogs they see every day, not the hypothetical snakes that won’t even leave the shrubbery.

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        10 months ago

        Unless this was in Australia or some place with dangerous snakes, I don’t really see why people should be THAT afraid of them, if anything you should be happy they’re gonna keep the rats at bay.

        looks at username

        Oh.

        • Treevan 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
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          10 months ago

          I’m going to let you in on a secret, the snake danger thing might be overblown.

          Good thing about humans is that we keep animals in an endangered state wherever we settle.

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          10 months ago

          Not as aussie but I found out that we have rattlesnakes in my area by seeing a facebook post of one getting caught 2 blocks from me.

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            10 months ago

            more people get bitten by rattlesnakes during the three days of the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup than during the rest of the year everywhere else in the world – snakes really just want to be left alone

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              10 months ago

              Logically, I know I have nothing to worry about, but my main character syndrome makes me worry about when it will eventually happen.

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          10 months ago

          Aussie snakes might be very venomous, but in general they’ll only bite if they’re provoked. I live near a nature reserve full of snakes and it’s not really an issue for most people. Just leave them alone and they’ll leave you alone.

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            10 months ago

            But you might provoke them by mistake as you didn’t even see them no? I mean no expert but like accidents happen, it’s not just people being dumb and bothering them or similar.

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              I’ve lived near the reserve for about 20 years and I haven’t heard of anyone being bitten by a snake there (although some dogs have, unfortunately). I think accidents could happen but they’d be pretty rare. The snakes here tend to stick to the long grass and near the creek and I think most people have the sense to not go trampling through the grass during snake season.

              It also depends on the snake species. Around here we mainly have Eastern browns, which are venomous but timid. In other places in Australia snakes may be more aggressive and accidents are more likely.

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      10 months ago

      The 2023 pic is beautiful and looks really nice. But if we’re comparing in good faith, it’s also pretty obvious that the 2022 photo was taken in early spring when nothing is growing.

      There’s surely a lot more plant life on the bottom anyway, but it would not look that vibrant if it was all dormant right after winter like the top pic.

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      10 months ago

      TBF, the 2022 photo looks like it was taken in the winter (no leaves on trees, empty/dead garden beds), and a 2023 winter pic would look about the same but with more empty/brown garden instead of grass.

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      10 months ago

      Once established it’s probably significantly less water and maintenance too. Just trimming and weeding every quarter instead of mowing, fertilising and/or watering every few weeks.

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      10 months ago

      My yard is becoming 2023 and my neighbor’s yard is 2022, and he complains about my yard every opportunity he has, but he never complained when it was only grass