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I think that we naturally have an awareness of what could be construed as dangerous wildlife.
Quite a lot of people have phobias towards animals, especially snakes and spiders, this apparently is an inbuilt mechanism to protect us from what could potentially be a poisonous or harmful threat.
I’ve seen programmes in India where Tiger attacks have occurred, the population of the general area stick to particular regimes in order to lessen the chance of attack.
I’ve heard of people in Australia always checking under the toilet seat before doing the business, so to speak, in case of a Black widow bite in the nethers.
Likewise in the tropics the advice given is always check your boots before putting them on.
I suppose it depends on the general area and the inhabitants within it. i.e. in parts of the USA there are people living alongside Bears, (as in Bearwatch, ski resort)
The folk who permanently live alongside the Bears know what to do and how to react if one lumbers out of the forest into their town, where as a tourist wouldn’t have a clue.
But it would be nice to get some input from someone not living in the UK who has to live in this situation.
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