Drop Bears

What are you people doing down there? Every week there seems to be a whole new variety of way to be killed by nature in Australia. Let's compare:

• Canada: Freeze, or be attacked by a bear. That's it. Even if you fall off a mountain, it's not the impact that will kill you, it's the freezing temperatures after you land, or windchill on the way down. It's near impossible to drown here - you will freeze first. You cannot be killed by a raccoon, no matter how big.
• Australia: Sharks, snakes, jellyfish, rips, reefs, crocodiles, stingrays, pufferfish, flashfloods - and that's just the wet stuff! On land you can suffer dehydration, poisoning, mauling, or beating at the feet of a kangaroo. Even in the air you might be sucked beyond Mount Everest by a storm cell, frozen, and then hit by lightning, or be attacked by eagles on your way back down. Take your pick.

So remember kids, when in Australia, watch out for those drop bears. They're probably the only thing you have a chance of fending off.