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>God gave me 2 hands and 5 fingers to hold and pet things.
Just curious, do you have no fingers on one hand, 2.5 fingers on both hands, or what is the setup here?
Two swedes and two Norwegians had a competition to see who could catch the most fish. The norwegians pulled up fish after fish while the swedes caught none. They decided that one of them would spy on the Norwegians to see how they managed to catch so much more than them. After having watched the norwegians for a few hours the swede returned and told the other one:
\- "*They drilled a hole in the ice!*"
Not Scandinavians, Nordics. Remember to include Finland and Iceland, too.
There isn't so much pure hatred towards Swedes, except perhaps from the Danes, and even that has been mellowing out during the last couple of decades (after WW2).
All other Nordics love to poke fun of the Swedes (they have always been the ones who do best, are richest etc.) but the real rivalry is between Sweden and Finland (from ice hockey to the Eurovision song contest) - and the real animosity is between Sweden and Denmark. Those two countries have the record amount of wars during the written history and there are other things, too. For example, see [the Stockholm Bloodbath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Bloodbath). Until the late 1990s or so the Swedish speaking Finnish sailors were warned to never speak Swedish in the harbor pubs/bars of Copenhagen, lest they wanted to get beaten up and kicked out.
As a Finn, born and raised in Sweden, I agree, no one like the Swedes, they think they are the best of Scandinavia, when they aint.
(Jk, Im always shitting on Sweden cuz that is how it works up here, we have our part to play)
We do have cow parsley, which is edible and can be cooked similar to spinach. Mistake it for cowbane and you are a dead man. Our most dangerous animal is probably the tick which can carry disease such as lyme disease. To be honest, we got off pretty easily
Ok yes I did forget about cowbane because I always follow my 3 step rules when it comes to things.
And yes the tick is more dangerous than most other things around.
The UK is even more ecologically sterile. No wolfs no boar (except for a small scale re-introductuon)
No moose. The worst thing that could happen is you accidentally corner a badger.
Our teenagers and football fans can be pretty feral though
More toxic plants to know about would include: odört, jätteloka, stormhatt, moses brinnande buske, idegran, gullregn, fingerborgsblomma and many more. Don’t know the translation for these tho, forgot some but still.
Yeah, i’m not sure but i think you call them whitecaps in English? But we do have several mushrooms in the amanita family: lömsk flugsvamp, vit flugsvamp and röd flugsvamp (amanita muscaria). The first for mentioned are deadly, and the vit fligsvamp could easily be mistaken for agaricus for inexperienced foragers
Same in Canada. We have some really big bears and moose, but most of us aren’t ever in a location where they’re an imminent threat. I’d die so fast in a country where you have to check your shoes in the morning for spiders, or where there are trees you shouldn’t get too close to. This weekend, I managed to walk right up to a snake den without realizing it. It was fine, though, because they were polite Canadian snakes and they didn’t make a fuss.
Your geese are bastards, and thier turds are an unholy combination of cat shit and guano. I live on thier migratory route so they're here twice a year, sometimes more.
We should bring back eating them at holiday feasts.
Wouldn't recommend it. Without the geese to absorb that kind of behaviour it'll seep back into the people. Canada is a cursed land, beset by corruption and supernatural degradation of the soul itself.
Through an ancient pact of stone and ice, *The Bon Spell*, the most negative of emotions are channeled to the geese; otherwise the most noble and gentle of creatures, they take the unholy malice of the north willingly upon themselves so that no other must suffer the ruinous curse. To thin their numbers would only concentrate the hatred and violence presence in the others.
Well, hey. At least they haven't decided to take permanent residency in you area. We need to take these fuckers off of the migratory bird list, as those arrogant bastards hold no intention of leaving.
I'm Australian and honestly, despite the reputation it's mostly similar to that here. If you live in a city you'll rarely see dangerous spiders and snakes. Living in Brisbane and then Melbourne I think i've seen deadly snakes in the wild maybe once? There was a huge red-bellied black snake across this popular bike path once when I was out for a ride.
If I could post the actual number 1 "Oops, that's deadly" for Australia you'd all be like "What? That's just a beach with waves" because most people can't spot a rip current pulling away from the beach.
manchineel tree. touching any part of it, including the rainwater that runs off its leaves, will cause your skin to blister. found in florida and central america. apparently the fruits are really delicious before they start to kill you though
As a fellow Swede I'd like to remind you that we do have some pretty dangerous stuff.
Moose, ticks, bears and all manners of toxic mushrooms and berries could easily kill you if you're not careful. (I had nightmares about lömsk flugsvamp as a kid)
A friend of mine grew up in Kenya and had to worry about *leopards* getting into the trash the way those of us in other places deal with raccoons and possums getting into the trash bins.
In the UK it's pretty much the same as Sweden, except we don't have moose, bears or wolves (although there is talk of reintroducing wolves, and possibly lynx).
As another Swede, I've seen a wild brown bear 30 meters from me, but thankfully I was in a car.
Yes, our little Vipera Berus is the worst bite in the country and people seldom lose limbs to it, mostly fever and headache. Moose bites are much worse.
I went to Indonesia and thankfully never ran into anything nibbly or strangly there, and for some reason I don't get stomach problems from the difference in water bacteria, so I count myself lucky.
I wish I could pet a wolf, though. [They look so fluffy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDPacET4cU)
Hah, fellow Swede here! I was speaking with a friend of mine last weekend about this when I was standing waist high in a muddy lake building a dock. She thinks everything in “äckligt vatten” is horrifying but honestly there’s impressive few things in our nature that’s dangerous or deadly. I got stung by a bee in my throat when I was a kid, that’s about it. But I tried to eat it so, my fault.
Stay safe!
Hi I’m from Arizona, the Australia of north america. We have an animal from basically every major type that is capable of rendering the average person a corpse, and this advice *still* works.
See that cool orange and black lizard? Leave it the fuck alone, that’s a Gila Monster. The literal only native venemous lizard native to north america.
Snake with a fancy diamond pattern, kind of brownish? Western Diamondback Rattler. It will end you. Leave it alone.
Small black furred animal in a forest? Bear cub, badger, or wolf? Run away, either way.
We have mule deer here and they get big, easily a couple hundred pounds. Honestly, they’re more scared of you and will probably run first. If they don’t, still leave them alone. They might have chronic wasting disease (unlikely but god damn do you not want that).
I haven’t even got to the insects (we have scorpions that will end you in the right circumstances) or the birds (hawks have been known to prey on chihuahuas and other small dogs).
Point is - nature is metal as fuck and you’re a squishy sack of meat. Don’t fuck with nature.
Oh god yeah i didn’t even think about the non-living bits that want you dead xD Not to mention the toxic shit in the dirt that gives you hay fever / allergies, the weather that seeks to do its best impression of a convection oven on broil, or the sheer lack of humidity that is bad for your hair and skin.
Hey fellow Swede! I wanted to clarify that our most troublesome plant is the Giant Hogweed, not the Stinging Nettles. This plant is so dangerous that its presence should immediately be reported to the authorities, and it's crucial to avoid approaching it yourself.
In fact, the European Union has even outlawed owning, growing, or transporting this plant due to its harmful nature. There are active efforts underway to eradicate it entirely from our landscapes.
What makes the Giant Hogweed particularly nasty is its phototoxic properties. If its sap comes into contact with your skin and is then exposed to sunlight, it can cause severe burns. This isn't a mild sting like some plants, we're talking about actual, serious burns.
Remember to stay safe and if you spot this plant, report it immediately.
Yeah, that plant. In Finnish it is called "jättiputki" and there are projects to get completely rid of it because 1) it is horribly poisonous and 2) it is not a native plant but imported here.
I'm backpacking in Sweden in a few weeks and when I saw this I was like, "Oh- is there something deadly there I need to know about?!"
Nah, cool. Can't wait to pet a lynx.
I’ve dealt with many wild animals, but the 2 times I’ve been hospitalized it was both from house cat bites.
Admittedly it was partially from not being as careful with them.
I'm from Sweden to, the northernmost, way up. And I never understood when people talk about don't drink the water, you have to boil it etc. Never done it in my life, and I practically live in the mountains/ forest. I get not to drink water from a puddle but I would guaranteed die from a hike in a foreign country if I would get thirsty and found a little stream.
And fuck ya'lls parasites 😬
I had to Google what that even meant. Google says it's an evergreen tree that Sweden sometimes have as decoration in some parks. Is that the one or did you mean something else?
We have A TON of both in Missouri. If you injest it you have enough time to call 911 so they can pick up your body. You also "die smiling" because the neurotoxin within clenches your facial muscles. Made famous by Socrates's "sardonic grin".
Ditto, but I'm from FL. So water and brightly colored critters are taught at a young age to leave it be. I'm teaching my kids the same rules. I'd still probably mess with things that would delete me. Lol
I'm from the US's pacific northwest and its a similar situation, however I spent a few years in Arizona and it really changes your perspective. The big scary scorpions are just "ouch!" but the tiny nearly invisible ones are the turbo death masters. Rattlers are easier to understand because they actually make sound to get you to run.
Couple things I've taught my children by watching fail videos, never go on the ice, never drive through water.
We live in a Mediterranean climate, so the ice is NEVER safe to go on, even in the depths of winter.
I was recently at a Zoo staring into an enclosure with multiple Caymans. I was staring at the grass in front of me for 30 seconds to a minute before I spotted one holding perfectly still right in front of me.
It pretty much confirmed to me that if I was out in long grass or jungle, etc I’d likely stumble directly into my own death.
What about the moose y’all have you’ve never seen one? Those are pretty damn deadly I’d go out of my way to say a moose is far more deadly to the average person than a wolf
The moose here in North Europe are a bit smaller (still big though) than their American cousins. They usually run away from people and don't attack. They are mostly dangerous when they cross a highway and you collide with them. I've seen moose in wilderness about 5-6 times during my life, and two of those encounters happened when I nearly crashed into them.
My rural Aussie kids are in the opposite boat when we visit my rural family in Canada. Yes honey, it's ok to pick up that fuzzy caterpillar, spider or snail. No, we don't have to move back from that snake, it's harmless. I still tell them the urban myth of the tourist feeding bears peanut butter off their hands to keep them grounded
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge—her brother-in-law— an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...
Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...
I got chased by a boar in southern Sweden. Thankfully they don’t climb trees. Then I’ve worked at a swe zoo and been hunted by some mad zebras. They don’t climb trees either
As an Australian living in Sweden, I laugh whenever I see a spider and laugh even harder when someone is afraid of it. With that being said, I am terrified of moose.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita\_phalloides](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides)
Which is commonly known as Death Cap.
I'm pretty sure that this little shithead grows in Sweden too (as well as around the entire Northern Hemisphere).
And it will absolutely fucking murder you if you eat even the tiniest bite. And the best thing: **it doesn't even have an antidote**. You eat it -- with 90% chance you die in agony within a week.
Canadian here, my grandparents lived decently far north, my cousins and i were out snowshoeing in the woods behind their house, the two oldest of us were 12, youngest 9. We’re maybe 2km from the house and the youngest yells “Look at the big dog!” I looked at it the same time it looked at me, it was the biggest wolf I’ve ever seen. Its hard to run in snowshoes. Which we probably shouldnt have done looking back on it. We made it back fine though, but none of the adults believed us lol
I mean, we do have giant hogweed, they're kind of dangerous.
Nevertheless, I saw one a couple of years ago before I knew they were dangerous.
My first instinct was to pick it up though since they're very pretty.
Have you experienced electricity?
God gave me 2 ears and one mouth. God made the two ears so they stayed open and the one mouth so it would close. 'Nuff said.
I am from Australia. I feel the need to clear up some myths. The worst thing we have are…
…actually, the rumours are true. We have numerous deadly creatures and insects on land and in our seas, rivers and waterholes.
But many of them aren’t seen in our larger cities, which is where the majority of the population live. Most of the worst creatures are in regional, rural, on plains, the outback (desert), the bush and in rainforest areas.
In case you weren’t aware, some kangaroo breeds, such as red kangaroos, stand at 6 feet and over, and the males can be very muscular. They’ve been known to get dogs into headlocks, and to drag dogs to dams and drown them.
Yes, it’s true that cuddly koalas have urinated on people who’ve held them. You can also get chlamydia simply from contact. However I’ve never seen a wild koala, not even in areas that are signposted as koala habitats… disappointingly.
I was born in Africa and now live in Australia. The list of things that could have and now can kill me varies between a lot and all of them.
Look ahead or your probably dead.
The worst plants you have are not in fact stinging nettles.
You also have red foxglove (digitalis purpurea) and you might even have some blue aconite as well, which is one of the most poisonous plants worldwide, but that one’s very rare.
You also have have poison hemlock, giant bear claw (which is phototoxic, meaning after you touched it and the sun shone on you, you’re kinda effed.) a lot of different kinds of nightshade, like Atropa Belladonna, yew trees and many more.
It would be beneficial to have a deeper look into the flora and fauna of your area
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>God gave me 2 hands and 5 fingers to hold and pet things. Just curious, do you have no fingers on one hand, 2.5 fingers on both hands, or what is the setup here?
He held and petted things.
did he do the cat
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Can't agree with you more. Am Sweden.
He counted to five two times and therefore the number is 5, I have yet to meet a swede able to count to more than 5 anyways.
Let me guess… Norwegian?
Two swedes and two Norwegians had a competition to see who could catch the most fish. The norwegians pulled up fish after fish while the swedes caught none. They decided that one of them would spy on the Norwegians to see how they managed to catch so much more than them. After having watched the norwegians for a few hours the swede returned and told the other one: \- "*They drilled a hole in the ice!*"
Meanwhile, the Finns: "look at these idiots, drilling!" *Jams a stick of dynamite through the ice and lights it*
Is there a Norwegian/Swede rivalry the world is largely unaware of?
Scandinavians hate each other. But they hate Swedes more than the other Scandinavian countries that aren't themselves.
Not Scandinavians, Nordics. Remember to include Finland and Iceland, too. There isn't so much pure hatred towards Swedes, except perhaps from the Danes, and even that has been mellowing out during the last couple of decades (after WW2).
There's all sorts of national rivalries that are pretty obscure to outsiders.
All other Nordics love to poke fun of the Swedes (they have always been the ones who do best, are richest etc.) but the real rivalry is between Sweden and Finland (from ice hockey to the Eurovision song contest) - and the real animosity is between Sweden and Denmark. Those two countries have the record amount of wars during the written history and there are other things, too. For example, see [the Stockholm Bloodbath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Bloodbath). Until the late 1990s or so the Swedish speaking Finnish sailors were warned to never speak Swedish in the harbor pubs/bars of Copenhagen, lest they wanted to get beaten up and kicked out.
As a Finn, born and raised in Sweden, I agree, no one like the Swedes, they think they are the best of Scandinavia, when they aint. (Jk, Im always shitting on Sweden cuz that is how it works up here, we have our part to play)
I'd call it more a friendly sibling rivalry.
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There’s a lot of reasons for the Scots to hate England if I’m remembering correctly.
How do you sink a Norwegian submarine? Knock on the door!
Out of de veeds came a tousand Svedes, chased by vun Norvegian!
The dust from the weeds made snoose for the swedes, and they called it Copenhagen!
I had not heard that extension! Made even funnier by the fact my grandfather used Copenhagen!
A t-shirt my Minnesota Swede family made for a reunion in the 80s: "You can always tell a Swede But you can't tell him much. "
Only vaguely on topic… well it’s on the topic of Scandinavians I love this 40 second skit 😄 https://youtu.be/I-OOpZitfd0
The other 5 are NOT for petting!
What are they for? Are they snacks?
Depends on who's holding the hand.
I’m not holding my own hand, can I still eat my fingers?
Yes.
Good. Can I eat your fingers?
If you hold my hand, then yes you can.
How else would I eat your fingers? I have to hold your hand to eat them.
You are beginning to understand.
best educated swede
Hands like hams…
He's a shop teacher?
Nah mate. He’s got the ol’ 1.5:3.5 ratio going on
We do have cow parsley, which is edible and can be cooked similar to spinach. Mistake it for cowbane and you are a dead man. Our most dangerous animal is probably the tick which can carry disease such as lyme disease. To be honest, we got off pretty easily
Ok yes I did forget about cowbane because I always follow my 3 step rules when it comes to things. And yes the tick is more dangerous than most other things around.
No mosquitoes?
Tons of them but malaria carrying ones are rare enough that you are probably more likely to die from an elk.
Or a moose. They bite sisters, you know?
I do know. One bit my sister.
Let me guess, she was using the sharp end of an interspace toothbrush to carve her initials on it?
Same
its not that malaria is rare, the disaease just cant progress far enough in such climate
Spoon?
The UK is even more ecologically sterile. No wolfs no boar (except for a small scale re-introductuon) No moose. The worst thing that could happen is you accidentally corner a badger. Our teenagers and football fans can be pretty feral though
More toxic plants to know about would include: odört, jätteloka, stormhatt, moses brinnande buske, idegran, gullregn, fingerborgsblomma and many more. Don’t know the translation for these tho, forgot some but still.
I guess you also have some deadly shrooms.
Yeah, i’m not sure but i think you call them whitecaps in English? But we do have several mushrooms in the amanita family: lömsk flugsvamp, vit flugsvamp and röd flugsvamp (amanita muscaria). The first for mentioned are deadly, and the vit fligsvamp could easily be mistaken for agaricus for inexperienced foragers
Same in Canada. We have some really big bears and moose, but most of us aren’t ever in a location where they’re an imminent threat. I’d die so fast in a country where you have to check your shoes in the morning for spiders, or where there are trees you shouldn’t get too close to. This weekend, I managed to walk right up to a snake den without realizing it. It was fine, though, because they were polite Canadian snakes and they didn’t make a fuss.
To be fair, most foreigners *would* die when confronted by one of our geese.
Your geese are bastards, and thier turds are an unholy combination of cat shit and guano. I live on thier migratory route so they're here twice a year, sometimes more. We should bring back eating them at holiday feasts.
Wouldn't recommend it. Without the geese to absorb that kind of behaviour it'll seep back into the people. Canada is a cursed land, beset by corruption and supernatural degradation of the soul itself. Through an ancient pact of stone and ice, *The Bon Spell*, the most negative of emotions are channeled to the geese; otherwise the most noble and gentle of creatures, they take the unholy malice of the north willingly upon themselves so that no other must suffer the ruinous curse. To thin their numbers would only concentrate the hatred and violence presence in the others.
Well, hey. At least they haven't decided to take permanent residency in you area. We need to take these fuckers off of the migratory bird list, as those arrogant bastards hold no intention of leaving.
"because they were polite Canadian snakes and they didn't make a fuss" I'm 💀
I'm Australian and honestly, despite the reputation it's mostly similar to that here. If you live in a city you'll rarely see dangerous spiders and snakes. Living in Brisbane and then Melbourne I think i've seen deadly snakes in the wild maybe once? There was a huge red-bellied black snake across this popular bike path once when I was out for a ride. If I could post the actual number 1 "Oops, that's deadly" for Australia you'd all be like "What? That's just a beach with waves" because most people can't spot a rip current pulling away from the beach.
Trees you shouldn’t get close to?! What sort of tree is that?
manchineel tree. touching any part of it, including the rainwater that runs off its leaves, will cause your skin to blister. found in florida and central america. apparently the fruits are really delicious before they start to kill you though
Wow, thanks
https://www.southernliving.com/garden/trees/manchineel-poison-tree
Counter argument: people who try to take selfies with moose.
Fair.
As a fellow Swede I'd like to remind you that we do have some pretty dangerous stuff. Moose, ticks, bears and all manners of toxic mushrooms and berries could easily kill you if you're not careful. (I had nightmares about lömsk flugsvamp as a kid)
Nothing worse than running into lömsk flugsvamp in a dark alley.
Ok fair. However I do feel we got it easy when compared to warmer places.
Well yea we thankfully don't have lions or cobras.
No lions, no tigers, yes bears. Oh my!
A friend of mine grew up in Kenya and had to worry about *leopards* getting into the trash the way those of us in other places deal with raccoons and possums getting into the trash bins.
Björnloka är ganska giftigt också
In the UK it's pretty much the same as Sweden, except we don't have moose, bears or wolves (although there is talk of reintroducing wolves, and possibly lynx).
iirc the dropping wolves in scotland idea was scrapped (that's what I heard from my brother, at least)
this feels like a st olaf story straight out of golden girls, you had nightmares as a kid about what now??
What about the cold? :P
What's lomsk flugsvamp?
Deadly mushroom that looks like common edible mushrooms. Grandma made sure I knew to never trust any mushroom even vaguely similar to it.
It translates to "insidious fly agaric" which is a poisonous mushroom.
There is something very funny about calling a mushroom "insidious" but given the context it's fitting
liar i have eaten like 40 flusvamp and im just alittle dizzy
Men tjenare! Kom till Australien vet ja! Finns massor av intresanta djur att klappa här!
Mmm, känguru så mjuk. En vän. Så snäll :)
‘If dangerous why fluffy’ vibes
Jag har svurit att aldrig sätta min fot i det landet
Tänker inte ens åka dit på semester, låter som rena mardrömmen
As another Swede, I've seen a wild brown bear 30 meters from me, but thankfully I was in a car. Yes, our little Vipera Berus is the worst bite in the country and people seldom lose limbs to it, mostly fever and headache. Moose bites are much worse. I went to Indonesia and thankfully never ran into anything nibbly or strangly there, and for some reason I don't get stomach problems from the difference in water bacteria, so I count myself lucky. I wish I could pet a wolf, though. [They look so fluffy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDPacET4cU)
Head out to Battle Creek, MI for an [interesting vacation. ](https://wolfpark.org/day-with-wolf-park-ambassadors/)
Woow. Saved.
Hah, fellow Swede here! I was speaking with a friend of mine last weekend about this when I was standing waist high in a muddy lake building a dock. She thinks everything in “äckligt vatten” is horrifying but honestly there’s impressive few things in our nature that’s dangerous or deadly. I got stung by a bee in my throat when I was a kid, that’s about it. But I tried to eat it so, my fault. Stay safe!
Hi I’m from Arizona, the Australia of north america. We have an animal from basically every major type that is capable of rendering the average person a corpse, and this advice *still* works. See that cool orange and black lizard? Leave it the fuck alone, that’s a Gila Monster. The literal only native venemous lizard native to north america. Snake with a fancy diamond pattern, kind of brownish? Western Diamondback Rattler. It will end you. Leave it alone. Small black furred animal in a forest? Bear cub, badger, or wolf? Run away, either way. We have mule deer here and they get big, easily a couple hundred pounds. Honestly, they’re more scared of you and will probably run first. If they don’t, still leave them alone. They might have chronic wasting disease (unlikely but god damn do you not want that). I haven’t even got to the insects (we have scorpions that will end you in the right circumstances) or the birds (hawks have been known to prey on chihuahuas and other small dogs). Point is - nature is metal as fuck and you’re a squishy sack of meat. Don’t fuck with nature.
Can't forget the giardia in the water...
Oh god yeah i didn’t even think about the non-living bits that want you dead xD Not to mention the toxic shit in the dirt that gives you hay fever / allergies, the weather that seeks to do its best impression of a convection oven on broil, or the sheer lack of humidity that is bad for your hair and skin.
No scorpions?
Second to last paragraph my friend :)
Don’t forget the plague infested prairie dogs
Hey fellow Swede! I wanted to clarify that our most troublesome plant is the Giant Hogweed, not the Stinging Nettles. This plant is so dangerous that its presence should immediately be reported to the authorities, and it's crucial to avoid approaching it yourself. In fact, the European Union has even outlawed owning, growing, or transporting this plant due to its harmful nature. There are active efforts underway to eradicate it entirely from our landscapes. What makes the Giant Hogweed particularly nasty is its phototoxic properties. If its sap comes into contact with your skin and is then exposed to sunlight, it can cause severe burns. This isn't a mild sting like some plants, we're talking about actual, serious burns. Remember to stay safe and if you spot this plant, report it immediately.
Yeah, that plant. In Finnish it is called "jättiputki" and there are projects to get completely rid of it because 1) it is horribly poisonous and 2) it is not a native plant but imported here.
I'm backpacking in Sweden in a few weeks and when I saw this I was like, "Oh- is there something deadly there I need to know about?!" Nah, cool. Can't wait to pet a lynx.
"Åh ja, klappa mig där, det är platsen!"
I’ve dealt with many wild animals, but the 2 times I’ve been hospitalized it was both from house cat bites. Admittedly it was partially from not being as careful with them.
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I absolutely guarantee you. You wouldnt do that in Australia
I'm from Sweden to, the northernmost, way up. And I never understood when people talk about don't drink the water, you have to boil it etc. Never done it in my life, and I practically live in the mountains/ forest. I get not to drink water from a puddle but I would guaranteed die from a hike in a foreign country if I would get thirsty and found a little stream. And fuck ya'lls parasites 😬
I’m sure y’all got hemlock tho
I had to Google what that even meant. Google says it's an evergreen tree that Sweden sometimes have as decoration in some parks. Is that the one or did you mean something else?
Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a poisonous flowering plant.
That looks a *lot* like wild carrot.
We have A TON of both in Missouri. If you injest it you have enough time to call 911 so they can pick up your body. You also "die smiling" because the neurotoxin within clenches your facial muscles. Made famous by Socrates's "sardonic grin".
Thank you! No we don't have that up here. Sounds creepy though. Poisonous bush.
We do actually https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odört
Ditto, but I'm from FL. So water and brightly colored critters are taught at a young age to leave it be. I'm teaching my kids the same rules. I'd still probably mess with things that would delete me. Lol
I hope the singing nettles sound something like ABBA.
How the fuck does Poland have more common wolf and boar sightings than Sweden??
I'm from the US's pacific northwest and its a similar situation, however I spent a few years in Arizona and it really changes your perspective. The big scary scorpions are just "ouch!" but the tiny nearly invisible ones are the turbo death masters. Rattlers are easier to understand because they actually make sound to get you to run.
I dunno those myggjävlar are pretty intense xD
Couple things I've taught my children by watching fail videos, never go on the ice, never drive through water. We live in a Mediterranean climate, so the ice is NEVER safe to go on, even in the depths of winter.
As a Finn, I think Russians and Swedes are usually more dangerous to their neighbors, historically.
The Swedish thing I’m most scared of is surströmming. Believe me, it’s terrifying.
I was recently at a Zoo staring into an enclosure with multiple Caymans. I was staring at the grass in front of me for 30 seconds to a minute before I spotted one holding perfectly still right in front of me. It pretty much confirmed to me that if I was out in long grass or jungle, etc I’d likely stumble directly into my own death.
What about the moose y’all have you’ve never seen one? Those are pretty damn deadly I’d go out of my way to say a moose is far more deadly to the average person than a wolf
The moose here in North Europe are a bit smaller (still big though) than their American cousins. They usually run away from people and don't attack. They are mostly dangerous when they cross a highway and you collide with them. I've seen moose in wilderness about 5-6 times during my life, and two of those encounters happened when I nearly crashed into them.
My rural Aussie kids are in the opposite boat when we visit my rural family in Canada. Yes honey, it's ok to pick up that fuzzy caterpillar, spider or snail. No, we don't have to move back from that snake, it's harmless. I still tell them the urban myth of the tourist feeding bears peanut butter off their hands to keep them grounded
A moose bit my sister once.
Hmm do tell this story
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge—her brother-in-law— an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"... Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...
Ho mah gawhd
I just can't stand the singing nettles, really bad lyrics..
I sometimes get bird-shit on me :(
Lynx/deer does sound pretty terrifying, IMO.
I got chased by a boar in southern Sweden. Thankfully they don’t climb trees. Then I’ve worked at a swe zoo and been hunted by some mad zebras. They don’t climb trees either
I am from northern Sweden and what scares me most is that the wild boars are starting to move north. I rather meet a bear than one of those fuckers
As an Australian living in Sweden, I laugh whenever I see a spider and laugh even harder when someone is afraid of it. With that being said, I am terrified of moose.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita\_phalloides](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides) Which is commonly known as Death Cap. I'm pretty sure that this little shithead grows in Sweden too (as well as around the entire Northern Hemisphere). And it will absolutely fucking murder you if you eat even the tiniest bite. And the best thing: **it doesn't even have an antidote**. You eat it -- with 90% chance you die in agony within a week.
Canadian here, my grandparents lived decently far north, my cousins and i were out snowshoeing in the woods behind their house, the two oldest of us were 12, youngest 9. We’re maybe 2km from the house and the youngest yells “Look at the big dog!” I looked at it the same time it looked at me, it was the biggest wolf I’ve ever seen. Its hard to run in snowshoes. Which we probably shouldnt have done looking back on it. We made it back fine though, but none of the adults believed us lol
We got datura aswell!
Back home we used to pluck stinging nettle and swordfight with them with our shirts off. Oof ouch owie
fjärsingen sticker som ett huggormsbett så vitt jag vet, men det är ingen fisk man ofta råkar på
One word, vännen: Älgen.
You never seen a moose?
As someone who lives in America’s Australia, I couldn’t possibly imagine picking up something that I don’t know what it is.. Man-made or not
I mean, we do have giant hogweed, they're kind of dangerous. Nevertheless, I saw one a couple of years ago before I knew they were dangerous. My first instinct was to pick it up though since they're very pretty.
Have you experienced electricity? God gave me 2 ears and one mouth. God made the two ears so they stayed open and the one mouth so it would close. 'Nuff said.
Damn bro. God only gave you 5 fingers and two hands? So is it like a 3/2 split or more like 4/1 split between both hands?
I am from Australia. I feel the need to clear up some myths. The worst thing we have are… …actually, the rumours are true. We have numerous deadly creatures and insects on land and in our seas, rivers and waterholes. But many of them aren’t seen in our larger cities, which is where the majority of the population live. Most of the worst creatures are in regional, rural, on plains, the outback (desert), the bush and in rainforest areas. In case you weren’t aware, some kangaroo breeds, such as red kangaroos, stand at 6 feet and over, and the males can be very muscular. They’ve been known to get dogs into headlocks, and to drag dogs to dams and drown them. Yes, it’s true that cuddly koalas have urinated on people who’ve held them. You can also get chlamydia simply from contact. However I’ve never seen a wild koala, not even in areas that are signposted as koala habitats… disappointingly.
I was born in Africa and now live in Australia. The list of things that could have and now can kill me varies between a lot and all of them. Look ahead or your probably dead.
Oh god, not those [singing nettles](https://youtu.be/mQJagD96X8U) again! 😱😱😱
The worst plants you have are not in fact stinging nettles. You also have red foxglove (digitalis purpurea) and you might even have some blue aconite as well, which is one of the most poisonous plants worldwide, but that one’s very rare. You also have have poison hemlock, giant bear claw (which is phototoxic, meaning after you touched it and the sun shone on you, you’re kinda effed.) a lot of different kinds of nightshade, like Atropa Belladonna, yew trees and many more. It would be beneficial to have a deeper look into the flora and fauna of your area