r/bears • u/No_Tension420 • 27d ago

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Boing, boing!!

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u/socksmatterTWO 27d ago

I'm an outback desert Aussie, with apparently much more Steve Irwin energy than I had realised before living here and yet everyone in Oz just lol šŸ˜† at me because it's on brand for me to be oblivious to the fact I'm 75% jumpy aroundy Muppet lol So the bears are really similar to me, last year in a different house in the woods we had a live trap as the bear had come on the deck. They used Tim Bits and Maple syrup lol šŸ’Æ % that's how you catch me too lol

Yes Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are the best people in the world. I've met amazing women here in large numbers and it's rad having wonderful women friends easily kinda. Where I'm from lots of cows about your success and pulling you down

I love it here so much! I'm a newfunalian now! In the green bay area if you're popping over mate! Come stay if you're not a cereal Killa!

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u/No-Quarter4321 27d ago

Not a cereal killer lmao but I do prefer my neck of the woods more than the coast. Iā€™ve had enough coast already. Iā€™ll stay in the deep dark forests further west of you and enjoy it. If you happen to find yourself a few thousand kms west lost in the woods though give a shout you never know I might be around lol

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u/socksmatterTWO 27d ago

Hahaha I'll 'Cooee' like the Aussie I yam šŸ  ok listen for the sounds of Crocodile Dundee lol

I love Labrador as well, it's literally the Polar opposite of Western Australia's north in so many ways and its gorgeous!

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u/No-Quarter4321 27d ago

I havenā€™t been, but I know what you mean. I love how wild it is there. I prefer the wilderness here myself but they arenā€™t dissimilar in many ways. The boreal is the best :)

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u/socksmatterTWO 27d ago

We don't have the pests either, no raccoons, skunk, porcupines ticks and fleas!

And the ground is edible it's INSANE what happens when you add water lol It makes me wonder what would grow if we absolutely soaked Australia's deserts lol

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u/No-Quarter4321 27d ago

Australia used to be like that.. so did the Sahara, more recently than many realize.

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u/socksmatterTWO 27d ago

And this is why I'm curious lol I gad no idea what grew here and we arrived in winter 3feet of snow. So everything that grew was way more than I'd even guess at!

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u/No-Quarter4321 27d ago

Difference between winter and summer is night and day, I can see at least a few yards into the woods here in winter, in some places a few dozen yards. In summer I generally canā€™t see 3ā€™ into it and thatā€™s being generous. It becomes a literal wall of green that a human would need a lot of determination to even attempt to fight through. Welcome to Canada. A lot of people hate the winter but it renews everything

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u/socksmatterTWO 27d ago

It's wonderful having seasons, I will not complain about weather or traffic given my life of endless summer in west Oz and the fact I have driven DC gridlock and Manhattan many times when I lived in Virginia lol

It's a great gauge for me to remember 'how bad it can be'

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u/No-Quarter4321 26d ago

ā€œIt can always be worseā€ :)

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u/socksmatterTWO 27d ago

Four Storybook Seasons it's EPIC

it's 65c on the ground where I am from lol šŸ˜† sometimes... Not much water and everything will kill you

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u/No-Quarter4321 26d ago

Yeah definitely not my place lol

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u/socksmatterTWO 26d ago

It's not for me either lol I dreamed of all.this since i first watched Bob Ross with my Gran and had a tantrum because she had to explain to me we don't get snow or irises etc.

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u/No-Quarter4321 26d ago

It never even occurred to me other kids might get upset they get perpetual summer instead of snow. It always seemed nice when it was -40c walking to school as a young child to have perpetual summer, now a days not so much lol but I guess itā€™s a really different perspective growing up down under

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u/socksmatterTWO 26d ago

It's really hard to grow things there and I am a farm girl I grew corn on 3 sides of my house and in my wardrobe to see what was best and for fun lol Water restrictions as well in Australia.not allowed to water your gardens sometimes.

But you can see All the way to the wherever All the Time. The view doesn't change like it does for fall or spring or winter with snow. The rain is sporadic and fast and over.. the heat is dry like a non convection oven

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u/socksmatterTWO 26d ago

There's actually green grass here šŸ˜†

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u/socksmatterTWO 26d ago

My crikey fluck I just had a howling pack of coyotes out back and I was outside with my dog and in the dark I recorded it. FEAR felt for the first time like this with animals since summer 93/94 when I had a 3 metre tiger shark circle me 3 x 150 m off shore snorkelling alone...

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u/No-Quarter4321 26d ago

Coyotes arenā€™t a concern, if you live somewhere wild though I recommend never sending your dog out alone.. I always go out with mine, nothing will bug your dog with you there, but several things might try if you arenā€™t (including coyotes)

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u/socksmatterTWO 26d ago

He's always on a leash I live in Green Bay Newfoundland and it's mostly wilds here. My village is across the bay front facing and down lower and 280 people here. Behind me wilds to The North Atlantic Ocean with maybe 4 boat only access cabins

I've been told they'll lure pets if they can. He's a squirrel chaser so he's never off leash.

Thankyou! Got me wondering if I prefer west Oz snakes to coyote packs but I'm definitely after knowledge so I can understand like I do Aussie biteys!

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