you are my ithaca

• what do you mean by "uniquely hostile"? is it based on amount of harm to humans? because I can tell you now. horses killed more people in 2023 than spiders did. how would you feel if I said that europe introduced the uniquely hostile horse to the australian environment?
• look at these stats: https://www.firstaidpro.com.au/blog/leading-causes-of-death-in-australia/#elementor-toc__heading-anchor-1
• now look at this: https://www.vice.com/en/article/cows-and-horses-are-australias-number-one-killers/
• can you please give me a list of examples of flora and fauna that you would place in this category?

• if you can capitalise Australia you know how to capitalise Aboriginal
• "tribes" is not the right word here even remotely. try again next time. "Aboriginal people" would be a great start. being able to name even one country or language group would shock me to death. give it a go though

• CHECK: why are you using language that inherently ascribes a particular morality to animals? what motivates you to frame Australia as uniquely 'ruled by animals'? what else might this imply and where might this framing have come from?

• Australia's most venomous snake (the inland taipan) has not killed a single person in recorded history because of how rare it is for that snake to come anywhere near humans. again, refer to the stats above
• "hostility" is another example of ascribing negative moral values to an animal where it is not at all appropriate

• hospitable to whom?
• you mean that pre-colonial Australia didn't follow western ideals of housing and agriculture don't you? (<- there very much was agricultural practices in First Nations groups for the record)
• you're implying that the land had to be tamed by colonisers, aren't you?
• come on. be so for real right now

Little bit of a side note, suggesting that Australia has uniquely hostile flora and fauna isn't wrong, suggesting that it's therefore uninhabitable despite the aboriginal tribes that have lived there for 10 of thousands of years is very much wrong.

Australia has been evolutionarily separated from the rest of the world since 66 million years ago. It is a land where reptiles, ratites and marsupials reign supreme with some of the most venomous and hostile creatures in the world AND some of the most venomous plants on earth. It is very much one of the less hospitable places on earth.