Anyplace in the U.S. without dangerous animals/snakes/insects/spiders ?

[Eli]

Originally posted by: boyRacer

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
well in ca we only have the black widow, the least scary of the scary spiders.

lucky us... after reading that spider bite thread and looking up necrotic bites... uhhhhhhhhhh i think i'll stay in CA

The BW isn't necrotic, though. Just toxic.. but like someone else said, nobody dies from BW bites anymore.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: Chaotic42They aren't going to ring your doorbell and eat you when you answer it.

LOL,
I just pictured that in my head.
That would defintely suck.

LAND SHARK!

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Shanti
That's it. I'm moving to Compton.

heh heh

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: boyRacer

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
well in ca we only have the black widow, the least scary of the scary spiders.

lucky us... after reading that spider bite thread and looking up necrotic bites... uhhhhhhhhhh i think i'll stay in CA

The BW isn't necrotic, though. Just toxic.. but like someone else said, nobody dies from BW bites anymore.

yeah that's why i'll stay in CA...

 

[fatbaby]

Compton, CA.

Compton is located a little north of los angeles. It is a very beautiful area with clean air and good people despite all the pollution from LA. It has among the lowest crime rates in the country along with a 98% graduating rate. Their public school system is excellent, at least 5 notches above the LA unified. Its even safe to walk the streets at night, almost like seattle.

If i had the $$, i'd move to compton asap.

 

[pray4mojo]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
Compton, CA.

Compton is located a little north of los angeles. It is a very beautiful area with clean air and good people despite all the pollution from LA. It has among the lowest crime rates in the country along with a 98% graduating rate. Their public school system is excellent, at least 5 notches above the LA unified. Its even safe to walk the streets at night, almost like seattle.

If i had the $$, i'd move to compton asap.

WHATEVER you do just don't wear RED or BLUE.

 

[tcsenter]

well in ca we only have the black widow, the least scary of the scary spiders.

Is that California or Canada? If you mean Canada, you also have the Timber and Massasauga rattlesnake, both rarely fatal to healthy adults even when untreated, though if you ever see one in your lifetime you should consider yourself privileged.

If you mean California, we have the Pacific, Mohave, Speckled, Red Diamond, Western Diamondback, and the Sidewinder Rattlesnakes. The Mohave Rattler has the most toxic venom of all North American rattlesnakes, being unusually neurotoxic. Most other rattlesnakes have predominantly hemotoxic venoms.

 

[v3rrv3]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Oh, by the way, alligators are only going to mess with you if you go down and start rolling around in their nests and throwing rocks at them. They aren't going to ring your doorbell and eat you when you answer it.

rofl!

- Kevin

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Shanti
Do Indiana, Maine, and S. Cal really not have any poisonous spiders?

Yeah we do, it's just that most of the land is farm

 

[anno]

Originally posted by: guapo337
umm maine

we have no poisonous snakes. only black flies and mosquitoes (harmless)

and ticks. nothing else scary.

do you have mooses? mooses are cool.. but angry mooses are scary.

 

[edro]

Central Ohio.... believe me... nothing dangerous here...

 

[PHiuR]

pretty safe here...upstate NY

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: Chaotic42They aren't going to ring your doorbell and eat you when you answer it.

LOL,
I just pictured that in my head.
That would defintely suck.

Hmm u may want to watch out for land sharks,delivering Pizza,candy grams,etc.


{Saturday Night Live skit from a couple years ago, }
The Landshark - Intelligent killer shark featured on the late night comedy SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE/NBC/1975+. An obvious spoof of the Steven Spielberg movie Jaws (1975), the Landshark was a particular land species of shark which would lure people to their front door and then eat them. According to the original TV script: "the Landshark ...considered the cleverest of all sharks. Unlike the great white shark, which tends to inhabit the waters and harbors and recreational beach areas, the Landshark may strike at any place, anytime. It is capable of disguising its voice, and generally preys on young, single women. Experts at the University of Miami's Oceanographic Institute suggest that the best way to scare off the shark in the event of attack is to hit or punch the predator on the nose." To gain access to a young woman's apartment, the Landshark pretends he is selling Girl Scout cookies or delivering a "Candy-Gram." Comedian Chevy Chase played the role of the Landshark. A sample from one of the 'Landshark' skits follows:

Lady: Who is it?
Landshark: Plumber.
Lady: I didn't hire a plumber. Who is it!?
Landshark: Flowers.
Lady: What... for who?
Landshark: Plumber
Lady: ...you're...that crazy shark aren't you?
Landshark: No maam, I am just a dolphin.. will you let me in please?
Lady: A dolphin! Ok!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Inside is usually pretty safe .. though some places have ants, rats, roaches, mice, and/or flies.

 

[jimmypop]

The hell we don't have rattlesnakes in Northwestern Oregon. Tell that to the one that bit my dog a few weeks ago. Maybe if you're talking Astoria, but the entire Willamette Valley has them, more so on the east side of the valley.

 

[jimmypop]

You could always try the Biosphere. They seem to have pretty good control on what goes in and out of there.

 

[pray4mojo]

Try living in a bubble.

 

[MeanMeosh]

in east texas, we have water (cottonmouths) moccasins, rattlesnakes, copperheads and coral snakes... (that's all four of the poisonous snakes found in north america). we also have the brown recluse (also the black widow, i think, but i'm not sure about that). scorpions and ticks as well. and alligators and feral / wild hogs and boars. then you got the coyotes and the occasional wolf

edit: i forgot about the plants... more dangerous plants than you can wag a stick at!

so quit yer complaining! i've got it worse!

 

[Flatline]

I don't know of anywhere without some dangerous animal, except maybe the Bahamas...no poisonous snakes, no crocodilians, no scorpions or nasty spiders (not quite sure about the spiders, though)

 

[Flatline]

the world is full of dangerous critters

 

[rocadelpunk]

Originally posted by: edro13
Central Ohio.... believe me... nothing dangerous here...

yes, i'm fan of central ohio.

haven't had a natural disaster or nasty bugs since I've been alive. 18yrs :0. I have gotten stung by bees though...and we have wasbs and hornets, but meh..

 

[cliftonite]

Lived in Clifton, NJ for the past 10 years and I have yet to see a snake and I have certainly never seen those fvcked up spiders from that thread.

 

[Maetryx]

Originally posted by: lowtech

Originally posted by: Shanti
I was reading the spider bite thread and I killed my first black widow at my house today.

So I was wondering if there are any areas of the country where you don't have to worry about being bitten, stung, or otherwise attacked by some dangerous creature.

Here in Oregon, we have bears, cougars, rattlesnakes, black widows, and probably other things.

The desert states have things like scorpions and tarantulas.

Florida and Louisiana have alligators.

Is there anywhere in the U.S. without any dangerous creatures?

If you stay away from the garbage dump, then Alaska is the perfect place.

Hmmmm. Well I work at the landfill (we get upset at people that call it a "dump") and I haven't seen a bear at this one. Here is a list of things that you will NOT find in Alaska:

Fleas
Ticks
Chiggers
Noseeums
Scorpions
Snakes (or reptiles at all for that matter) [exception: the panhandle along the coast of Canada does have snakes]
Poisonous spiders
Cockroaches (occasionally brought in someone's luggage, however).

 

[moonshinemadness]

move the uk

 

[technogeeky]

Georgia!

We have like nothing .. no scorpions, no spiders really. There are some snakes, but 90% of them are harmless.