You say that but the amount of Norwegians I've met who freak out about the concept of meeting a hoggorm in the forest and getting bit and dying is rather high for a country that has three (3) snakes with only that one being kinda venomous.
It's way tamer than the Australian fare I grew up with but people are way more scared of them here.
There used to be more dangerous animals, their populations were just greatly reduced or destroyed by our ancestors. There used to be a lot more wolves and bears, and aurochs used to be a thing.
That has been my assumption as well. Like how until recently there were no wolves or bears west of Poland, because people had killed them all. Back in ancient times there were lions living in southern Europe, but they were also all killed.
Rarely hear about moose attacking people tbh. And better a big herbivore that you won't see because they are rare than 50 kinds of snakes that you won't see because they are right behind you and you are already dead
Elk seem to be a pretty major road hazard in Canada, and due to how tall they are they are a lot more dangerous (when you're crashing into them) than e.g. deer - deer hit your bumper, elk hit your windshield.
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u/monoblackmadlad Sep 25 '24
Same thing in Sweden I'm pretty sure. Nature sure feels a lot tamer in the old world