This is an awesome story written in response to an idea for a sci-fi where aliens come to invade earth and wipe out humanity, but get fought off by the wildlife. They were expecting military resistance. They weren’t counting on bears.
(via: Cheezburger)
Had to laugh … Australia 🇦🇺 not only do we have Roos, Emus and Dingoes we have eight out of ten of the most deadly Snakes on this planet nine out of ten most deadly Spiders on this planet no human will go swimming in the rivers up north on this island because of the Crocodiles 🐊 and if you go in the water anywhere around the coast not only are there Sharks big enough to kill you just by looking you ( and at less one that will swim up fresh water rivers ) we also have the smallest Octopus on this planet that with one bite you will be dead within five hours
some of the others I would warn aliens about are the jellyfish the stonefish and Eels even the seaweed will kill you and I won’t go about the insects but once you seen an maddog ant and the biggest Hornet ion this planet only then will you know what fear is ! And whatever you do DON’T go down to Tasmania because if the Tigers don’t get you the Devils in the mountains will !! ….. p.s. don’t upset the KOALAS 🐨
Already been done, it was written by H. G. Wells; they were beaten by the smallest creatures on the planet; bacteria!
Bison. ” Do not pet the fluffy cows”
Two things to take note of.
One, during World War 2 one of the suggested plans for dealing with a Japanese invasion of Australia was to abandon the north of the country and retreat southwards. Leaving the Japanese to the “mercies” of the vast waterless, burning hot interior and the island continent’s permanently disgruntled flora and fauna.
Two, every year in the United Kingdom 3 to 5 people are killed by cows. Not bulls, cows. They’re usually hikers who make the mistake of crossing a field containing a herd of the animals and end up getting trampled to death. Approximately 10 people are killed every year by shark attacks. Globally.
My thoughts genuinely went to how the aliens would hands supposedly domesticated creatures as well. I live far enough in the country that there are plenty of people raising cattle and have horses and such.
I just have this image in my head of a few scenes with a local human warning the aliens
“Hey, ya might want to back off. The bulls getting kinda antsy and Joe usually has his bulldogs with him out here.”
“Don’t try to lie to us, our intel has confirmed you breed these as livestock”
Then the bull chooses violence and while the soldier’s getting gored the human’s already over the fence and halfway up a tree.
“So this is like the fifth time I’ve told you, if you’re walking behind a horse you circle way behind them” as everyone’s standing around a guy with his helmet caved in.
“Your species keep these as beasts of burden, you will force it to follow commands”
“If you want to loose a finger then be my guest. Also, I’ve got some human colloquialisms to teach you concerning mules.”
Boars. No one mentions the wild boars. Those beasts are savage.
The cute, pink domestic pig. Iowans warn their children that if you fall down in the hog lot, you’re liable to get, not just bitten and stomped to death, but eaten.
“Escaping the bear is easy,” said the human guide. “Just climb a tree, you’ll be out of their reach.”
The squad were all firmly ensconced in the branches before they wondered why the human had not climbed with them, instead standing very still. But by then in was far too late.
We landed in the part of the Northern Hemisphere called Florida. We set up camp near the beaches as we watched the human flee in terror by the tens of thousands. We knew to avoid the marshes. Then the rain came and the wind picked up. Command only found broken bodies and debris when the ‘CAT 5’ passed
Alien species discovers they’re not the first to have come here. Centuries ago an aquatic species had arrived here, landed in the water and humanity never even realised. Everything that lives in the water dealt with the problem before we could even take notice.