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by shitgoose 3567 days ago
i had to google 'drop-bear'... are spiders under the toilet seat also part of australian folklore or they are real?
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Mostly folklore - there's even a song: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/redback-on-the-toilet-seat-ly...

A normal clean toilet is no danger, same as everywhere else in the world, but if you're going to the loo in one of those ramshackle open-to-the-elements rustic outhouses, you might want to check the seat.

Real, but usually only if you have an 'outside toilet'; I had one of these in a WWII-era home located in a country area of Australia, and there would often be red-back spiders + eggs under the seat. Still, easily checked for and destroyed.
Considering that I live in rural Minnesota and if my shoes are left outside in summer, I check them for wasps or snakes before putting them on, I'd go for them being real.