Raskolnikovna, my phobia with the ships is even with pictures of them. I feel uneasy. Pirates of the Caribbean nuh-uh.
I used to live near some bushland and I saw dugites and tiger snakes fairly often. Those snakes are poisonous. One of our Siamese cats used to bring them into our garden. Apparently Siamese are well known for getting into things they shouldn't. How our cat never got bitten, I will never know.
When I lived alone, I used get lots of millipedes in the house and I found a couple of scorpions as well. Spiders, we have a lot of redbacks (venomous) where I live right now, they hang around the window sills and the fence outside.
I like kangaroos, they are nice. There are a lot of wild ones near where my parents live. Koalas, I don't think much of. They smell. And they don't do much.
Soph, my favourite subject was science. I also liked woodwork and metalwork, making things. I wasn't to clever at any of those, I just enjoyed them.
I know your favourite subject was and is History, you are very good at it.