The 'monsters' are from Irwin Allen's 1960 feature film, 'The Lost World'
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054038/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

73% overestimated size of Syria the most.

This does not happen in civilised countries. Senior citizens in civilised countries are provided with guaranteed income, free health-care and subsidised medicine.
How other countries do it is here: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/index.html

What can it be that prevents America it from joining the ranks of civilised countries? Is it arrogance, insular ignorance or the political system?

Further back than this article suggests:
https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2016/10/06/were-indigenous-australians-worlds-first-bakers

Cheese on mousetraps may have been used as it adheres firmly to the catch rather than for its attractiveness to mice.

Those wishing to simply catch the mouse in order to return it to the 'wild' will find that peanut-butter and/or bread is much better bait than cheese. https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/01/make-a-diy-no-kill-mousetrap-with-a-toilet-paper-roll/

What REVEALING insight into the toxic morals of the parasite class. Think about it.

Port Jackson Sharks are considered harmless to humans, although the teeth, whilst not large or sharp, can give a painful bite. australianmuseum.net.au

There is a correlation between obesity and lower socio-economic status. There is also likely a correlation between lower socio-economic status and religious beliefs especially at the fundamentalist end. So its probably their class not their religion that is making believers overweight.

In Australia Jaffas and Fantales.
The former, orange candy coated chocolate balls great for rolling down the aisles and the latter, chocolate coated cubes of toffee with mini bios. of film stars on the wrappers.

Its appropriate that the the US Empire uses the measurement system of the former British Empire.