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Australia is on fire. Literally, in some places. Australia is underwater. Literally, in some places. Meanwhile, in the NT, another example of how dangerous the average day can be in Australia was seen once again when a shark and a crocodile fought over a chicken for lunch. This, of course, is not new, has been seen before and general it is agreed that the shark will lose, unless there is a human in the water in which case lunch will just 'taste like chicken'.
Poisonous spiders? Check. Poisonous snakes? Check. Dropbears? Check. Sharks AND crocs in the river. Right. I'm out.
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In Australia the Sharks Go Up Against the Crocs for a Chicken Lunch
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(Score: 3, Informative) by EventH0rizon on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:08PM (6 children)
I was going to comment on the original post saying it's not that bad, etc, etc, but then I realized here on the farm where we live we have tiger snakes around the house and in the shed.
If one of these buggers was to bite our 4 year old she'd be in a lot of trouble if we didn't get her to hospital in time.
A fit tradesman in his 30's died a few weeks ago after being bitten by one.
But oddly, you do get used to it. And as we here in the south of the country like to say, it gets a lot worse the further north you go. ;-)
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:08AM (5 children)
True. There are only a few things to worry about if you are further south, for example Victoria:
You're right - the things you find up north are far more dangerous.
In all seriousness though, for those too afraid to visit Australia, we have no land animals that will hunt/pursue humans (like bears, wolves, tigers etc do). The dingo is borderline. As long as you don't disturb the creatures listed above, you'll be perfectly safe.
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:38AM (1 child)
Sure, but a good chunk of them will kill you just for getting on their wrong side. And I'm yet to be convinced drop bears and hoop snakes don't actively hunt people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @09:51AM
Hoop snakes! I haven't seen pics of those for ages.
Thanks for the reminder
(Score: 2) by EventH0rizon on Thursday February 07 2019, @02:11AM
> As long as you don't disturb the creatures listed above, you'll be perfectly safe.
Of course that's true most of the time.
But this kind of story keeps me awake at night - the poor guy (who died) was sitting at his PC!
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/man-dies-after-being-bitten-by-tiger-snake/news-story/6f636fd2c706c47321f2619aa2ee5ac5?nk=b5f79011aec7f84897f597bfb1e0db86-1549504967 [theaustralian.com.au]
(Score: 3, Funny) by deimtee on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:06AM
You left out tiger snakes, red-bellied black snakes*, white-tailed spiders, centipedes, and scorpions.
And I think the red-back venom is as bad as the funnel-web, they are just smaller, less aggressive and don't inject anywhere near as much.
Fun fact, the fangs on the funnelweb are supposedly sharp enough, and driven hard enough by the spider, to penetrate and inject venom through an adult's thumbnail.
*I like the fun description ReptileFact.com has of the red-bellied black snake : "Although quite deadly, its bite is less venomous than many other Australian elapid snakes."
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by Hyper on Thursday February 07 2019, @08:27AM
http://www.traveller.com.au/blue-ringed-octopus-video-tourists-picks-up-deadly-creature-with-hands-h1anc3 [traveller.com.au]
"What a pretty octopus!"