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http://kotaku.com/australian-animals-that-wont-kill-you-ranked-1760686190
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[Australia] is the home of the largest living thing on earth, the Great Barrier Reef, and of the largest monolith, Ayers Rock (or Uluru to use its now-official, more respectful Aboriginal name). It has more things that will kill you than anywhere else. Of the world's ten most poisonous snakes, all are Australian. Five of its creatures - the funnel web spider, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, paralysis tick, and stonefish - are the most lethal of their type in the world. This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip, where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes go for you. ... If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner, you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles, or carried helplessly out to sea by irresistible currents, or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback. It's a tough place.
No one knows, incidentally, why Australia's spiders are so extravagantly toxic; capturing small insects and injecting them with enough poison to drop a horse would appear to be the most literal case of overkill. Still, it does mean that everyone gives them lots of space.
“But don't worry," she continued. "Most snakes don't want to hurt you. If you're out in the bush and a snake comes along, just stop dead and let it slide over your shoes."
This, I decided, was the least-likely-to-be-followed advice I have ever been given.”
Abraham Gubler said:Australia is the safest continent in the world. Wild animals here are far less lethal than anywhers else, except New Zealand.
It says a lot for the state of the world's "common knowledge" that an inverse belief can be so widespread.
Pioneer said:when driving at 100 km/h....
Orionblamblam said:Pioneer said:when driving at 100 km/h....
Why so slow?
sferrin said:Abraham Gubler said:Australia is the safest continent in the world. Wild animals here are far less lethal than anywhers else, except New Zealand.
It says a lot for the state of the world's "common knowledge" that an inverse belief can be so widespread.
I'd still rather have a tiny house spider hiding in my shoe than a pissed off funnel web spider.
sPioneer said:Ah...I just drove from Melbourne to Moama N.S.W, and nearly hit two Kangaroo's, a Wombat and a bloody Gala!!
Yeah not all of them are venomous, poisons or going to tare your limbs off. But when driving at 100 km/h, the bloody things will kill you all the same ;D
Regards
Pioneer
Colonial-Marine said:I've seen pictures of kangaroos, they look like hardened ex-convicts who spent their entire jail sentence lifting weights and crafting shivs. Not exactly what the cartoons portrayed them to be.
Abraham Gubler said:And I'm more than happy to go camping in a tent where the local wildlife is apexed by a skinny arse dog (the Dingo which isnt even a native animal) rather than a Leonardo raping Grizzly Bear or a family eating Pride of Lions.
Each to their own I guess.
Tony Williams said:Abraham Gubler said:And I'm more than happy to go camping in a tent where the local wildlife is apexed by a skinny arse dog (the Dingo which isnt even a native animal) rather than a Leonardo raping Grizzly Bear or a family eating Pride of Lions.
Each to their own I guess.
There is one, extremely rare, moderately venomous snake in the UK which might bite you if you try hard to annoy it (one guy was recently bitten three times after he picked one up, but survived). The last death from adder bite was in 1975.
GTX said:Orionblamblam said:Pioneer said:when driving at 100 km/h....
Why so slow?
Because that will have been the speed limit and, unlike much of the US, the Australian police aggressively target speed limit compliance.
GTX said:Because that will have been the speed limit ...
Orionblamblam said:GTX said:Because that will have been the speed limit ...
Yeesh. 100 km/hr is only 62 mph... which is approximately the speed limit on the little road in front of my house. The speed limit on the highway is 80 mph (about 130 km/hr). And even there, the cops and Californians tend to blow past me like I'm standing still.
Abraham Gubler said:sPioneer said:Ah...I just drove from Melbourne to Moama N.S.W, and nearly hit two Kangaroo's, a Wombat and a bloody Gala!!
Yeah not all of them are venomous, poisons or going to tare your limbs off. But when driving at 100 km/h, the bloody things will kill you all the same ;D
Regards
Pioneer
Even in the reverse road kill equation we luck out. Kangaroos are nothing compared to giant Moose or Rhinos or even sacred Cows the rest or the world has to deal with.
Grey Havoc said:Oh joy. If setting foot down under wasn't already dangerous enough, it now looks like the genetic engineers have been at the fauna.
GTX said:Colonial-Marine said:I've seen pictures of kangaroos, they look like hardened ex-convicts who spent their entire jail sentence lifting weights and crafting shivs. Not exactly what the cartoons portrayed them to be.
What? Are you implying this is reality:
rather than this?
Kadija_Man said:A little known event, outside of Australia is when Budgies swarm in outback Australia
They are carnivorous you know. A flock that size can strip a camel to the bone in 30 seconds...
Orionblamblam said:Pioneer said:when driving at 100 km/h....
Why so slow?
Because that will have been the speed limit and, unlike much of the US, the Australian police aggressively target speed limit compliance.
A little known event, outside of Australia is when Budgies swarm in outback Australia
They are carnivorous you know. A flock that size can strip a camel to the bone in 30 seconds...
Just when you thought it was safe to cross the road. It doesn't end well