Even our insects look like something out of Jurassic Park. If you walked out your back door and were greeted with this sight, you would be well within your rights to never leave the house again.
But as we all know, this is the animal that truly causes most fear among Australians. Picture: Lifehacker. Posted without comment. Picture: Daily Telegraph. More topics Travel Advice. More in australia. Where to go to see the Southern Lights. A sneak peek of the new, luxurious Hayman Is Simone Mitchell Content producer Simone has been a fan of travel ever since an early family holiday when she discovered chocolates had been left on her pillow in turndown service.
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Please enter your email address to reset it. An email regarding your password change has been sent to your email address. Go back to Log in. Keep scrolling, share with your friends and upvote your fave dangerous animals in Australia! This post may include affiliate links. Batwing is fine and dandy. He dried off and flew away as soon as it was night time.
He was not sick, just wet. Kristy Garbutt Report. From enormously big spiders, to deadly venomous snakes, ferocious crocodiles, octopuses and disgustingly overgrown earthworms, the Great Southern Land seems to have it all when it comes to nightmare fuel and creepy crawlies.
We can probably all agree that some Australian animals look absolutely terrifying, but how dangerous are they really? Around snake species live in the country, of which are poisonous. Snakes kill an average of 2 to 4 people a year here, but the number of casualties seem small when you compare it to the 11, individuals that snakes annually kill in Asia. This is the huntsman spider, a common friend to be found in houses and garden across Australia.
He's harmless really, don't let his large size intimidate you. Huntsmen won't bite humans unless provoked, are not venomous and are actually handy to have around the place, he'll use his speed and agility to keep your cockroach population under control.
Think of the huntsman as a handy pet. Respect his space, let him do his job and he'll look after you well. PineappleDildo Report. More than 2, different species of arachnids call the Land Down Under their home. An olive python Liasis olivaceus , western Australia's largest python, having a feed on an Australian freshwater crocodile crocodylus Johnstoni.
TheWoundedKing Report. Fortunately, less than 50 Australian spider species pose a threat to people. Anyone with arachnophobia should probably still avoid Australia until they get over their fear of spiders, and travel elsewhere for their Summer vacation. Rodmunch99 Report. Meanwhile, sharks in the country kill around 2 people each year, whereas crocodiles killed 14 people between and , compared to 10 deaths during the 33 years preceding The country is also known for its giant 10 kg pine cones that can fall on top of you as well as tennis ball sized hailstones that can cause serious damage if your head is unprotected.
Gumbyskangaroosanctuary Report. I'm from Darwin, Australia and our rivers here are full of these monstrosities. This guy here is nicknamed Nifty, and he is about 6m long. Haga Report. Flushed all the cane toads out of my brothers dam. Some of them took the easy way out - hitching a ride on the back of a 3. MrMeMock Report. The cane toads are deadlier than the python believe it or not. Cane toads have very few predators due to the toxins. These cane toads were hitching a ride to escape a storm although on expert claims that the male cane toads were in fact trying to mate with the python.
Mark Watkins Report. DrunkAzSkunk Report. RedViper27 Report. Lugozi Report. Hello good sir. Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Lucifer Morningstar? This was found in Broome, Western Australia and looks like an anemone.
More specifically, Dofleinia armata, the armed anemone. Also called the striped anemone. It is considered extremely dangerous as it can inflict painful stings that take months to heal. Horrorwolfe Report. HocusPenis Report. Gar Report. Snake Catchers Adelaide Report. Something is poisonous if YOU eat it and become ill.
Something is venomous if IT bites or stings you. Spiders and snakes can be venomous, fungi can be poisonous. CCPearson Report. CeterumCenseo85 Report.
How rude! I bet he invited himself over too! Couldn't use the front door, noooo Meanwhile In Australia Report. Whilst a lot of these snakes are scary, most shown in these images are of pythons which are generally harmless.
Yes they can constrict and kill a person if they really wanted to but it is very rare for that to happen. This looks to be a Goliath stick insect and are harmless. They apparently make good pets too. Only In Australia Right? Image source: Lugozi. Image source: RedViper Image source: imgur. Image source: gDisasters.
Image source: Gar Image source: Snake Catchers Adelaide. Image source: Horrorwolfe. This was found in Broome, Western Australia and looks like an anemone. More specifically, Dofleinia armata , the armed anemone. Also called the striped anemone. It is considered extremely dangerous as it can inflict painful stings that take months to heal. Image source: CeterumCenseo Image source: HocusPenis.
Image source: Meanwhile In Australia. Image source: estacado. Image source: SunglassesFace. Image source: CCPearson. Image source: OrionoftheGlade. Image source: smally Picture of a termite mound in the northern territory of Australia, termites build the tallest structures out of any of the creatures on Earth. Humans would have to build something 10km 6.
Termite mounds are also stronger than cement. Image source: chicknorris Image source: WhyteCrayon.
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