Animals In Australia That Can Kill You
And while Australias wildlife is a lot less statistically likely to kill you than your car is that isnt to say there arent a lot of lethal and aggressive animals down under.
Animals in australia that can kill you. Its said to be the most toxic animal on earth with venom containing toxins that attack the heart nervous system and skin. January 30 2017 at. They do however kill.
In fact according to the National Coronial Information System horses donkeys cows bees and dogs are responsible for killing or harming more people in Australia than any of the other nine items on this list. Yes there are plenty of animals that could kill you in the blink of an eye but when you start looking at the numbers you find it is only a handful of species that actually kill anybody. The eastern brown snake is responsible for the most snake-related deaths in Australia.
The last death from a Kangaroo may have been over 80 years ago now but they can and will kill you if you dont treat it with respect and caution. As for Australia having tons of deadly animals its only when you start writing lists like this that you realise there arent that many deadly animals in the world. Youd have to be.
According to the Australian Coroners Information System the most dangerous animals in Australia are DOMESTIC animals. A University of Melbourne study has found that of all the venomous animals in Australia bees and wasps posed the biggest public health risk killing 27 people and causing 33 percent of all venomous hospitalisations between 2000 and 2013. Post Tags animals Crocodiles dangerous deadly reptiles sharks snake spider.
Theyll attack and give you a good punch-up if you annoy them especially the big Red Kangaroos but they wont seek you out to kill you. Dingo is an animal native to Australia and can be found all over the country except in Tasmania. The cassowary is a flightless bird ratite native to the tropical forests of northeastern Australia New Guinea and some parts of Indonesia.
As a general rule. The little Irukandji jellyfish is one of the most poisonous animals in the world. Some prominent characters to avoid include the Red Back Mouse spider Wolf spider Black House spider and Funnel Web spider one the the most venomous in the world -- nay the UNIVERSE.