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Australia? Who could have thought... Reminds me of that joke website (is it poisonous?). The first question was "Are you in Australia?" and if you confirmed yo

• chadcmulligan 9y ago
  I was thinking the Australian stuff is a bit over the top, then I had a think, within an hours drive of me is the Gympie Gympie tree http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2009/06/gympie-gympie-once-stung,-never-forgotten/ http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-enviro..., there's a river where every now and then fishermen get attacked by flesh eating bacteria, someone down the road got bitten by a deadly snake the other day, there's snakes in the bush down the road, and of course spiders, so yeah, there's that.
• tomxor 9y ago
  Until you mentioned Australia I thought this was Brighton in the UK
  • lsh 9y ago
    I thought it was Brighton, SA until I read this particular article. Didn't realize Vic also had a Brighton...
    • TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
      Every Australian state (but not the Territories) has a 'Brighton' Brighton, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane Brighton, South Australia, a coastal suburb of Adelaide Brighton, Tasmania Brighton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne Brighton, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Australia
• idlewords 9y ago
  Australians like their badass reputation of surviving on a continent full of deadly animals, but the biggest killers in Australia, by far, are horses and cows. http://www.bobinoz.com/blog/12250/australias-most-dangerous-animals-a-decade-of-death/ http://www.bobinoz.com/blog/12250/australias-most-dangerous-... One of the remarkable things about the country is how few people die from the many venomous species there.
  • i_feel_great 9y ago
    Most Australians never encounter these creatures in real life because work and television. But I do get out and snakes are everywhere (in Brisbane). Also redback and trapdoor spiders.
    • aaron695 9y ago
      I'd be supprised if a red back spider has ever killed anyone? I'd guess maybe toxic shock or infection or some thing at some stage. I'd imagine they do hurt thought, but so would a dog bite I guess.
      • robin_reala 9y ago
        At least 14 deaths pre-antivenom according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider#Prognosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider#Prognosis
• thomasfoster96 9y ago
  > Reminds me of that joke website (is it poisonous?). The first question was "Are you in Australia?" and if you confirmed you are, the answer was automatic "YES"... I think Australia must be unique in having at least one venomous/poisonous species of fish, amphibian, reptile and mammal.
  • wavefunction 9y ago
    Maybe you mean venomous in a way that threatens a human. That's true of every continent.
    • gozur88 9y ago
      Are there venomous mammals in North America? I can't think of one.
      • andrewl 9y ago
        Apparently the northern short-tailed shrew, native to North America, has venom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_short-tailed_shrew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_short-tailed_shrew
  • pvaldes 9y ago
    mmhn not. Europe has examples in all those categories for example. Venomous mammals are rare in any case, but a few shrews have poison. I wonder if in the case of the guy with wounded legs there was more than one actor involved.