Don't mess with our snakes!!!

[Bricktop]

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5708346095001">https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5708346095001



Another one bites the dust...

[mugwump]

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5708346095001">https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5708346095001



Another one bites the dust...

One of the few good things about where I live is that it is snake free. Excluding the two legged variety.

[Bricktop]

You don't live in Australia, then?

[Anonymous]

Poisonous snakes and spiders.

 

[Bricktop]

LETHAL snakes and spiders!!!

[priscilla1961]

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5708346095001">https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5708346095001



Another one bites the dust...

 

[Bricktop]

Australia is a dangerous country!!!

[mugwump]

If a dog has it in it's mouth, brown snakes can't be very big.

[Wazzzup]

Some interesting facts re: AUS snakes



https://sites.google.com/site/venomousdangerous/snakes/australia-s-most-venomous-snakes">https://sites.google.com/site/venomousd ... ous-snakes">https://sites.google.com/site/venomousdangerous/snakes/australia-s-most-venomous-snakes

Australia has over 140 species of land snake - and 32 species of sea snakes have been recorded in its waters-. Of these 100 species are venomous, although only a dozen are considered venomous enough to be fatal to humans.



However, though Australian snakes are currently viewed as the most venomous in the world, they are, by no means, the most dangerous.



One reason for this is perhaps that having had very little time to adapt to the short human presence on their continent, Australian snakes are generally very shy and have not developed means to defend themselves against human predation, unlike, for example, the spitting cobras of Asia and Africa.



Another reason is that Australia is big and not densely populated by humans. As a result, snake bites are anything but common in Australia.



Besides, many of these bites occur when people - often under the influence of alcohol - try to handle or kill the snakes. A number of bites also happen when people inadvertently step on snakes (correct behavior and proper footwear could avoid these bites). Even then, many Australian snakes will first try to escape and, in case they do bite, they usually don't inject venom.



It is thus estimated that only 2 to 6 fatal cases of unavoidable snake bites happened in Australia between 1980 and 2004 (a period of 24 years).



Altogether, only 0.13 of every million deaths in Australia are the result of a snake bite, as compared to nearly 1 in the USA, and many more in South America, Africa, India or Sri Lanka.



Australia has solid-toothed non-venomous species (pythons, blind snakes, file snakes) and rear-fanged venomous snakes (like the brown tree snake and the mangrove snakes). However, the most dangerous Australian snakes belong to the front-fanged group, which includes the Taipan, Tiger, Brown, Death Adder, Mulga and a few species of sea snake.

[Bricktop]

If a dog has it in it's mouth, brown snakes can't be very big.

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Big enough for ya???

[Anonymous]

If a dog has it in it's mouth, brown snakes can't be very big.

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Big enough for ya???

Yes

[Frood]

That's a king brown, isn't it?

[Anonymous]

That's a king brown, isn't it?

If you're asking me, I don't know.

[Frood]

That's a king brown, isn't it?

If you're asking me, I don't know.

Eastern Browns are tiny but still killers. That one is huge.

[Anonymous]

That's a king brown, isn't it?

If you're asking me, I don't know.

Eastern Browns are tiny but still killers. That one is huge.

I don't think a dog would carry that around in it's mouth.