Another golden rule to avoid snake bites when in the bush is not to put your hands anywhere you can’t see them, i.e. Never walk through tall grass with flip flops on – most snakes’ fangs won’t be able to penetrate leather shoes as well as your skin. You can easily avoid standing on them by not walking through long grass and by making as much noise as possible while walking to scare them away. The only time they bite is in self defense, and with humans that is either when an idiot picks them up, or when someone accidentally stands on them. I can assure you that no snake is out to get you they do not hide in the bushes waiting to attack. Snakes can feel the vibrations in the ground when people approach and their first instinct is to slither off as fast as they can out of harm’s way. Like most of the animals in Australia, they fear humans. Snakes are very uncommon to see and you will never come across one in a big city centre like Sydney or Melbourne. The Most Feared Australian Wildlife SnakesĪn Eastern Brown Snake – statistically the most likely Australian snake to kill you. If there is a sign that warns “Crocodiles inhabit these waters”, do not swim there! If a local advises you not to, or says they would never do something, then listen, and again do not do it! Secondly, if you see a dangerous animal, keep your distance, do not approach it and certainly do not try to handle it. The best advice is to heed warning signs and to seek information from locals if you are concerned. Reassured yet? If you are check out 26 Things To Do On Your Trip To Australia, otherwise keep reading on. The trouble is the media love to tell a story about a shark attack, as it sells newspapers – reporting 3 stories every day of someone tripping over and dying, isn’t seen as quite so compelling news. Therefore you should be much more concerned about wearing your seatbelt and swimming between the flags, than snakes and spiders during your trip to Australia. 1,500 people who die in Australia per year in road accidents.715 people who die from slipping, tripping or tumbling in Australia per year.285 people who drown in Australia each year.58 people who die in Australia from falling out of bed every year.13 people who die global each year in vending machine related incidents.8 people who die in Australia in horse related accidents each year.5 people who die in Britain in cow related incidents each year.On average only around 3 people die each year from wild animal related incidents in Australia compared with about: Unless you are deliberately seeking them out, you are very unlikely to see any dangerous animals in Australia, let alone come into contact with them, as hopefully these stats prove: This article aims to reassure those people and help dispel the myth that all Australian animals are dangerous and out to kill you. One of my favourite things about Australia is the wildlife, but for many others the critters can be an off putting factor.
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