Oh Australia and Poor Natasha!! She really took one for the team in this episode! When you have a Super Phobia of anything, it's REALLY hard to sit still or at least try and keep it together! We think you'll be amused at her distress and discomfort though, haha. This was a VERY interesting video aside from all the snakes! We had a few very important questions here we hope you will answer for us in the comments. Let us know what other animals you would add to this list and what you thought of this episode. Thank you SO much for watching! We love learning about everything, even the stuff that gives us nightmares! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
P!ssin myself laughing at the thought lol 😅 It's ok 'Tash', ya just need a kookaburra mate to keep them at bay 👍😁 Yes kookas catch, kill & eat them. 👍 Cool to watch! ✌️❤️
The notion that Australian wildlife is dangerous is extremely misleading. The top three animals that cause the most deaths in Australia are 1. horses 2. cattle 3. dogs. Kangaroos and snakes are equal fourth. Snakes are only aggressive from late October to late November when they are rejuvenating from winter hibernation. If you're in the remote arid regions of Australia, the death adder is the one to watch out for. Never sleep directly on the ground because the adder is attracted to body warmth. I'm 73 years old and have had 5 encounters with snakes over the years without any incident. As soon as you see it just stand still and it will move on. The order in which the animals are mentioned is nowhere near accurate.
I live in South Gippsland about 100 ks from Melbourne City I have horses,I walk out in the paddock and I could hear something moving at my feet I looked down and saw nothing then I looked up and heard it again looked down but still I saw nothing so I moved my head unit kept my eyes looking down and there it was just a inch from my feet was a big Tiger snake I back up it went his way and went mine,two days later I got up in the middle of the night with no lights on open the fridge the fridge light came on and and the snake went between my feet and under the fridge I waited for the sun to come up and caught the snake the same tiger snake from the paddock was now in my house with my for kids and my partner after getting up the nerve I finally caught it and took it away and got rid of into a paddock not killing it of course killing snakes is illegal in Australia,oh and the red back spider is what you call a black widow spider in the usa
lived here for 16 years now and haven't seen a single snake or even a venomous spider....I guess it comes down to where you live and if you do a lot of gardening. I must admit I had what I believe was an orb web spider that parked itself round the side of my house and put a web across the 1m wide pathway....I sprayed it with pesticide and that was the end (it was about 6 inches across the legs)
Deaths in Australia by animals from 2001 - 2017: 172 - Horses 82 - Cows/bulls 53 - Dogs 37 - Snakes 37 - Kangaroos (but all as a result of a vehicle incident) 31 - Bees (but all as a result of anaphylactic shock ie. allergic reaction) 27 - Sharks 21 - Crocodiles 0 - Spiders
February last year I was bitten on my left foot by a White Tail spider. Antibiotics didn't work and my foot turned septic. 8 days after the bite my left leg was amputated below the knee. I spent 2 weeks in I C U and 14 weeks in total in Hospital . Thank God for our free Hospital system. I am now walking unaided with my Prostetic leg. All is good and I'm back doing most things. Soon to be back on my Motorcycle with an electric gear shifter. I turn 70 this year and won't let a few restrictions stop my enjoyment of life. Love your show and always look forward to the next episode. All the best to both of you. Bluey.
There was a story circulating on social media not too long ago about a 15yo Canadian girl who was on a holiday with her family around Cairns in Queensland when she came across a Blue-Ringed Octopus in the water close to shore. Thinking it was harmless, she proceeded to pick it up and record herself on her phone while inspecting it and showing it off to friends and family. For whatever reason, it chose to not give her the shock of her life and she eventually released it back into the water. When the video made its way to the internet she quickly discovered how lucky she was from every Australian who identified it and let her know that she's lucky to be alive 😂
believe it was in indonesia but still.... also all the blue rings that are in rockpools all around sydney harbour.. its amazing they dont cause more injuries but they are incredibly shy creatures and are so small too!
She obviously has a way with animals, it perceived she was no threat to it. She should become a Vet then maybe many dogs would not go into hiding at the mention of the word.
@@tonys1636 blue ringed occys are just unaggressive, I would say she just got lucky she didn't piss it off... When they are upset the blue rings on their body glow like a disco.... It's gorgeous and deadly
When I was a kid, we use to go along the beach looking for blue ring octopus and we would think, there tiny, it's fine and we use to put them in containers and mess with them, so when my dad said what is that?i, fully like 6 yrs old or so,said oh, just an octopus and he said oh really, not a blue ring is it and i said umm yeah, well to cut a long story, I couldn't sit on my ass for a week after that and miraculously I lost all interest in blue ring octopus, thanks dad.
as an Australian, yes we have a lot of dangerous wildlife, but like all animals, if you leave them alone you wont have any issues (usually) also, no, we don't have bears, or big cats. The only large mammal predator on mainland Australia is the Dingo (wild dog) If I got to add to this list, I would definitely put the Cassowary! Huge non flying bird, HUGE claws, known to be aggressive
Funnily enough the animal that scares most people in Australia isn’t on the list. The Magpie (a bird) will swoop and attack during the spring time/nesting time. They are very intelligent and if you piss them off they will remember you and attack for multiple seasons. But they also remember you when your good to them and feed them too.
So true. Aussies accept that there are quite a lot of animals that can kill humans, but we all know that unless we are careless or extremely unlucky they are not a huge problem BUT mention the magpie during nesting time and you will see fear OR some very strange attempts to avoid the maggie swoop. Having said that, I have a friend who began feeding a magpie that appeared several times in his front garden area. Very soon, this magpie brought his family. He now sits on the armrest as my friend relaxes on his front verandah. Absolutely no swooping attacks occurring.
@@JB-zs1oq haha totally. I had a couple appear at work (I work outside) so straight away I started feeding them. 3 times a day they would come by and wait to get fed. Whether it was left over lunch or actual bird feed I used for the other birds around. The went away through the summer but have been coming back the last 2 weeks 👍🏻
Completely right. The ones near me know my dog very well, as she likes to chase them so when we go for a walk they start swooping her and not me. Trixie thinks it's a game lol
Debbie (trying to be supportive and loving) "I will protect you from the snakes", Natasha, "really?... I will throw you at it"! Absolutely cracked me up.
I was bitten by an eastern brown while checking a fence in regional Victoria. I stepped next to it. I hadn't seen it in the grass. I had jeans on so was very lucky. Definitelt not trying to catch or kill it. On another note, I have seen 2 red bellied blacks and an eastern brown in the last couple of weeks. They are very common around here.
@@mattking1437 that is one thing about Aussie snakes - most have short fangs so jeans and boots will often protect you. The exception is the taipan which have long fangs - plus they tend to live in areas where people wear shorts!
Once stepped on a snake lucky for me it was curdled up so I was standing on its whole body including its head. I just dropped my fishing gear and jumped off him then run away a few meters waited for the snake to move away then collected my gear and found another spot to fish
We actually had a news story yesterday about a tourist that fell asleep on a Queensland beach and woke up when a croc latched onto his feet. He managed to get free but it proves that you have to stay alert everywhere because you don’t know where something might be hiding. We also have a stinging plant called the Gympie Gympie (pronounced gimpy gimpy), also known as the suicide plant because its sting is so painful it makes you want to cut your effected limb off.
My brother went to Oz to stay with family friends for a couple of months. Down at the beach he was picking up shells and saw a really cute, tiny octopus in one. He showed our friends who proceeded to scream at him that it was a blue ring, so he lobbed the poor thing about a mile out to sea in panic! He was so lucky, i hope it survived the throw though
Great story , yes you dont want to muck around with the little blue ringed octopus . You also have to watch out for the pretty cone shell too. If the creature is alive inside it can shoot a spike out of its end that has a neurotoxin in it that can also cause paralysis like the Blue ringed octopus. You just have to be aware of these things.
I'm a fairly adventurous 42 yo Australian, I have been stung by a box jellyfish on my ankle and foot. I have been bitten by a redback spider on my back while sleeping. I have had a close encounter with a big salty, he got within 6 feet of me before I saw it and moved back from the water. I have come across about a dozen brown snakes and many other species. I rescued a brown snake that wandered into the wrong place where I was working, and a death adder which was stuck in a lined dam, unable to slither up the side. I have been approached in a non-threatening way on multiple occasions by sharks and sting rays while swimming near the beach and offshore. If you get out there, you will definitely see some of this stuff. Visit just the cities and you might as well not come at all.
A English paramedic was on holiday and was staying with friends. I took him for a drive last week to see some country NSW. While working in the bush on one of the properties came across a Eastern Brown. They move soooo fast. When we got back home, my friends said that as he was a paramedic, If I was bitten I would be good. I then highlighted he wouldn't have a clue as there are no venomous snakes in UK. While fencing on another rural property today, I came across a diamond python. Beautiful creature, she let me pet her and she stayed in the same place all afternoon while I worked around her.
Correction - we DO have a venomous snake in the UK, it's called the adder. While not as deadly as your reptiles, it can produce a painful bite and has been known to kill humans.
@bobkearsley5931 If I find a Red-belly black snake on our property, I will carefully relocate it away from the house. They tend to drive the Brown snakes away and won't kill you unless you are already ill.
I'm in Brisbane and the Brown, Red Belly Black and Python are VERY common here, especially in parklands. Our suburb community page usually lists sightings in local parks and streets constantly. Generally speaking, most snakes are more scared of us then we are of them, often slithering away before you spot them. Its the nesting ones I would be careful of, that is when they will chase you! I would say every summer I would see a snake at least once or twice a week in our suburb, either slithering between gardens, on fences or in shrubbery. While I will say that list is pretty accurate, it did miss quite a few... namely the irukandji jellyfish, the cone fish and surprisingly... The Platypus. Although not deadly, the small barb on a male platypus will inflict a lot of pain! Oh and Swoopy Boy... aka the Magpie. Nesting season is the worst to be out and about walking... those things will take a good chunk out of your scalp if they can... and people have been killed by them swooping, usually being attacked and falling to the ground hitting their head on the concrete.
My parents lived in Perth for a spell in the late seventies to early eighties, and one of my mum's enduring memories is seeing her friend's kids walking to school and back with plastic ice cream boxes on their heads to protect themselves from magpies. Some of whom will apparently just see a person breathe wrong near their tree, go 'right, I'LL 'AVE YOU' and dive at them beak-first. Their friends' cats apparently also came in with war wounds, on occasion.
G’day, snakes in Australia are more scared of us than they are of them, if you don’t hassle them they won’t hassle you unless you corner them or stand on them. There are many beaches you can swim in without being harassed by sharks. Hope to see you here 👍🇦🇺
lol, you can swim at EVERY beach in australia without being harassed by sharks, unless you have met that one dodgy one that ties to sell you jewellery made from "genuine turtle shell" and that is obvioulsy a joke about the dodgy shark but in all seriousness sharks do not harrass anyone, there are beaches where shark attacks are statistaclly more likely but the statistics are so tiny that driving to the beach is by far more dangerous than swimming and so is just having a shower ot eating breakfast...
Hi there, brown snakes, eastern brown snakes, pythons are around. I am in Queensland. The pythons are most common, not venomous and you just look out for them and keep little dogs inside. The browns - I saw my first one a couple of weeks ago in the bush. They are around but you don't see them. Obviously you keep a look out but on the whole, if you keep your distan e they will keep theirs. Some are aggressive lime red bellied black snakes. I don't like snakes either but they have a right to live, just not in my house. I have had a few pythons in my house in the capital city but I made some door ramps to keep them out. If you visited I very much doubt that you would see a snake unless you go far North or out West. Come on down, you will love it!
True story: When my daughter was young she used to go to pony club on a Saturday afternoon. This was in the countryside near Canberra. I drove her there, and while she was riding, I used to take the opportunity to do some study for a course I was enrolled in at the time. So there I was, sitting on top of a boulder next to my car with my text book, and the horses had gone away and it was a quiet and pleasant afternoon with mottled sunshine coming through the trees. That's when the brown snakes came out. Lots of them. All around on the ground around the boulder and my car. I had to wait there until the horses got back and the snakes disappeared before I could get down and back to my car. That was probably my scariest moment with Australia's dangerous animals. BTW - a quick note re: snakes. While some snakes here are the most venomous in the world, they all have small fangs. So, if you wear good high sided walking boots and thick good quality walking socks when hiking, there is a good chance, even if a snake strikes, which is rare (they would rather go away), there is a good chance the snake bite won't break your skin through the socks and boots.
As a girl growing up in Sydney's northern suburbs, we always checked the pool for funnel webs before getting in. Only saw two spiders, both inside the house, in twenty years. My Dad was bitten by a red back spider as a youth and never sought medical treatment, apparently. He was sick for three days, but no lasting problems.
My grandaughter was attacked by a red back when she was 6 months old, extremely painful and ive never seen so much vomit, but she survived, only problem was doctor at hospital was english and didnt believe she had been bitten by a spider, lucky a nurse knew the symptoms, you could clearly see the puncture marks on her knee
Hi ladies, I am a 54 year old Woman from Sydney and i can honestly say that i have never seen a snake outside of the zoo. A lot of these animals are found more in rural areas and the outback.
I live in rural Victoria and I see 10+ snakes a Summer in my yard, even seen a few at school. One Summer we caught my cat with a snake in her mouth 6 different times before she got bitten (she survived, $3000 of vet bills later). I'd take snakes over crocs and sharks any day!
Not looking very hard. Don't take absence of sight for granted, they're around. They're just more scared of you and stay hidden. I was in the same false sense of security until it bit me on the bum (foot really) and gave me three days in hospital to rethink my safety status.
At Flinders University in Adelaide they have signs ready to put out every summer to alert people where the snakes have been seen this time. Often near the lake in the center of campus. Saw a nice big brown snake many years ago in West Terrace Cemetery right next to the Adelaide CBD. It just glided past me and went about it's business.
My daughter & her partner live in Eden far southern NSW where I am visiting now for 5 weeks & she says they get at least 3 red belly blacks every week as there is a swamp about 75 meters down the hill .I have been here two weeks & the most dangerous things I have seen is one rabbit & myself as i nearly fell over a cliff two days before another man did & a walking trail that I had 149 steps to walk up hill all of the way
We have two types of Taipan in Australia, the Coastal, and the Inland. The Inland Taipan, or Fierce Snake is the one that holds the title as being the most venomous snake in the world. But where they live is very secluded and more into the outback, so encountering one is HIGHLY unlikely unless you literally put yourself in their space. But just like any animal, their first instinct from something bigger than them is going to be to run away. Box Jellyfish and the Irukandji Jellyfish are the two that you have to be wary about. They're only found in the waters of more Northern Queensland in the hotter/summer months(Oct-Mar) - pretty disrespectful if you ask me as that's when you want to go in the water lol - but not around during the colder/winter months(May-Nov). Northern Queensland is going into more Tropical weather, so it doesn't get as cold up here compared to down south, so even in winter it still might be warm enough to go for a swim. We also have swimming nets on our beaches as protection against things like that. (Summer is also when the Saltwater Crocs are more active, but even in my 4 years of living in North Queensland from NSW, I have yet to see one, which makes me sad lol)
Just as a side note; the Sydney Funnel Web spider’s anti-venom is done at the Australian Reptile Park at Somersby, which is near Gosford, about an hour or so north of Sydney. They have a room set up where you can actually see them milk the funnel webs in containers. They were also the first place to milk Platypus venom (male Platypus has a venomous spur on its back leg/s where the pain is so bad, that Zoo Keepers would rather be bitten by a deadly snake, as opposed to being stung by a Platypus, because apparently the pain is so severe, that it makes you wish it would end you). 😊
The brown and king brown snake is very common in summer when there has been drought. They come to the outer suburbs to find shelter, mice, rats and water...but otherwise most snakes are in rural and wild areas. To keep them away just make sure to walk with a heavy step so the snakes can hear and feel you coming and most will disappear before you arrive.
The King brown is common to northern,western and central Australia not the outer suburbs.It’s common name is the mulga snake.I don’t think you know what you are talking about.
@@davidjohnston7512 Depending on where you live or have lived mate...think before you tell someone they don't know what they are talking about...or better still...don't talk at all.
I live in rural Victoria and I have seen some Brown and Tiger snakes but they are near the lakes mostly, so when I go fishing I wear Jeans and rubber boots, I don't care if it is 45C = 113F but if you make noise they mostly leave you alone.
I'm a snake catcher by trade so it's always fun 😂, very very common to relocate a brown here in Queensland, very dangerous but if you know how to handle them they are actually quiet placid lol ( stay away from the bitey end of a danger noodle ), but the majority of the time during the day I'm relocating pythons, thankfully those nope ropes are very easily to handle ( most of the time I dont even use the hook, just pick her up and into the sack ) 20yrs in the trade and I've been bitten twice ( red belly and a rough scale had a go lol )
I get called for mainly tigers and red bellies. Tigers are my favourite because they are actually quite placid and will usually strike as a warning but just want to get away by once caught they admit defeat and basically ask 'so where we goin' now?'. You basically have to make them bite.
@@Mechanic.Pete41 Thankfully not many easterns in my area, too swampy. Used to get the odd Broad Headed but unfortunately they've just about disappeared from all the Illawarra. Beautiful snakes, venomous but not dangerous, as in passive.
@@zalired8925 just finished a job about 10min ago with a rough scale ( I'm on the fraser coast ) found it's way into a ladies pantry lol, it wasnt moving at all even when I hooked it, thought it was dead for a few seconds until the head moved my way 😅 I think I woke him up or something because he didnt put up one bit hesitation on the hook or going into the bucket, just dropped him off with a wildlife coordinator to give him a once a over ( make sure he hasnt eatin anything nasty ) pick him up this arvo for a relocate
@@Mechanic.Pete41 Nice one. They can give a nasty nip too. Haven't seen them here, probably too far south. One northerner down here though is Golden Crowned, often mistaken for the eastern brown which luckily isn't common here. Well done and thanks👍🏼
Brown and tiger snakes are common all along the east coast of Australia, even in the cities and we've just learned to live with them. I live in suburban Melbourne, my house backs onto a creek and I have no doubt there are hundreds of snakes there. Our dog was bitten but fortunately she survived because we believe it was a dry bite, intended as a warning only. She was quite ill for a while and has never fully recovered but she is still with us years later. Another time I was at Werribee Zoo and one slithered across the path in front of us. It paid us no attention and was happy to keep its distance. As long as you keep your distance or if bushwalking make some noise allowing them to get away, you will very rarely see one though they will be around if you are anywhere near a grassy or bushy area.
Tiger snakes and the closely related to brown snakes (dugites) are found in south West Australia too, but like all snakes they are fairly shy and will avoid you if they can so they may be there but you rarely will see them. Red back spiders, those things are everywhere.
Now I live in Australia I have an expert in the house. My son found a local guy who trains people to be able to capture and release in the wild any snake that he gets a call to attend locally. We are in South Australia and the usual snake is the brown snake and several live under the house. I have been here since April and as this is our winter time I have only seen a baby brown snake which one of the locals found in their garden and we let that out near a local field. My son has only seen one sunning itself on his veranda and it took off when my son came out of the house. Locally i have seen red backed spiders but they usually run away when disturbed and you uncover them when sorting logs for the fire. lizards and newts are common but not poisonous. My son had to capture a Taipan when that was found in the town but this is very unusual and was delivered to the local wildlife centre for release elsewhere. I was introduced to a guy who was bitten by a brown snake and still has problems with his muscles in one arm but otherwise recovered from that which took some months to do. Just try not to tread on them and the most likely result of a meeting is they may strike without their fangs just to warn you off which happened to my daughter in law when the snake was in a corner of the veranda and felt trapped by her as she approached.
Hey Natasha, I'm Australian born and raised, 44 years old. I've only seen 2 snakes around my various city households in my entire life. You'll have to go well out of your way to find one. Pretty much the same story for any dangerous animal in Australia, you really have to go looking for them and they want nothing to do with humans, and will only defend themselves as a last resort (just as humans will do when placed in similar circumstances). Observe and admire out beautiful wildlife from a distance, and you will 100% be fine!
We don’t have bears. No need to worry there. But as a cyclist I’ve seen lots of snakes around. They like to sun themselves on the bike paths, and I’ve almost run over a few. The browns are the ones I hear most. They’ve got a lot of attitude.
Hi ladies 🙂 Remember that most Aussies live in the suburbs of large cities & towns. We rarely see anything more 'dangerous' than cockroaches and mozzies (mosquitoes) 😅
Mmmmmmm.......... not sure if I agree with you on that one. I live in an inner Newcastle (NSW) suburb and we had a red bellied black snake in our garage.
@@pittarak1 Ah Newcastle, one of the places where I have seen MANY Sydney Funnel Web males scurrying across the back paths of the Mater Hospital early in the morning walking into work. Yes the boys had been out on the town during mating season looking for the ladies and were heading home to their clump of agapanthus along the pathways. Always stopped for crossing spiders!
The beaches here have a helicopter used as a shark patrol. Still, we recently had a couple of bull shark attacks in the Swan River in Perth, and at least one of them was fatal.
Here's some context, I've been alive for over 60 years and have had two close encounters with snakes (a brown and a red-belly black). Probably come across red-back spiders a dozen times, usually calmly killed the nest and moved on (not safe to have them around kids). And that's it. There are some parts of Aus that are a little more prone to encounters, but really, the likelihood of an issue is really small. So, of 2-3 million tourists a year that visit us, we lose a few hundred. Mostly heart attack or similar (who'd have thought that someone who's got a heart condition shouldn't climb a mountain?), traffic accident (no, we don't drive on the wrong side of the road, you do) and similar. Also, falls and stuff and maybe one or two animal attacks a year. Chill, come and join us and I'll throw a couple of prawn skewers on the barbie for you. Oops, left one out. Drowning. Watch a few episodes of Bondi Rescue to see why.
@@nbartlett6538 I would have thought dog, but horse doesn't surprise me. Certainly fatalities. We had another jockey die in the last month or so from a fall during a horse race.
It's funny that people imagine that we see these dangerous animals everywhere, but that's definitely not the case. I'm 44, and have only seen around 5-6 snakes in my lifetime, so unless you are going bush or hiking, chances are not that common. These videos give Australia a bad reputation.
The scary thing about the blue ringed octopus is they look so cute that some people try to pick them up. And often their bite is so "gentle" people don't realise that they've been bit and continue to handle them.
Eastern Brown snakes can be located in some urban areas. Australia also has the aggressive Bull shark and the Irukandji jellyfish. Not sure why the Red-Back spider is there, as very low death rate.
We don't have bears (thank goodness). I live in the outer suburbs of Melbourne and near a creek, I do have to be careful outside as we can and sometimes do have a visit from a tiger snake. My Aunt lived in the country and we would see tiger and red belly black snakes every now and again (depending where you were at the time) especially if we were fishing at the goulburn river. My closest encounter was actually in a suburb of Melbourne swimming in the Yarra river when I was about 14 years old and parallel to me swimming in the same direction was a tiger snake. I very slowly swam to the bank and let it win the race lol.
The guy who taught me to scuba dive had been attacked by a Gt White. It tried to swallow arm and he had a ring of scars around his chest shoulder and back.
I moved to Australia in 79 from a country with no snakes, and only one venomous spider. I was just as nervous as you girls appear to be, especially as my family moved to tropical Far North Queensland. I moved south to Sydney in the 80's, but have also lived in most of the states at one time or another, and in a variety of urban, semi-rural and rural areas. In that 44 years, I've encountered maybe a dozen snakes in the wild. They vary from mildly dangerous (red-bellied black snakes) to large, harmless but incredibly beautiful (Amethyst Pythons). There is a definite snake "season" in the southern states -while we don't get the bitter American mid-western winters, our snakes are dormant in the colder months. I currently live on the edge of a huge national park, where there must be millions of snakes, but we rarely see them in Summer as they tend to go out of their way to avoid people. Natasha, don't let our snakes stop you from coming down and enjoying all that Australia has to offer
For perspective I live in the outer suburbs of Sydney’s SW and work in the CBD. My wife grew up in Bundeena which is inside the Royal National Park south of Sydney where you would expect to see Red bellies and Brown snakes. Her parents moved to suburbs in south Camden (15 mins away) next to open sports field same thing! I visited London zoo’s last holiday back to the UK (2018) and had a great close up discussion next to Tarantula keeper. While the spider was very placid and eventually he decided to put it away after it showed any signs of movement. I do remember asking him the basic first aid requirements which he had never been asked about and did not know and proceeded to give him thirty second explanation on what’s needed and how to save a coworkers life. Also that the dinner plate size South Eastern Qld Tarantula was approximately three times bigger and found in my backyard, could run at 2M/Sec nearly always away from you. Never photographed yet but I’m told by the Sydney University Arachnologist (a spider expert), that if I get a photo of it this will be the most southern sighting of this spider. New neighbour came and asked me if we get many snake sightings given we have large sports fields right next to us, and I answered luckily not in the entire time we have lived here.I just omitted to comment on the Spiders. Also, that I’d took my wife to visit the same zoo about 5 years before and the lady insect keeper heard our accent and said is there anything you are scared, I told her and she proceed to bring over a Borneo cockroach the size of a saucer and got me to pat it like a pet, bes t phobia treatment I’ve every received worth the price of admission alone. NSW in Oz
I have been stung by the box jellyfish, I got stung on the right wrist and the right side of my abdomen.... It was summer 1988 and I was 10, Getting stung was the 2nd most painful thing I have ever felt.... The most painful was the next day as the poison slowly seaped out of my skin where I was stung......to me kidney stones only rate a 7 out of 10 for pain.... I clarify my low pain number in hospital when they ask me to guage the pain.... The scaring took years to fade...
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow it only brushed against me as I went into the water....too quickly for it to get away and I didn't see it... Well it did have to be pulled off me but only 2 small areas of my body came into contact
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish?wprov=sfla1 this is much smaller and supposed to be more painful, never felt it sting so I can't compare.... They are becoming more common as water temps rise tho I believe 😭 and as they are ting they need specific netting to block them....
Hi there Natasha and Debbie. Great video, well done Natasha for managing to get to the end of it. Phobias are no fun🫣. Being a Kiwi, I feel incredibly sheltered from most of the creatures in this video. We have no snakes at all here in NZ. I must say though, I find them fascinating. I know the animals in this video can bite or sting and may seem really scary, but to me humans are the scariest things on this earth! Thanks so much, sending love ❤ to you both 😊
I live 30km out of a city in North Queensland on 20 acres of land, in 30 years I have had about 40 to 50 snakes in and around the house. Out of all those snakes only 3 or 4 have been venomous, the rest of them were black headed pythons, scrub pythons, whip snakes and green tree snakes.
Hello Natasha & Debbie & The Show. Hope you are over the shocks of these creatures from Australia. I’ve been on 4 trips to Oz and the only dangerous creature I’ve seen is the Salt Water Croc, but this was only on a sight seeing trip specifically to see them. This could be that I was organised tours. We did have an alcohol ad on TV where someone standing by a pool and said “Are there any sharks in there?” the beer drinker replied “No. the croc ate them!”
lol i think most Aussies would admit to being scared of Magpies those things can be terrifying . As for how often you would see a snake my wife moved here from the US 4 1/2 years ago we live in rural town in northern Victoria and she is yet to see a snake .
These clips are clickbait. Always remember that. How many tourists do you hear or read about dying in Australia? Generally it will be the ones who don't heed warnings like swimming in far north Australia where crocs live. Germans have 'featured' on the list and why signs have Achtung on them. Warning. It's where common sense isn't used and tourists don't seek or heed local advice/knowledge.
There's more than one species of taipan. The most venomous snake in the world is the inland taipan, but it hardly ever encounters humans. The coastal taipan is marginally less venomous, but in practical terms it's more dangerous to humans because it's found in areas close to where people live.
Most people (including kids) are taught here (in Australia) to treat and manage snake bites until medical help can arrive. Snakes are also protected here, and as others have commented, most bites are *usually* people pursuing the snake to catch or kill it. Anti venom is also readily available across the country, so these factors all lead to very very few deaths from snake bites in Australia. I know this might not comfort you a lot, but there is a lot of education that comes through first aid courses etc that *always* include wrapping a snake bite and treating the wound and person ❤️
Hi Natasha and Debbie, although there are lots of dangerous and venomous animals in Australia (in addition to having the most venomous snake, we actually have 7 of the 10 most venomous snakes in the world), the risk is often overstated. Between 2001 and 2017, there were 541 animal-related deaths in Australia (so, 32 per year), which is actually less than the rate in USA (201 per year). The rate per population is about twice as high in Australia as USA (1.25 vs 0.61 per million per year). You might be surprised to learn that many of the deadliest animals in Australia (by rate of death) were not mentioned in the video. These are horses (10 per year), cattle (5 per year), kangaroos (2 per year - all as a result of vehicle accidents, like deer in USA) and bees (2 per year). Of the ones that were mentioned in the video, the rates for snakes is 2 per year, sharks, 1.5 per year and crocodiles, 1.2 per year. Of course, if you include humans as an animal, humans are by far the deadliest animal in both countries, with homicides rates of 9 and 65 per million per year in Australia and USA, respectively. Therefore, you are 52 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are to be killed by an animal in Australia. There are lots of snakes in Australia but it is fairly uncommon to see them, especially in the cities. They really do usually try to avoid humans. I think the inland taipan might be an exception. If you go into the bush a lot, you will see them occasionally, but if you leave them alone, you will be fine. Most bites occur when people try to handle or kill them. In the last year, I don't remember seeing a snake. However, I did get Ross River fever from a mosquito bite (which caused a relatively mild illness with a short-lived rash, fever and lethargy, followed by joint pains for a couple of weeks), and was stung by a bee and a march fly.
In my teenage years, in the south-east, I did a lot of fishing (in rivers), bushwalking and bush camping. I typically saw tiger snakes a couple of times a year. Each time they were moving away from us as quickly as they could. I never knew anyone to be bitten by one or even to be threatened by one.
As for snakes, I’ve so far only seen the Red Bellied Black Snake and saw about 4 of them along a footpath near a local park. One of which had its head poking out from under a concrete path. They’re cool though. This particular type tends to just keep to themselves and won’t actively chase you, like an eastern brown snake will!
First thing to remeber. We have a lot of deadly animals and always have. And because of that. We have a lot of ways to help or prevent attacks. But Yep. Snakes are pretty common. Not in the city. But in the suburbs they’re around Red backs also super common. Inside houses and out Funnel webs don’t come inside often but are around.
Around the East coast of NSW, you'll mostly come across red back spiders, funnel web spiders and brown snakes. I'd also add cassowaries to the list , a very deadly bird if you venture into their territory
We have Bull sharks in the rivers in australia. I have just moved to QLD, I live right next to a creek and I know for a fact there are snakes there. I know because I was cleaning the fenceline n found snakeproof mesh along the bottom of the fence. Ive lived in areas where i do know there are snakes but havent had the pleasure but I do have 3 cats which im locking up because i cant risk them being taken. Ive had redbacks run across my feet. They arent aggressive unless they are protecting a sac. I dont muck around with them and i never let grass grow too tall because they are ground dwellers and love to throw a web out through the tall grass.
I live in the country and snakes are pretty common. This week I have seen two pythons. These are not venomous but they are huge, often about 2 metres long. They are great for catching rats and mice but will also swallow chickens whole. A couple of months ago a friend was bitten by an Eastern Small-eye snake on my property. These are not as venomous as browns or Tigers. But can still cause some issues if you don't get antivenom. But, when you grow up with snakes you know how to avoid them, In the Winter the snakes are usually hibernating so you see less of them. In Summer I keep the lawn mowed really short so snakes are more visible, they love long grass. You also avoid piles of tin, sticks and firewood as these are perfect habitat for snakes. You also take a torch outside at night, I've encountered many snakes on the grass in the dark. Most snakes only bite as a defense against attack. So if you leave them alone they will quickly slither away. If you accidently step on a snake and it bites you, it is often what is known as a dry bite. This means the snake was taken by surprise and didn't have time to work up any venom. I have personally stepped, bare-foot on two snakes in my life. One was a blue bellied black snake which is pretty venomous and the other time a small eye snake (only mildly venomous) Both times the snake just took off really quickly. Most people bitten by snakes are men and usually they are trying to catch or kill the snake. You are not allowed to kill snakes here, they are protected species. Once you hit a snake or try to catch it, you really annoy that snake and it produces heaps of venom so the bites are more deadly. If you are bitten by a deadly snake you only have about 20 minutes to get to a hospital. Which is pretty hard when you live in rural parts of Australia. Most country people know the first aid for snake bites, it's taught in a lot of schools. We also have funnel web spiders and red back spiders here. Yes! Definitely check your shoes, I found a funnel web in my son's shoe once. Spiders are pretty easy to avoid if you know where they usually live.
You can do a Top 10 list just of deadliest snakes in Australia, we have 9 of the worlds top 10 deadliest and 15 of the top 20, but they aren't common in cities and are afraid of people. As for the Sydney Funnelweb, its only found in the area around Sydney. Come to Victoria instead
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in history because they carry the maleria disease and infest underdeveloped countries that don't have access to treatment. The video said the Box Jellyfish was the most venomous animal in the world. There is a difference. Also the Inland Taipan is the most venomous land snake.
I personally knew three people killed by white pointers. The risks are low - but misunderstood. The risk is obviously higher if a) you swim a lot b) swim in shark infested waters.
Snakes are pretty uncommon even in towns, especially in the southm just avoid walking through long grass. A far greater threat that he didn't cover, probably because its rarely deadly is the common magpie. They're terrifying in Swooping Season.
When my mum was a kid in the 60's, she used to secretly breed Red Back Spiders in a fishtank, milk their venom and donate it to the CSIRO.. it helped in research and making anti-venom. Saved a lot of lives. But when my grandma found out about it, she lost her mind and torched the tank 😭
There's a nice vid on the UA-cam of a Kookaburra picking on a snake, but I won't direct you to it. But them Kookaburras, they cheeky buggers, and they do kill and eat snakes.
People don't get that the chances of coming across these deadly animals are astronomical. More people die in Australia in traffic accidents, diseases/illnesses, and even alcohol-fueled violence such as being king-hit.
Shouldn't laugh but was creased up when we got to no. 2 and Debbie said she would protect natasha from it and natasha said I'll throw you at it!!! Love you two you are so funny x
The answer by Brett was a very good one. I concur. On your visit, if you are going to cities, beaches, tourist areas, there is an extremely low probability you will seen any snake in the wild at all. Numbers.... I am 57, and born here. Worked in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Mildura, Howqua and Lakes Entrance. My life experience includes bushwalking (hiking) in remote and very remote areas. I've taught at an outdoor education campus, and also done some service in the Australian Army. I've seen snakes in the wild about three times. All three were non confrontational as I saw them at some distance and they moved away. I saw a brown snake while jogging along a cliff top at Anglesea, and the biggest I saw was an enormous black snake on moving across a road while cycling in western (ish) Tasmania. I saw another from a distance while bushwalking. Not many contacts over a pretty long period of time. Routine advice 1) Being scared is good because keeping your eyes open is good. Some people accidently step on them. Looking ahead on the track is simple but extremely useful 2) If you are in a bush area, hiking boots are a good idea. (in heavy vegetation you can also add gaitors) 3) No harm in carrying a couple of roller bandages and doing 5 minutes training on using them. ( I do) 4) Enjoy yourself ! Snake bite here is rare/very rare. Ambulance response and anti-venin access is pretty good if the worst comes to the worst. Of psychological help but also true..... even if bitten, they do not always inject venom. Sometimes the bite is like a warning-shot by the animal and also sometimes if they have hunted/eaten recently their venom reserves might be lower than normal. If they see or hear you they will avoid you.
I'm Australian and I have a phobia of spiders, so I understand your fear of snakes. You mainly see snakes in the rural country or you live behind a bush land area. You are more going to come across the spiders in all aspects of Australia being in the city or being in the rural country. My advice, Just ask the questions to the locals of were you at visiting and read the signs at beaches when your here
In all seriousness, Australia isn't nearly as dangerous as people like to make it out to be. Yes, we have the most venomous snakes and spiders, and the like - but I'm 56 and lived in Australia my whole life. I have seen a handful of redback spiders, one funnel-web spider, and one or two snakes in my life. The only one that really concerns me is brown snakes, and that's only because we live near a golf course and have a dog that would try to play with a snake. Brown snakes* are about the only critters on that list that live around people (which is why they're responsible for the most deaths). Most of these animals either live out in the bush or would much rather run away. * Red-back spiders are also pretty common - they have a tendency to get into anywhere dark and dry, like inside sheds and garages, and inside logs & under rocks in gardens. You just don't shove your hands where you can't see.
i spent a couple years in Australia, and have personally seen a red vellied balack snake ( it had something in its mouth), an eastern brown snake in Melbourne, a death adder whie up in Queensland, and an inland taipan, which is rhe inly one that really scared me, but as i did not do anything to it, it just went by me. I also handled, with gloves, many funnel web spiders as i think they look quite awesome. By the way, mosquito's spread malaria, which is why they are considered dangerous.
I'm australian and not well travelled in australia and i've seen all of them and most of them were seen in cities (barring the box jelly) so yeah city or country there every where, Australia is home to 20 of the 25 most venomous snakes in the world, including all of the top 11. The most scary aussie animal for me is the maggie in swooping season, they're vicious have really good memory and will chase you for miles.... like every day in summer i saw multiple snakes and where i live isnt exactly a snake mecca
In the Terry Pratchett novel, "The Last Continent" which is largely set in a fictionalised version of Australia, Death asks his (magic) library for a list of the deadliest animals, and needs ten minutes to get from the mountain of paper. He then asks for a list of the least dangerous animals. This is that list! "Some Of The Sheep!"
I'm a 53 year old Adelaidian and really haven't encountered too many of the animals on that list. Adelaide (the capital city of the state of South Australia) is a small city with the suburbs bieng almost rural in location, even those close to the city. The distance from the beach to the Adelaide Hills, with the city of Adelaide in between, is approximately 22km (14 miles), so in the Eastern, Northern and Southern suburbs it is not all that uncommon for the more adventurous wildlife to find it's way into the populated areas. Spiders are a bit different than other land-based animals in that they can be found anywhere the climate allows. I had a Redback Spider on the back of my hand when I was about 14. I didn't panic, just shook it off and continued helping with tidying up the yard of our Eastern suburbs house. It's probably the same in the US, but spiders don't seem to bite unless heavily provoked... When we first moved into that house (around 1lm from the hills but still in the main suburban area), me and my grandfather were in the back yard and encountered both a brown snake and a red-belly black snake within two minutes of each other. A strategically placed shovel blade with substantial pressure applied alleviated the possible threat.
The redback spider - I have a story. :) When my family moved into a rental home, the backyard shed was full of a colony of redback spiders. My mum asked if there were any daddy longleg spiders, and we found some under the house and put them in the shed. In two weeks, no redback spiders. The daddy longlegs ate them. Daddy longleg spiders are not poisonous to humans. Handy to know.
I visited Australia many, many years ago, and turing that trip paid a visit to the Zig Zag railway, which is to the west of Sydney. Whilst walking around the attraction, I came across a brown snake just off to the side of one of the paths. I pointed it out to one of the guys operating the trains, and he just said, with typical Aussie nonchalance " he'll be 'right as long as you don't disturb him." Needless to say, I didn't disturb him!
that was only the top 10 deadly things, while not deadly, look at the Red Belly Black Snake and also the White-Tailed Spider and the funnel web spider, be careful of Kangaroos particularly the male ones, if riled they fight balancing on their tails and using their "back" legs to gut their opponent. We also have Bull sharks. We used to live around 30kms from Sydney CBD, frequently seen snakes in particularly the red belly black. Oh, and be careful walking in the suburban/urban areas, in mating season Magpies will swoop you (without any form of noise until you hear the flap of their wings and then it's a matter of a quick duck and run) and have been known to inflict serious cuts to people's heads, bike riders can be seen riding with cable ties on their helmets to deter the birds.
Hi Natasha and Debbie! I grew up near bushland on the outskirts of Sydney. We once had a funnel web spider on the front steps and a red-bellied black snake near our side fence. I also worked in rural and remote areas across NSW and QLD for 15 years running school camps. In that time I saw a redback spider, a few whitetail spiders, plenty of non-venomous spiders, 4 snakes (2 carpet pythons and 2 brown snakes) and some bull sharks. When I worked in Far North QLD I saw plenty of croc warning signs but no actual crocs. As a general rule we assume all spiders, snakes etc are dangerous unless proven otherwise, and we leave them alone.
I lived in a Coastal community for 25 years and never got into the ocean the whole time. It wasn't just the thought of sharks, it was my phobia of not being able to see what was beneath me. I have the same fear about any body of water.
I live in rural SE NSW Australia 5km out of town and generally see between two and ten snakes around the house (2.5 acre property) during the warmer months. Red Bellied Black and Eastern Brown snakes. I have small house dogs and check the yard every time before letting them out (several times a day), which may be why I see more than most commenters. I've also learned to recognise when the dogs have become a little too interested in something on the ground and that came into use on one occasion as a Brown snake moved through the carport and through a chicken wire fence very closely monitored by one of the dogs. The worst instance was a 3m King Brown snake that all six dogs had surrounded while I was out weeding. From a distance it looked like a branch had broken off a tree nearby and fallen to the ground with its broken end raised up, but it was a very large snake in its defensive posture. I ran over yelling and waving frantically to get between it and the dogs, which was extremely dumb, and then headed back through the yard gate towards the house calling the dogs with me. My main concern at that point was that one dog might get bitten as the others came away but we were fortunate. I'm sure it was the number of dogs together that caused the snake to not go for any of them. By the time I'd gotten the dogs inside the snake had vanished. Had it wanted to, it could easily have outrun me and a couple of the older dogs. As others have said, most snakes will avoid confrontation if at all possible. Just give them space and they will usually leave you alone. Not always possible though if pets are involved.
I was also stung by the box jellyfish in 1975 (in Queensland) and we just used vinegar on the tentacles to release them from the skin, keep applying to ease the pain, not a big deal if you dont mind a little pain and a few scars!
As an Australian that knows Australian wildlife... This list feels very random. Idk who made it but I feel like they just grabbed a bunch of random animals and put them on this list
I live in the northern rivers, NSW, we live in the rainforest and we have had 5 snakes in our front yard in the last week. 3 were red bellied black snakes and 2 eastern brown snakes. We have also had Bandy bandy snakes, rough scaled, green and brown tree snakes, tiger snakes and of course pythons . If you see one just stay calm and still, the snake won’t see you as a threat and they will move on, hopefully.
Hey Natasha 😊I'm an Australian carpenter who works on old buildings a lot of the time out of towns and I've seen two or three snakes in the last few years😅. Most snakes would rather avoid human contact. Aussies up north don't get stung by box jelly fish because a lot of people wear full body swim suits and booties and gloves. Not the coolest look but a lot cooler than a sting😅
I live in middle suburbia in Perth WA, never worried about snakes unless walking through bushland or wooded areas. Spider, especially red back hell yes when moving things in backyards that have been there a while. But if living in rural areas yeah they are around. I did encounter a 200mm centipede at Exmouth in north west WA at hotel stair base, U-turn and went up other stairs, a bite would be excruciating pain.
Had a brown snakes in babies nursery couple of years ago, my daughter just put it in a box and walked it across the road to the creek. We have them often in the garden as long as you leave them alone they won’t attack you. I live in a beautiful semi rural area and we have lots of snakes. Red backs very common here in SA , SA also has a large population of great White sharks. Also a child was killed by a croc last week.
Had a diamond python for a pet for many years. The snake was quite happy to just do its own thing and usually stayed in and around the large fish tank we had converted into a home for him. When we first got him, he was about 30 cm's/one foot long. When he expired, many years later, he was 175 cm's/ five feet nine inches? (not sure in the imperial scale). We gave the gentle natured animal a fitting name after he got trapped behind the fireplace which had to be dismantled to extract him. Ashley. I still have one of the last totally intact skin's he would shed every now and then as he grew in length and girth.
I am a Canadian, I had a working visa for Australia oh so many years ago for 10 months. I didn’t get to Western Australia or Tasmania. I worked on the Contiki resort on Long Island for 6 of those months. Only once I encountered a dangerous snake, I woke it up & got it out of the room as I was working in housekeeping. One of the gardeners killed it, I was told it was a Death Adder & the Flying Doctors wouldn’t have reached me in time. I wasn’t scared of it & other than the crocodile on the bus tour in the outback, & the many cane toads, the snake was the deadliest I got close to.
I live on a creek bisected few acres. We try to reestablish “Land for Wildlife”. In the past 40 years I have played host to the carpet python max. 4 m( 13 feet)lives in my shed and keeps rests and possums away.Have seen 1 brown and a couple of red bellied black snakes. Just make noise as you walk around and they keep Away. With the encroach of suburbia I find more animals moving in .
😂😂😂 I loved Natasha's reaction. Good job on the video. when I was at school the class had a pet UK grass snake, one day my friends bet me I wouldn't put the snakes tail in my mouth for 5 seconds . I always win bets
Oh Australia and Poor Natasha!! She really took one for the team in this episode! When you have a Super Phobia of anything, it's REALLY hard to sit still or at least try and keep it together! We think you'll be amused at her distress and discomfort though, haha. This was a VERY interesting video aside from all the snakes! We had a few very important questions here we hope you will answer for us in the comments. Let us know what other animals you would add to this list and what you thought of this episode. Thank you SO much for watching! We love learning about everything, even the stuff that gives us nightmares! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
P!ssin myself laughing at the thought lol 😅
It's ok 'Tash', ya just need a kookaburra mate to keep them at bay 👍😁
Yes kookas catch, kill & eat them. 👍 Cool to watch!
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The notion that Australian wildlife is dangerous is extremely misleading. The top three animals that cause the most deaths in Australia are 1. horses 2. cattle 3. dogs.
Kangaroos and snakes are equal fourth. Snakes are only aggressive from late October to late November when they are rejuvenating from winter hibernation.
If you're in the remote arid regions of Australia, the death adder is the one to watch out for. Never sleep directly on the ground because the adder is attracted to body warmth.
I'm 73 years old and have had 5 encounters with snakes over the years without any incident. As soon as you see it just stand still and it will move on.
The order in which the animals are mentioned is nowhere near accurate.
I live in South Gippsland about 100 ks from Melbourne City I have horses,I walk out in the paddock and I could hear something moving at my feet I looked down and saw nothing then I looked up and heard it again looked down but still I saw nothing so I moved my head unit kept my eyes looking down and there it was just a inch from my feet was a big Tiger snake I back up it went his way and went mine,two days later I got up in the middle of the night with no lights on open the fridge the fridge light came on and and the snake went between my feet and under the fridge I waited for the sun to come up and caught the snake the same tiger snake from the paddock was now in my house with my for kids and my partner after getting up the nerve I finally caught it and took it away and got rid of into a paddock not killing it of course killing snakes is illegal in Australia,oh and the red back spider is what you call a black widow spider in the usa
Emu's stay clear.
lived here for 16 years now and haven't seen a single snake or even a venomous spider....I guess it comes down to where you live and if you do a lot of gardening. I must admit I had what I believe was an orb web spider that parked itself round the side of my house and put a web across the 1m wide pathway....I sprayed it with pesticide and that was the end (it was about 6 inches across the legs)
Deaths in Australia by animals from 2001 - 2017:
172 - Horses
82 - Cows/bulls
53 - Dogs
37 - Snakes
37 - Kangaroos (but all as a result of a vehicle incident)
31 - Bees (but all as a result of anaphylactic shock ie. allergic reaction)
27 - Sharks
21 - Crocodiles
0 - Spiders
February last year I was bitten on my left foot by a White Tail spider.
Antibiotics didn't work and my foot turned septic. 8 days after the bite my left leg was amputated below the knee. I spent 2 weeks in I C U and 14 weeks in total in Hospital . Thank God for our free Hospital system. I am now walking unaided with my Prostetic leg. All is good and I'm back doing most things. Soon to be back on my Motorcycle with an electric gear shifter. I turn 70 this year and won't let a few restrictions stop my enjoyment of life.
Love your show and always look forward to the next episode.
All the best to both of you. Bluey.
Great Aussie attitude!
Lost a leg? I gotta nuther one mate!
@@MichaelKingsfordGray sorry about our legs, I'm also an Aussie
There was a story circulating on social media not too long ago about a 15yo Canadian girl who was on a holiday with her family around Cairns in Queensland when she came across a Blue-Ringed Octopus in the water close to shore. Thinking it was harmless, she proceeded to pick it up and record herself on her phone while inspecting it and showing it off to friends and family. For whatever reason, it chose to not give her the shock of her life and she eventually released it back into the water. When the video made its way to the internet she quickly discovered how lucky she was from every Australian who identified it and let her know that she's lucky to be alive 😂
believe it was in indonesia but still....
also all the blue rings that are in rockpools all around sydney harbour.. its amazing they dont cause more injuries but they are incredibly shy creatures and are so small too!
I saw that report too. Very lucky girl indeed
She obviously has a way with animals, it perceived she was no threat to it. She should become a Vet then maybe many dogs would not go into hiding at the mention of the word.
@@tonys1636 blue ringed occys are just unaggressive, I would say she just got lucky she didn't piss it off... When they are upset the blue rings on their body glow like a disco.... It's gorgeous and deadly
When I was a kid, we use to go along the beach looking for blue ring octopus and we would think, there tiny, it's fine and we use to put them in containers and mess with them, so when my dad said what is that?i, fully like 6 yrs old or so,said oh, just an octopus and he said oh really, not a blue ring is it and i said umm yeah, well to cut a long story, I couldn't sit on my ass for a week after that and miraculously I lost all interest in blue ring octopus, thanks dad.
as an Australian, yes we have a lot of dangerous wildlife, but like all animals, if you leave them alone you wont have any issues (usually)
also, no, we don't have bears, or big cats. The only large mammal predator on mainland Australia is the Dingo (wild dog)
If I got to add to this list, I would definitely put the Cassowary! Huge non flying bird, HUGE claws, known to be aggressive
Funnily enough the animal that scares most people in Australia isn’t on the list. The Magpie (a bird) will swoop and attack during the spring time/nesting time. They are very intelligent and if you piss them off they will remember you and attack for multiple seasons. But they also remember you when your good to them and feed them too.
So true. Aussies accept that there are quite a lot of animals that can kill humans, but we all know that unless we are careless or extremely unlucky they are not a huge problem BUT mention the magpie during nesting time and you will see fear OR some very strange attempts to avoid the maggie swoop. Having said that, I have a friend who began feeding a magpie that appeared several times in his front garden area. Very soon, this magpie brought his family. He now sits on the armrest as my friend relaxes on his front verandah. Absolutely no swooping attacks occurring.
@@JB-zs1oq haha totally. I had a couple appear at work (I work outside) so straight away I started feeding them. 3 times a day they would come by and wait to get fed. Whether it was left over lunch or actual bird feed I used for the other birds around. The went away through the summer but have been coming back the last 2 weeks 👍🏻
Completely right. The ones near me know my dog very well, as she likes to chase them so when we go for a walk they start swooping her and not me. Trixie thinks it's a game lol
unless you are in Tasmania our magpies dont attack
Actually like them. They have a really good memeory, however, so if you ever annoy a flock, that flock has you on their shit list forever.
Debbie (trying to be supportive and loving) "I will protect you from the snakes", Natasha, "really?... I will throw you at it"!
Absolutely cracked me up.
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brown snakes are very very common - but the only people who seem to get bitten are people trying to catch or kill them
Or when it's sitting under your front step.... happened to me
I was bitten by an eastern brown while checking a fence in regional Victoria. I stepped next to it. I hadn't seen it in the grass. I had jeans on so was very lucky. Definitelt not trying to catch or kill it.
On another note, I have seen 2 red bellied blacks and an eastern brown in the last couple of weeks. They are very common around here.
@@mattking1437 that is one thing about Aussie snakes - most have short fangs so jeans and boots will often protect you. The exception is the taipan which have long fangs - plus they tend to live in areas where people wear shorts!
We have 9 out of the world’s 10 most deadliest snakes.
Once stepped on a snake lucky for me it was curdled up so I was standing on its whole body including its head. I just dropped my fishing gear and jumped off him then run away a few meters waited for the snake to move away then collected my gear and found another spot to fish
We actually had a news story yesterday about a tourist that fell asleep on a Queensland beach and woke up when a croc latched onto his feet. He managed to get free but it proves that you have to stay alert everywhere because you don’t know where something might be hiding. We also have a stinging plant called the Gympie Gympie (pronounced gimpy gimpy), also known as the suicide plant because its sting is so painful it makes you want to cut your effected limb off.
That's lucky. Those crocodile jaws are incredibly strong
My brother went to Oz to stay with family friends for a couple of months. Down at the beach he was picking up shells and saw a really cute, tiny octopus in one. He showed our friends who proceeded to scream at him that it was a blue ring, so he lobbed the poor thing about a mile out to sea in panic! He was so lucky, i hope it survived the throw though
Great story , yes you dont want to muck around with the little blue ringed octopus . You also have to watch out for the pretty cone shell too. If the creature is alive inside it can shoot a spike out of its end that has a neurotoxin in it that can also cause paralysis like the Blue ringed octopus. You just have to be aware of these things.
I'm a fairly adventurous 42 yo Australian, I have been stung by a box jellyfish on my ankle and foot. I have been bitten by a redback spider on my back while sleeping. I have had a close encounter with a big salty, he got within 6 feet of me before I saw it and moved back from the water. I have come across about a dozen brown snakes and many other species. I rescued a brown snake that wandered into the wrong place where I was working, and a death adder which was stuck in a lined dam, unable to slither up the side. I have been approached in a non-threatening way on multiple occasions by sharks and sting rays while swimming near the beach and offshore. If you get out there, you will definitely see some of this stuff. Visit just the cities and you might as well not come at all.
A English paramedic was on holiday and was staying with friends. I took him for a drive last week to see some country NSW. While working in the bush on one of the properties came across a Eastern Brown. They move soooo fast. When we got back home, my friends said that as he was a paramedic, If I was bitten I would be good. I then highlighted he wouldn't have a clue as there are no venomous snakes in UK. While fencing on another rural property today, I came across a diamond python. Beautiful creature, she let me pet her and she stayed in the same place all afternoon while I worked around her.
Correction - we DO have a venomous snake in the UK, it's called the adder. While not as deadly as your reptiles, it can produce a painful bite and has been known to kill humans.
Love the diamonds, so placid and docile where as carpets can be a bit grumpy.
@bobkearsley5931 If I find a Red-belly black snake on our property, I will carefully relocate it away from the house. They tend to drive the Brown snakes away and won't kill you unless you are already ill.
What a load of rubbish.
Lol😂
I'm in Brisbane and the Brown, Red Belly Black and Python are VERY common here, especially in parklands. Our suburb community page usually lists sightings in local parks and streets constantly. Generally speaking, most snakes are more scared of us then we are of them, often slithering away before you spot them. Its the nesting ones I would be careful of, that is when they will chase you! I would say every summer I would see a snake at least once or twice a week in our suburb, either slithering between gardens, on fences or in shrubbery.
While I will say that list is pretty accurate, it did miss quite a few... namely the irukandji jellyfish, the cone fish and surprisingly... The Platypus. Although not deadly, the small barb on a male platypus will inflict a lot of pain! Oh and Swoopy Boy... aka the Magpie. Nesting season is the worst to be out and about walking... those things will take a good chunk out of your scalp if they can... and people have been killed by them swooping, usually being attacked and falling to the ground hitting their head on the concrete.
My parents lived in Perth for a spell in the late seventies to early eighties, and one of my mum's enduring memories is seeing her friend's kids walking to school and back with plastic ice cream boxes on their heads to protect themselves from magpies. Some of whom will apparently just see a person breathe wrong near their tree, go 'right, I'LL 'AVE YOU' and dive at them beak-first. Their friends' cats apparently also came in with war wounds, on occasion.
G’day, snakes in Australia are more scared of us than they are of them, if you don’t hassle them they won’t hassle you unless you corner them or stand on them. There are many beaches you can swim in without being harassed by sharks. Hope to see you here 👍🇦🇺
lol, you can swim at EVERY beach in australia without being harassed by sharks, unless you have met that one dodgy one that ties to sell you jewellery made from "genuine turtle shell"
and that is obvioulsy a joke about the dodgy shark but in all seriousness sharks do not harrass anyone, there are beaches where shark attacks are statistaclly more likely but the statistics are so tiny that driving to the beach is by far more dangerous than swimming and so is just having a shower ot eating breakfast...
Hi there, brown snakes, eastern brown snakes, pythons are around. I am in Queensland. The pythons are most common, not venomous and you just look out for them and keep little dogs inside. The browns - I saw my first one a couple of weeks ago in the bush. They are around but you don't see them. Obviously you keep a look out but on the whole, if you keep your distan e they will keep theirs. Some are aggressive lime red bellied black snakes. I don't like snakes either but they have a right to live, just not in my house. I have had a few pythons in my house in the capital city but I made some door ramps to keep them out. If you visited I very much doubt that you would see a snake unless you go far North or out West. Come on down, you will love it!
True story: When my daughter was young she used to go to pony club on a Saturday afternoon. This was in the countryside near Canberra. I drove her there, and while she was riding, I used to take the opportunity to do some study for a course I was enrolled in at the time. So there I was, sitting on top of a boulder next to my car with my text book, and the horses had gone away and it was a quiet and pleasant afternoon with mottled sunshine coming through the trees. That's when the brown snakes came out. Lots of them. All around on the ground around the boulder and my car. I had to wait there until the horses got back and the snakes disappeared before I could get down and back to my car. That was probably my scariest moment with Australia's dangerous animals. BTW - a quick note re: snakes. While some snakes here are the most venomous in the world, they all have small fangs. So, if you wear good high sided walking boots and thick good quality walking socks when hiking, there is a good chance, even if a snake strikes, which is rare (they would rather go away), there is a good chance the snake bite won't break your skin through the socks and boots.
Breeding season.
As a girl growing up in Sydney's northern suburbs, we always checked the pool for funnel webs before getting in. Only saw two spiders, both inside the house, in twenty years. My Dad was bitten by a red back spider as a youth and never sought medical treatment, apparently. He was sick for three days, but no lasting problems.
My grandaughter was attacked by a red back when she was 6 months old, extremely painful and ive never seen so much vomit, but she survived, only problem was doctor at hospital was english and didnt believe she had been bitten by a spider, lucky a nurse knew the symptoms, you could clearly see the puncture marks on her knee
3:23 That's a Tasmanian Devil. They have a terrifying scream, but they aren't really dangerous to people.
Hi ladies, I am a 54 year old Woman from Sydney and i can honestly say that i have never seen a snake outside of the zoo. A lot of these animals are found more in rural areas and the outback.
I live in rural Victoria and I see 10+ snakes a Summer in my yard, even seen a few at school. One Summer we caught my cat with a snake in her mouth 6 different times before she got bitten (she survived, $3000 of vet bills later). I'd take snakes over crocs and sharks any day!
Not looking very hard. Don't take absence of sight for granted, they're around. They're just more scared of you and stay hidden. I was in the same false sense of security until it bit me on the bum (foot really) and gave me three days in hospital to rethink my safety status.
At Flinders University in Adelaide they have signs ready to put out every summer to alert people where the snakes have been seen this time. Often near the lake in the center of campus. Saw a nice big brown snake many years ago in West Terrace Cemetery right next to the Adelaide CBD. It just glided past me and went about it's business.
Growing up on south coast we regularly had regular contact with snakes
My daughter & her partner live in Eden far southern NSW where I am visiting now for 5 weeks & she says they get at least 3 red belly blacks every week as there is a swamp about 75 meters down the hill .I have been here two weeks & the most dangerous things I have seen is one rabbit & myself as i nearly fell over a cliff two days before another man did & a walking trail that I had 149 steps to walk up hill all of the way
We have two types of Taipan in Australia, the Coastal, and the Inland.
The Inland Taipan, or Fierce Snake is the one that holds the title as being the most venomous snake in the world. But where they live is very secluded and more into the outback, so encountering one is HIGHLY unlikely unless you literally put yourself in their space. But just like any animal, their first instinct from something bigger than them is going to be to run away.
Box Jellyfish and the Irukandji Jellyfish are the two that you have to be wary about. They're only found in the waters of more Northern Queensland in the hotter/summer months(Oct-Mar) - pretty disrespectful if you ask me as that's when you want to go in the water lol - but not around during the colder/winter months(May-Nov). Northern Queensland is going into more Tropical weather, so it doesn't get as cold up here compared to down south, so even in winter it still might be warm enough to go for a swim. We also have swimming nets on our beaches as protection against things like that. (Summer is also when the Saltwater Crocs are more active, but even in my 4 years of living in North Queensland from NSW, I have yet to see one, which makes me sad lol)
I've lived on my current property in rural Tasmania for 25 years. Have only seen 3 snakes in that time.
Yeah, but if something's gonna give you problems down here it's more likely to be Jack Jumpers. Horrible little bastard things.
I've lived in rural Victoria all my life (28 years) and see 10+ brown snakes in my yard every Summer!
Just as a side note; the Sydney Funnel Web spider’s anti-venom is done at the Australian Reptile Park at Somersby, which is near Gosford, about an hour or so north of Sydney. They have a room set up where you can actually see them milk the funnel webs in containers. They were also the first place to milk Platypus venom (male Platypus has a venomous spur on its back leg/s where the pain is so bad, that Zoo Keepers would rather be bitten by a deadly snake, as opposed to being stung by a Platypus, because apparently the pain is so severe, that it makes you wish it would end you). 😊
The brown and king brown snake is very common in summer when there has been drought. They come to the outer suburbs to find shelter, mice, rats and water...but otherwise most snakes are in rural and wild areas.
To keep them away just make sure to walk with a heavy step so the snakes can hear and feel you coming and most will disappear before you arrive.
The King brown is common to northern,western and central Australia not the outer suburbs.It’s common name is the mulga snake.I don’t think you know what you are talking about.
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Depending on where you live or have lived mate...think before you tell someone they don't know what they are talking about...or better still...don't talk at all.
I live in rural Victoria and I have seen some Brown and Tiger snakes but they are near the lakes mostly, so when I go fishing I wear Jeans and rubber boots, I don't care if it is 45C = 113F but if you make noise they mostly leave you alone.
I'm a snake catcher by trade so it's always fun 😂, very very common to relocate a brown here in Queensland, very dangerous but if you know how to handle them they are actually quiet placid lol ( stay away from the bitey end of a danger noodle ), but the majority of the time during the day I'm relocating pythons, thankfully those nope ropes are very easily to handle ( most of the time I dont even use the hook, just pick her up and into the sack ) 20yrs in the trade and I've been bitten twice ( red belly and a rough scale had a go lol )
I get called for mainly tigers and red bellies. Tigers are my favourite because they are actually quite placid and will usually strike as a warning but just want to get away by once caught they admit defeat and basically ask 'so where we goin' now?'. You basically have to make them bite.
@@zalired8925 nice! 🤣, yeah most species will admit defeat once they know their not going anywhere except browns.. their fiesty buggers sometimes 🤣
@@Mechanic.Pete41 Thankfully not many easterns in my area, too swampy. Used to get the odd Broad Headed but unfortunately they've just about disappeared from all the Illawarra. Beautiful snakes, venomous but not dangerous, as in passive.
@@zalired8925 just finished a job about 10min ago with a rough scale ( I'm on the fraser coast ) found it's way into a ladies pantry lol, it wasnt moving at all even when I hooked it, thought it was dead for a few seconds until the head moved my way 😅 I think I woke him up or something because he didnt put up one bit hesitation on the hook or going into the bucket, just dropped him off with a wildlife coordinator to give him a once a over ( make sure he hasnt eatin anything nasty ) pick him up this arvo for a relocate
@@Mechanic.Pete41 Nice one. They can give a nasty nip too. Haven't seen them here, probably too far south. One northerner down here though is Golden Crowned, often mistaken for the eastern brown which luckily isn't common here. Well done and thanks👍🏼
Yup the spiders are everywhere have to check everyday - shoes / before sitting on outside furniture etc. And the snakes are everywhere too
Brown and tiger snakes are common all along the east coast of Australia, even in the cities and we've just learned to live with them. I live in suburban Melbourne, my house backs onto a creek and I have no doubt there are hundreds of snakes there. Our dog was bitten but fortunately she survived because we believe it was a dry bite, intended as a warning only. She was quite ill for a while and has never fully recovered but she is still with us years later. Another time I was at Werribee Zoo and one slithered across the path in front of us. It paid us no attention and was happy to keep its distance. As long as you keep your distance or if bushwalking make some noise allowing them to get away, you will very rarely see one though they will be around if you are anywhere near a grassy or bushy area.
Tiger snakes and the closely related to brown snakes (dugites) are found in south West Australia too, but like all snakes they are fairly shy and will avoid you if they can so they may be there but you rarely will see them. Red back spiders, those things are everywhere.
Wondering if those snakes are delicious ? I've eaten some snakes before although they are just common field snakes
Our cat was bitten by a brownie. Took it to the vet the injection cost $1400!
@@HenSt-gz7qj I have heard they are okay. The big problem is if the snake has bitten itself. Eat that meat and you can be poisoned.
@@nurgle11 Snake is delicious, but nothing beats witchetty grubs, oh maybe yabbies. Anyway, snakes are protected now, so off the menu
Now I live in Australia I have an expert in the house. My son found a local guy who trains people to be able to capture and release in the wild any snake that he gets a call to attend locally. We are in South Australia and the usual snake is the brown snake and several live under the house. I have been here since April and as this is our winter time I have only seen a baby brown snake which one of the locals found in their garden and we let that out near a local field. My son has only seen one sunning itself on his veranda and it took off when my son came out of the house. Locally i have seen red backed spiders but they usually run away when disturbed and you uncover them when sorting logs for the fire. lizards and newts are common but not poisonous. My son had to capture a Taipan when that was found in the town but this is very unusual and was delivered to the local wildlife centre for release elsewhere. I was introduced to a guy who was bitten by a brown snake and still has problems with his muscles in one arm but otherwise recovered from that which took some months to do.
Just try not to tread on them and the most likely result of a meeting is they may strike without their fangs just to warn you off which happened to my daughter in law when the snake was in a corner of the veranda and felt trapped by her as she approached.
Hey Natasha, I'm Australian born and raised, 44 years old. I've only seen 2 snakes around my various city households in my entire life. You'll have to go well out of your way to find one. Pretty much the same story for any dangerous animal in Australia, you really have to go looking for them and they want nothing to do with humans, and will only defend themselves as a last resort (just as humans will do when placed in similar circumstances). Observe and admire out beautiful wildlife from a distance, and you will 100% be fine!
We don’t have bears. No need to worry there. But as a cyclist I’ve seen lots of snakes around. They like to sun themselves on the bike paths, and I’ve almost run over a few. The browns are the ones I hear most. They’ve got a lot of attitude.
Hi ladies 🙂 Remember that most Aussies live in the suburbs of large cities & towns. We rarely see anything more 'dangerous' than cockroaches and mozzies (mosquitoes) 😅
Fine with those!!
Mmmmmmm.......... not sure if I agree with you on that one. I live in an inner Newcastle (NSW) suburb and we had a red bellied black snake in our garage.
@@pittarak1 yeah i can agree i also live in the suburbs of Newcastle NSW, but I've only seen Red bellied black snakes a handful of times
@@pittarak1 Ah Newcastle, one of the places where I have seen MANY Sydney Funnel Web males scurrying across the back paths of the Mater Hospital early in the morning walking into work. Yes the boys had been out on the town during mating season looking for the ladies and were heading home to their clump of agapanthus along the pathways. Always stopped for crossing spiders!
Actually that isn't true; in outer Melbourne I've walked right over a tiger snake.
The beaches here have a helicopter used as a shark patrol.
Still, we recently had a couple of bull shark attacks in the Swan River in Perth, and at least one of them was fatal.
Here's some context, I've been alive for over 60 years and have had two close encounters with snakes (a brown and a red-belly black). Probably come across red-back spiders a dozen times, usually calmly killed the nest and moved on (not safe to have them around kids). And that's it. There are some parts of Aus that are a little more prone to encounters, but really, the likelihood of an issue is really small.
So, of 2-3 million tourists a year that visit us, we lose a few hundred. Mostly heart attack or similar (who'd have thought that someone who's got a heart condition shouldn't climb a mountain?), traffic accident (no, we don't drive on the wrong side of the road, you do) and similar. Also, falls and stuff and maybe one or two animal attacks a year.
Chill, come and join us and I'll throw a couple of prawn skewers on the barbie for you.
Oops, left one out. Drowning. Watch a few episodes of Bondi Rescue to see why.
its the drop bears that will threaten them more
I think I also saw on QI that the most dangerous animal in Australia, in terms of injuring and killing humans, was the horse.
@@nbartlett6538 I would have thought dog, but horse doesn't surprise me. Certainly fatalities. We had another jockey die in the last month or so from a fall during a horse race.
@@nbartlett6538 no that's a lie it definitely the dropbear
It's funny that people imagine that we see these dangerous animals everywhere, but that's definitely not the case. I'm 44, and have only seen around 5-6 snakes in my lifetime, so unless you are going bush or hiking, chances are not that common. These videos give Australia a bad reputation.
We live in rural Australia. I see black snakes at least 2-3 times a week during the season. We just walk around them.
The scary thing about the blue ringed octopus is they look so cute that some people try to pick them up. And often their bite is so "gentle" people don't realise that they've been bit and continue to handle them.
Eastern Brown snakes can be located in some urban areas. Australia also has the aggressive Bull shark and the Irukandji jellyfish. Not sure why the Red-Back spider is there, as very low death rate.
We don't have bears (thank goodness). I live in the outer suburbs of Melbourne and near a creek, I do have to be careful outside as we can and sometimes do have a visit from a tiger snake. My Aunt lived in the country and we would see tiger and red belly black snakes every now and again (depending where you were at the time) especially if we were fishing at the goulburn river. My closest encounter was actually in a suburb of Melbourne swimming in the Yarra river when I was about 14 years old and parallel to me swimming in the same direction was a tiger snake. I very slowly swam to the bank and let it win the race lol.
The guy who taught me to scuba dive had been attacked by a Gt White. It tried to swallow arm and he had a ring of scars around his chest shoulder and back.
I moved to Australia in 79 from a country with no snakes, and only one venomous spider. I was just as nervous as you girls appear to be, especially as my family moved to tropical Far North Queensland. I moved south to Sydney in the 80's, but have also lived in most of the states at one time or another, and in a variety of urban, semi-rural and rural areas. In that 44 years, I've encountered maybe a dozen snakes in the wild. They vary from mildly dangerous (red-bellied black snakes) to large, harmless but incredibly beautiful (Amethyst Pythons).
There is a definite snake "season" in the southern states -while we don't get the bitter American mid-western winters, our snakes are dormant in the colder months. I currently live on the edge of a huge national park, where there must be millions of snakes, but we rarely see them in Summer as they tend to go out of their way to avoid people.
Natasha, don't let our snakes stop you from coming down and enjoying all that Australia has to offer
For perspective I live in the outer suburbs of Sydney’s SW and work in the CBD. My wife grew up in Bundeena which is inside the Royal National Park south of Sydney where you would expect to see Red bellies and Brown snakes. Her parents moved to suburbs in south Camden (15 mins away) next to open sports field same thing!
I visited London zoo’s last holiday back to the UK (2018) and had a great close up discussion next to Tarantula keeper. While the spider was very placid and eventually he decided to put it away after it showed any signs of movement. I do remember asking him the basic first aid requirements which he had never been asked about and did not know and proceeded to give him thirty second explanation on what’s needed and how to save a coworkers life. Also that the dinner plate size South Eastern Qld Tarantula was approximately three times bigger and found in my backyard, could run at 2M/Sec nearly always away from you. Never photographed yet but I’m told by the Sydney University Arachnologist (a spider expert), that if I get a photo of it this will be the most southern sighting of this spider. New neighbour came and asked me if we get many snake sightings given we have large sports fields right next to us, and I answered luckily not in the entire time we have lived here.I just omitted to comment on the Spiders.
Also, that I’d took my wife to visit the same zoo about 5 years before and the lady insect keeper heard our accent and said is there anything you are scared, I told her and she proceed to bring over a Borneo cockroach the size of a saucer and got me to pat it like a pet, bes t phobia treatment I’ve every received worth the price of admission alone. NSW in Oz
I have been stung by the box jellyfish, I got stung on the right wrist and the right side of my abdomen.... It was summer 1988 and I was 10, Getting stung was the 2nd most painful thing I have ever felt.... The most painful was the next day as the poison slowly seaped out of my skin where I was stung......to me kidney stones only rate a 7 out of 10 for pain.... I clarify my low pain number in hospital when they ask me to guage the pain.... The scaring took years to fade...
Wow!!!!!! 😢
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow it only brushed against me as I went into the water....too quickly for it to get away and I didn't see it... Well it did have to be pulled off me but only 2 small areas of my body came into contact
I lived in north Qld for several years but stayed inside the stinger net when swimming and never had an issue. Sorry to hear you were unlucky.
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish?wprov=sfla1 this is much smaller and supposed to be more painful, never felt it sting so I can't compare.... They are becoming more common as water temps rise tho I believe 😭 and as they are ting they need specific netting to block them....
@@FionaEm I was on the north side of Magnetic Island, no netting there, nobody else at the beech got stung, just unlucky I guess
Lol. We not only have the most venomous snake, we have 20 out of the top 25. Top 10 belong to us.
Hi there Natasha and Debbie. Great video, well done Natasha for managing to get to the end of it. Phobias are no fun🫣. Being a Kiwi, I feel incredibly sheltered from most of the creatures in this video. We have no snakes at all here in NZ. I must say though, I find them fascinating. I know the animals in this video can bite or sting and may seem really scary, but to me humans are the scariest things on this earth! Thanks so much, sending love ❤ to you both 😊
That's a lie. You can find trouser snakes there and infact all over the world. 😜😂
_Almost_ no snakes. We get the occasional sea snake in summer up north and they are protected species. Yes, honestly.
@@urizen7613 Yeah, I know about the sea snakes and yes they are venomous but compared to the snakes in Australia I don’t really think they count!
I live 30km out of a city in North Queensland on 20 acres of land, in 30 years I have had about 40 to 50 snakes in and around the house. Out of all those snakes only 3 or 4 have been venomous, the rest of them were black headed pythons, scrub pythons, whip snakes and green tree snakes.
Hello Natasha & Debbie & The Show. Hope you are over the shocks of these creatures from Australia. I’ve been on 4 trips to Oz and the only dangerous creature I’ve seen is the Salt Water Croc, but this was only on a sight seeing trip specifically to see them. This could be that I was organised tours.
We did have an alcohol ad on TV where someone standing by a pool and said “Are there any sharks in there?” the beer drinker replied “No. the croc ate them!”
When i was a kid i lived through a rat plague even since then i am terrified of rats.
lol i think most Aussies would admit to being scared of Magpies those things can be terrifying . As for how often you would see a snake my wife moved here from the US 4 1/2 years ago we live in rural town in northern Victoria and she is yet to see a snake .
I love Magpies!!!!
@@elizabethpilarski1076 I love magpies too, but they scare the hell out of me when they attack me while I'm riding my bike.
@@ceevio_art I'm a pedestrian so I hear them coming 😉
Birds don't scare me
Magpies are cool. it's the Plovers you have to watch out for.
Blue ringed octopus. We find them in Sth Aust lots of times down at the beach around rock pools. You really need to avoid those little buggers!
I'm the same, I would have loved to go to Australia but the snakes and creepy crawlers put me off. Well done Natasha and Debbie.
Don't be put off .Most city dwelling Aussies have never seen a snake in the wild unless it was warming itself on the road while they were driving.
These clips are clickbait. Always remember that. How many tourists do you hear or read about dying in Australia? Generally it will be the ones who don't heed warnings like swimming in far north Australia where crocs live. Germans have 'featured' on the list and why signs have Achtung on them. Warning. It's where common sense isn't used and tourists don't seek or heed local advice/knowledge.
There's more than one species of taipan. The most venomous snake in the world is the inland taipan, but it hardly ever encounters humans. The coastal taipan is marginally less venomous, but in practical terms it's more dangerous to humans because it's found in areas close to where people live.
Most people (including kids) are taught here (in Australia) to treat and manage snake bites until medical help can arrive. Snakes are also protected here, and as others have commented, most bites are *usually* people pursuing the snake to catch or kill it. Anti venom is also readily available across the country, so these factors all lead to very very few deaths from snake bites in Australia.
I know this might not comfort you a lot, but there is a lot of education that comes through first aid courses etc that *always* include wrapping a snake bite and treating the wound and person ❤️
Hi Natasha and Debbie, although there are lots of dangerous and venomous animals in Australia (in addition to having the most venomous snake, we actually have 7 of the 10 most venomous snakes in the world), the risk is often overstated. Between 2001 and 2017, there were 541 animal-related deaths in Australia (so, 32 per year), which is actually less than the rate in USA (201 per year). The rate per population is about twice as high in Australia as USA (1.25 vs 0.61 per million per year). You might be surprised to learn that many of the deadliest animals in Australia (by rate of death) were not mentioned in the video. These are horses (10 per year), cattle (5 per year), kangaroos (2 per year - all as a result of vehicle accidents, like deer in USA) and bees (2 per year). Of the ones that were mentioned in the video, the rates for snakes is 2 per year, sharks, 1.5 per year and crocodiles, 1.2 per year. Of course, if you include humans as an animal, humans are by far the deadliest animal in both countries, with homicides rates of 9 and 65 per million per year in Australia and USA, respectively. Therefore, you are 52 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are to be killed by an animal in Australia.
There are lots of snakes in Australia but it is fairly uncommon to see them, especially in the cities. They really do usually try to avoid humans. I think the inland taipan might be an exception. If you go into the bush a lot, you will see them occasionally, but if you leave them alone, you will be fine. Most bites occur when people try to handle or kill them. In the last year, I don't remember seeing a snake. However, I did get Ross River fever from a mosquito bite (which caused a relatively mild illness with a short-lived rash, fever and lethargy, followed by joint pains for a couple of weeks), and was stung by a bee and a march fly.
Damn! Now THAT'S a reaction. Don't worry Natasha, it's been over 5 years since I've seen a snake down here.
5 years is NOT long enough!!!! 😢😢
In my teenage years, in the south-east, I did a lot of fishing (in rivers), bushwalking and bush camping. I typically saw tiger snakes a couple of times a year. Each time they were moving away from us as quickly as they could. I never knew anyone to be bitten by one or even to be threatened by one.
F#$ck around and find out mentality keeps us alive, Pretty sure Americans are the same!
Very true
As for snakes, I’ve so far only seen the Red Bellied Black Snake and saw about 4 of them along a footpath near a local park. One of which had its head poking out from under a concrete path. They’re cool though. This particular type tends to just keep to themselves and won’t actively chase you, like an eastern brown snake will!
First thing to remeber. We have a lot of deadly animals and always have. And because of that. We have a lot of ways to help or prevent attacks.
But Yep. Snakes are pretty common. Not in the city. But in the suburbs they’re around
Red backs also super common. Inside houses and out
Funnel webs don’t come inside often but are around.
Your Black widow spider is a close relative of our Red back spider!!
1:51 I had a big snake in my wall Australia it’s lovely down here
Around the East coast of NSW, you'll mostly come across red back spiders, funnel web spiders and brown snakes. I'd also add cassowaries to the list , a very deadly bird if you venture into their territory
We have Bull sharks in the rivers in australia.
I have just moved to QLD, I live right next to a creek and I know for a fact there are snakes there. I know because I was cleaning the fenceline n found snakeproof mesh along the bottom of the fence. Ive lived in areas where i do know there are snakes but havent had the pleasure but I do have 3 cats which im locking up because i cant risk them being taken.
Ive had redbacks run across my feet. They arent aggressive unless they are protecting a sac. I dont muck around with them and i never let grass grow too tall because they are ground dwellers and love to throw a web out through the tall grass.
I live in the country and snakes are pretty common.
This week I have seen two pythons. These are not venomous but they are huge, often about 2 metres long. They are great for catching rats and mice but will also swallow chickens whole.
A couple of months ago a friend was bitten by an Eastern Small-eye snake on my property. These are not as venomous as browns or Tigers. But can still cause some issues if you don't get antivenom.
But, when you grow up with snakes you know how to avoid them,
In the Winter the snakes are usually hibernating so you see less of them.
In Summer I keep the lawn mowed really short so snakes are more visible, they love long grass.
You also avoid piles of tin, sticks and firewood as these are perfect habitat for snakes.
You also take a torch outside at night, I've encountered many snakes on the grass in the dark.
Most snakes only bite as a defense against attack. So if you leave them alone they will quickly slither away.
If you accidently step on a snake and it bites you, it is often what is known as a dry bite. This means the snake was taken by surprise and didn't have time to work up any venom.
I have personally stepped, bare-foot on two snakes in my life. One was a blue bellied black snake which is pretty venomous and the other time a small eye snake (only mildly venomous)
Both times the snake just took off really quickly.
Most people bitten by snakes are men and usually they are trying to catch or kill the snake.
You are not allowed to kill snakes here, they are protected species.
Once you hit a snake or try to catch it, you really annoy that snake and it produces heaps of venom so the bites are more deadly.
If you are bitten by a deadly snake you only have about 20 minutes to get to a hospital. Which is pretty hard when you live in rural parts of Australia. Most country people know the first aid for snake bites, it's taught in a lot of schools.
We also have funnel web spiders and red back spiders here.
Yes! Definitely check your shoes, I found a funnel web in my son's shoe once.
Spiders are pretty easy to avoid if you know where they usually live.
My jack russell has caught heaps of snakes eventually he’ll get to slow and pay the price I guess
I'm From australia and the redback spiders are everywhere like in shoes draws garages and attics.
You can do a Top 10 list just of deadliest snakes in Australia, we have 9 of the worlds top 10 deadliest and 15 of the top 20, but they aren't common in cities and are afraid of people.
As for the Sydney Funnelweb, its only found in the area around Sydney. Come to Victoria instead
They are incredibly common every house you rent or buy you will atleast find 2 or 3.
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in history because they carry the maleria disease and infest underdeveloped countries that don't have access to treatment. The video said the Box Jellyfish was the most venomous animal in the world. There is a difference. Also the Inland Taipan is the most venomous land snake.
I personally knew three people killed by white pointers. The risks are low - but misunderstood. The risk is obviously higher if a) you swim a lot b) swim in shark infested waters.
Snakes are pretty uncommon even in towns, especially in the southm just avoid walking through long grass.
A far greater threat that he didn't cover, probably because its rarely deadly is the common magpie.
They're terrifying in Swooping Season.
When my mum was a kid in the 60's, she used to secretly breed Red Back Spiders in a fishtank, milk their venom and donate it to the CSIRO.. it helped in research and making anti-venom. Saved a lot of lives.
But when my grandma found out about it, she lost her mind and torched the tank 😭
There's a nice vid on the UA-cam of a Kookaburra picking on a snake, but I won't direct you to it.
But them Kookaburras, they cheeky buggers, and they do kill and eat snakes.
People don't get that the chances of coming across these deadly animals are astronomical. More people die in Australia in traffic accidents, diseases/illnesses, and even alcohol-fueled violence such as being king-hit.
Shouldn't laugh but was creased up when we got to no. 2 and Debbie said she would protect natasha from it and natasha said I'll throw you at it!!! Love you two you are so funny x
The answer by Brett was a very good one. I concur.
On your visit, if you are going to cities, beaches, tourist areas, there is an extremely low probability you will seen any snake in the wild at all.
Numbers.... I am 57, and born here. Worked in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Mildura, Howqua and Lakes Entrance.
My life experience includes bushwalking (hiking) in remote and very remote areas. I've taught at an outdoor education campus, and also
done some service in the Australian Army. I've seen snakes in the wild about three times. All three were non confrontational as I saw them at some distance
and they moved away. I saw a brown snake while jogging along a cliff top at Anglesea, and the biggest I saw was an enormous black snake on moving across a road
while cycling in western (ish) Tasmania. I saw another from a distance while bushwalking. Not many contacts over a pretty long period of time.
Routine advice
1) Being scared is good because keeping your eyes open is good. Some people accidently step on them. Looking ahead on the track is simple but extremely useful
2) If you are in a bush area, hiking boots are a good idea. (in heavy vegetation you can also add gaitors)
3) No harm in carrying a couple of roller bandages and doing 5 minutes training on using them. ( I do)
4) Enjoy yourself ! Snake bite here is rare/very rare. Ambulance response and anti-venin access is pretty good if the worst comes to the worst.
Of psychological help but also true..... even if bitten, they do not always inject venom. Sometimes the bite is like a warning-shot by the animal and also sometimes if they have hunted/eaten recently their venom reserves might be lower than normal. If they see or hear you they will avoid you.
I'm Australian and I have a phobia of spiders, so I understand your fear of snakes. You mainly see snakes in the rural country or you live behind a bush land area. You are more going to come across the spiders in all aspects of Australia being in the city or being in the rural country. My advice, Just ask the questions to the locals of were you at visiting and read the signs at beaches when your here
The Red Back is part of the Black Widow family
In all seriousness, Australia isn't nearly as dangerous as people like to make it out to be. Yes, we have the most venomous snakes and spiders, and the like - but I'm 56 and lived in Australia my whole life. I have seen a handful of redback spiders, one funnel-web spider, and one or two snakes in my life. The only one that really concerns me is brown snakes, and that's only because we live near a golf course and have a dog that would try to play with a snake. Brown snakes* are about the only critters on that list that live around people (which is why they're responsible for the most deaths). Most of these animals either live out in the bush or would much rather run away.
* Red-back spiders are also pretty common - they have a tendency to get into anywhere dark and dry, like inside sheds and garages, and inside logs & under rocks in gardens. You just don't shove your hands where you can't see.
Just this year we havexhad three of dour snakes here at our house. I have been bitten by a redback and it was a deeply unpleasant experience
They didn’t mention the cassowary! Wtf! We are terrified of that bird!
i spent a couple years in Australia, and have personally seen a red vellied balack snake ( it had something in its mouth), an eastern brown snake in Melbourne, a death adder whie up in Queensland, and an inland taipan, which is rhe inly one that really scared me, but as i did not do anything to it, it just went by me. I also handled, with gloves, many funnel web spiders as i think they look quite awesome. By the way, mosquito's spread malaria, which is why they are considered dangerous.
I'm australian and not well travelled in australia and i've seen all of them and most of them were seen in cities (barring the box jelly) so yeah city or country there every where, Australia is home to 20 of the 25 most venomous snakes in the world, including all of the top 11. The most scary aussie animal for me is the maggie in swooping season, they're vicious have really good memory and will chase you for miles.... like every day in summer i saw multiple snakes and where i live isnt exactly a snake mecca
In the Terry Pratchett novel, "The Last Continent" which is largely set in a fictionalised version of Australia, Death asks his (magic) library for a list of the deadliest animals, and needs ten minutes to get from the mountain of paper. He then asks for a list of the least dangerous animals. This is that list! "Some Of The Sheep!"
I'm a 53 year old Adelaidian and really haven't encountered too many of the animals on that list. Adelaide (the capital city of the state of South Australia) is a small city with the suburbs bieng almost rural in location, even those close to the city. The distance from the beach to the Adelaide Hills, with the city of Adelaide in between, is approximately 22km (14 miles), so in the Eastern, Northern and Southern suburbs it is not all that uncommon for the more adventurous wildlife to find it's way into the populated areas.
Spiders are a bit different than other land-based animals in that they can be found anywhere the climate allows. I had a Redback Spider on the back of my hand when I was about 14. I didn't panic, just shook it off and continued helping with tidying up the yard of our Eastern suburbs house. It's probably the same in the US, but spiders don't seem to bite unless heavily provoked...
When we first moved into that house (around 1lm from the hills but still in the main suburban area), me and my grandfather were in the back yard and encountered both a brown snake and a red-belly black snake within two minutes of each other. A strategically placed shovel blade with substantial pressure applied alleviated the possible threat.
The redback spider - I have a story. :) When my family moved into a rental home, the backyard shed was full of a colony of redback spiders. My mum asked if there were any daddy longleg spiders, and we found some under the house and put them in the shed. In two weeks, no redback spiders. The daddy longlegs ate them. Daddy longleg spiders are not poisonous to humans. Handy to know.
Yep, if you live in the West you try not to kill the old daddy long legs for that exact reason.
I visited Australia many, many years ago, and turing that trip paid a visit to the Zig Zag railway, which is to the west of Sydney. Whilst walking around the attraction, I came across a brown snake just off to the side of one of the paths. I pointed it out to one of the guys operating the trains, and he just said, with typical Aussie nonchalance " he'll be 'right as long as you don't disturb him." Needless to say, I didn't disturb him!
that was only the top 10 deadly things, while not deadly, look at the Red Belly Black Snake and also the White-Tailed Spider and the funnel web spider, be careful of Kangaroos particularly the male ones, if riled they fight balancing on their tails and using their "back" legs to gut their opponent. We also have Bull sharks. We used to live around 30kms from Sydney CBD, frequently seen snakes in particularly the red belly black. Oh, and be careful walking in the suburban/urban areas, in mating season Magpies will swoop you (without any form of noise until you hear the flap of their wings and then it's a matter of a quick duck and run) and have been known to inflict serious cuts to people's heads, bike riders can be seen riding with cable ties on their helmets to deter the birds.
Hi Natasha and Debbie!
I grew up near bushland on the outskirts of Sydney. We once had a funnel web spider on the front steps and a red-bellied black snake near our side fence.
I also worked in rural and remote areas across NSW and QLD for 15 years running school camps. In that time I saw a redback spider, a few whitetail spiders, plenty of non-venomous spiders, 4 snakes (2 carpet pythons and 2 brown snakes) and some bull sharks.
When I worked in Far North QLD I saw plenty of croc warning signs but no actual crocs.
As a general rule we assume all spiders, snakes etc are dangerous unless proven otherwise, and we leave them alone.
I lived in a Coastal community for 25 years and never got into the ocean the whole time. It wasn't just the thought of sharks, it was my phobia of not being able to see what was beneath me. I have the same fear about any body of water.
Me too
I have been bitten by a redback and im still here to tell the tale
I live in rural SE NSW Australia 5km out of town and generally see between two and ten snakes around the house (2.5 acre property) during the warmer months. Red Bellied Black and Eastern Brown snakes. I have small house dogs and check the yard every time before letting them out (several times a day), which may be why I see more than most commenters. I've also learned to recognise when the dogs have become a little too interested in something on the ground and that came into use on one occasion as a Brown snake moved through the carport and through a chicken wire fence very closely monitored by one of the dogs.
The worst instance was a 3m King Brown snake that all six dogs had surrounded while I was out weeding. From a distance it looked like a branch had broken off a tree nearby and fallen to the ground with its broken end raised up, but it was a very large snake in its defensive posture. I ran over yelling and waving frantically to get between it and the dogs, which was extremely dumb, and then headed back through the yard gate towards the house calling the dogs with me. My main concern at that point was that one dog might get bitten as the others came away but we were fortunate. I'm sure it was the number of dogs together that caused the snake to not go for any of them. By the time I'd gotten the dogs inside the snake had vanished. Had it wanted to, it could easily have outrun me and a couple of the older dogs.
As others have said, most snakes will avoid confrontation if at all possible. Just give them space and they will usually leave you alone. Not always possible though if pets are involved.
I was also stung by the box jellyfish in 1975 (in Queensland) and we just used vinegar on the tentacles to release them from the skin, keep applying to ease the pain, not a big deal if you dont mind a little pain and a few scars!
As an Australian that knows Australian wildlife... This list feels very random. Idk who made it but I feel like they just grabbed a bunch of random animals and put them on this list
There are plenty of brown snakes and red belly black snakes around my area where I live! I have killed about 3 browns in my time .
I live in the northern rivers, NSW, we live in the rainforest and we have had 5 snakes in our front yard in the last week. 3 were red bellied black snakes and 2 eastern brown snakes. We have also had Bandy bandy snakes, rough scaled, green and brown tree snakes, tiger snakes and of course pythons . If you see one just stay calm and still, the snake won’t see you as a threat and they will move on, hopefully.
Hey Natasha 😊I'm an Australian carpenter who works on old buildings a lot of the time out of towns and I've seen two or three snakes in the last few years😅. Most snakes would rather avoid human contact. Aussies up north don't get stung by box jelly fish because a lot of people wear full body swim suits and booties and gloves. Not the coolest look but a lot cooler than a sting😅
I live in middle suburbia in Perth WA, never worried about snakes unless walking through bushland or wooded areas.
Spider, especially red back hell yes when moving things in backyards that have been there a while.
But if living in rural areas yeah they are around. I did encounter a 200mm centipede at Exmouth in north west WA at hotel stair base, U-turn and went up other stairs, a bite would be excruciating pain.
Had a brown snakes in babies nursery couple of years ago, my daughter just put it in a box and walked it across the road to the creek. We have them often in the garden as long as you leave them alone they won’t attack you. I live in a beautiful semi rural area and we have lots of snakes. Red backs very common here in SA , SA also has a large population of great White sharks. Also a child was killed by a croc last week.
The stone fish has a face that only a mother could love.😂🏴👍
Had a diamond python for a pet for many years. The snake was quite happy to just do its own thing and usually stayed in and around the large fish tank we had converted into a home for him. When we first got him, he was about 30 cm's/one foot long. When he expired, many years later, he was 175 cm's/ five feet nine inches? (not sure in the imperial scale). We gave the gentle natured animal a fitting name after he got trapped behind the fireplace which had to be dismantled to extract him. Ashley. I still have one of the last totally intact skin's he would shed every now and then as he grew in length and girth.
I am a Canadian, I had a working visa for Australia oh so many years ago for 10 months. I didn’t get to Western Australia or Tasmania. I worked on the Contiki resort on Long Island for 6 of those months. Only once I encountered a dangerous snake, I woke it up & got it out of the room as I was working in housekeeping. One of the gardeners killed it, I was told it was a Death Adder & the Flying Doctors wouldn’t have reached me in time. I wasn’t scared of it & other than the crocodile on the bus tour in the outback, & the many cane toads, the snake was the deadliest I got close to.
I live on a creek bisected few acres. We try to reestablish “Land for Wildlife”. In the past 40 years I have played host to the carpet python max. 4 m( 13 feet)lives in my shed and keeps rests and possums away.Have seen 1 brown and a couple of red bellied black snakes. Just make noise as you walk around and they keep
Away. With the encroach of suburbia I find more animals moving in .
😂😂😂 I loved Natasha's reaction. Good job on the video. when I was at school the class had a pet UK grass snake, one day my friends bet me I wouldn't put the snakes tail in my mouth for 5 seconds . I always win bets