Australia never ceases to amaze me

[Gref]

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...christmas-tree

After that mouse carrying spider, Australia (hopefully) closes the year with another merry story.

Sweet mother of God How the hell do you people live there? These news about Australia are second best to Florida man I think or sometimes even better. I wouldn't even realize that thing with all the ornaments.

[Wyrt]

They think that Sprite is lemonade. I don't think they will ever make sense to anyone else.

[Mormolyce]

Hate to break with our national tradition of exaggerating how deadly Australia is, but our reputation is a little undeserved.

In Australia there are about 3,000 snake bites per year, of which 200 to 500 receive antivenom; on average one or two will prove fatal.

http://www.anaesthesia.med.usyd.edu....snakebite.html

If you look through the list it's mostly very old or very young people out in the country or remote areas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_in_Australia

P.S. I once read something about the number one risk category for snake bites in Australia. "Being a professional snake handler".

P.P.S. Check out the list of deaths by animal in Australia (10 year period 2000-2010):


http://www.ncis.org.au/wp-content/up...aths-final.pdf

http://www.australiangeographic.com....-in-australia/

Those damn murderous Aussie horses.

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They think that Sprite is lemonade. I don't think they will ever make sense to anyone else.

I think your definition of "lemonade" is what Australians would call "lemon squash" or something. The terms are a bit interchangeable though.

[Radio]

Michigan, on the other hand, uses antivenom for snake bites like five times per year and I'm not sure there has ever been a death caused by a native snake species inside the state.

I think that his point is that places like South America and Africa are probably much much worse.

[Mormolyce]

Michigan, on the other hand, uses antivenom for snake bites like five times per year and I'm not sure there has ever been a death caused by a native snake species inside the state.

I've always wanted to find proper stats on US snake bites, this is the best I can see:

Fewer than one in 37,500 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year (7-8,000 bites per year), and only one in 50 million people will die from snakebite (5-6 fatalities per year).

http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/venom...ake_faqs.shtml

13 times the population, about triple-ish the number of deaths. But with numbers so low, I don't know if you can really extrapolate. I imagine it's more based on the number of people living in rural areas close to snake habitats and far from quick medical assistance anyway.

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I think that his point is that places like South America and Africa are probably much much worse.

My point was that Australian horses are vicious monsters.

[Wyrt]

Hate to break with our national tradition of exaggerating how deadly Australia is, but our reputation is a little undeserved.


http://www.anaesthesia.med.usyd.edu....snakebite.html

If you look through the list it's mostly very old or very young people out in the country or remote areas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_in_Australia

P.S. I once read something about the number one risk category for snake bites in Australia. "Being a professional snake handler".

P.P.S. Check out the list of deaths by animal in Australia (10 year period 2000-2010):


http://www.ncis.org.au/wp-content/up...aths-final.pdf

http://www.australiangeographic.com....-in-australia/

Those damn murderous Aussie horses.

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I think your definition of "lemonade" is what Australians would call "lemon squash" or something. The terms are a bit interchangeable though.

What are Aussie men doing that 85% of deaths from kangaroos, bees, crocodiles, snakes, and sharks are male?

[Radio]

My point was that Australian horses are vicious monsters.

Can't get anti-venom for a hoof in the face.

[Mormolyce]

What are Aussie men doing that 85% of deaths from kangaroos, bees, crocodiles, snakes, and sharks are male?

Just can't turn down a challenge I guess.

[Volardelis]

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...christmas-tree

After that mouse carrying spider, Australia (hopefully) closes the year with another merry story.

Sweet mother of God How the hell do you people live there? These news about Australia are second best to Florida man I think or sometimes even better. I wouldn't even realize that thing with all the ornaments.

Quite nice, since we don't have to worry about Trump 'accidentally' pressing the Nuke button instead of his tweet button

[Mormolyce]

It's more that Australia has like seven of the ten most venomous snakes in the world, depending on how you count various sea snakes. It has at least half regardless. Given that many of our venomous snakes are rattlesnakes, that also immediately tells even stupid idiots who shouldn't go more than 10 feet from civilization unsupervised that the snake is venomous and not to be messed with.

Thing is, snake bites aren't very likely to kill you in most Western nations due to excellent antivenom policies.

P.S. Guess what other Australian native animal is venomous?

Effect on humans
Although powerful enough to paralyze smaller animals,[4] the venom is not lethal to humans. However, it produces excruciating pain that may be intense enough to incapacitate the victim. Swelling rapidly develops around the entry wound and gradually spreads outward. Information obtained from case studies shows that the pain develops into a long-lasting hyperalgesia that can persist for months but usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks.[5][9] A clinical report from 1992 showed that the severe pain was persistent and did not respond to morphine.

In 1991, Keith Payne, a former member of the Australian Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross (Australia's highest award for valour) was struck on the hand by a platypus spur, while trying to rescue the stranded animal. He described the pain as worse than being struck by shrapnel. One month later he was still experiencing pain in that hand. In 2006, Payne reported discomfort and stiffness when carrying out some physical activities, such as using a hammer.

There have been no reported human fatalities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus_venom

Add that to the horses, dogs and kangaroos "don't fuck with them" list :P

[Wyrt]

I'm well aware. It's one of a handful of venomous mammals, with most of the rest being shrews. You also have especially venomous jellyfish, octopi, fish, a dick of a spider that is super toxic to primates for some dumb reason, I believe a variety of particularly venomous marine invertebrates, a fucking venomous bird, the deadliest crocodilian in the world, sharks, and some other shit I probably forgot.

Snails. Deadly venomous snails.

[schwarzkopf]

They think that Sprite is lemonade. I don't think they will ever make sense to anyone else.

Sprite is one kind of lemonade ... which is a kind of soft drink.

[Aggrophobic]

Hate to break with our national tradition of exaggerating how deadly Australia is, but our reputation is a little undeserved.


http://www.anaesthesia.med.usyd.edu....snakebite.html

If you look through the list it's mostly very old or very young people out in the country or remote areas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_in_Australia

P.S. I once read something about the number one risk category for snake bites in Australia. "Being a professional snake handler".

P.P.S. Check out the list of deaths by animal in Australia (10 year period 2000-2010):


http://www.ncis.org.au/wp-content/up...aths-final.pdf

http://www.australiangeographic.com....-in-australia/

Those damn murderous Aussie horses.

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I think your definition of "lemonade" is what Australians would call "lemon squash" or something. The terms are a bit interchangeable though.

Even the bloody kangaroos kill you?
Man, what a harsh place to live in.

[Mormolyce]

I'm well aware. It's one of a handful of venomous mammals, with most of the rest being shrews. You also have especially venomous jellyfish, octopi, fish, a dick of a spider that is super toxic to primates for some dumb reason, I believe a variety of particularly venomous marine invertebrates, a fucking venomous bird, the deadliest crocodilian in the world, sharks, and some other shit I probably forgot.

Sharks and crocs are about even with snakes, 1-2 deaths per year.

I think the blue ring octopus has like 3 recorded deaths, stonefish about one, jellyfish is less than one per year.

The bird... is that the hooded pitohui? Apparently that's found in Papua New Guinea.

Funnel web spider is the one you're thinking of? Well species isn't really important, the last death to spider bite in Australia was in 1979 :P

The fauna makes for great internet lists and bar conversations, but doesn't really affect actual Australians much. Worst thing here IMO is actually roaches, if you're in one of the places that gets them a lot. Thank fuck you don't see a lot in Melbourne (at least where I am). Knock on wood. Mosquitoes and flies are pretty bad in the summer too.

Snails. Deadly venomous snails.

Cone snails zero :P

http://www.bobinoz.com/migration-adv...-about-deaths/

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Even the bloody kangaroos kill you?
Man, what a harsh place to live in.

Well there are more kangaroos than people here :P

They can be aggressive I think, though it's rare.

[Wyrt]

Sprite is one kind of lemonade ... which is a kind of soft drink.

No. Lemonade is lemon juice+water+sugar. It is not a soft drink.

[Fat Mac]

They think that Sprite is lemonade. I don't think they will ever make sense to anyone else.

someone was on reddit yesterday

[Fencers]

The most dangerous place on Earth, truly.

I imagine every moment in Australia to be filled with terror.

[schwarzkopf]

No. Lemonade is lemon juice+water+sugar. It is not a soft drink.

Fun fact: Words in English can have multiple meanings.

I mean - in the US they are really weird, they use the word gas to refer to a liquid

Lemonade is also a soft drink.

[Fat Mac]

No. Lemonade is lemon juice+water+sugar. It is not a soft drink.

what the fuck is juice?

i want some grape drink, baby. water+sugar+purple

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Fun fact: Words in English can have multiple meanings.

I mean - in the US they are really weird, they use the word gas to refer to a liquid

gas is short for gasoline

[Wyrt]

Fun fact: Words in English can have multiple meanings.

I mean - in the US they are really weird, they use the word gas to refer to a liquid

Lemonade is also a soft drink.

Gas is short for gasoline.

And that is lemon soda. How do you expect kids to make lemonade and have lemonade stands?