And we thought Australian media is pretty bad ....

[SnakeyTroy]

I am speechless!

 

[AllThingsReptile]

seriously!?

i actually wish one of the team had gotten bitten, and they went to the hospital, only to be told they were bitten by a carpet python :lol:

 

[MathewB]

Its the SUN!!!!! Its not meant to be taken seriously.....surely some of you know the paper...

I know it...

 

[Nighthawk]

Oh for the love of...

What's the betting that it was an Aussie that told them it was a Death Adder?

I'd say so. This smacks of telling tourists you need a passport to get from the north to the south island in NZ, and that wekas are kiwis, and that sandflies are endangered.
I know I've had my fair share of "Watch out for drop-bears" and "Everything here is poisonous and out to get you" lmao