Oh you're saying most Australian snakes aren't deadly? I wonder if you'll be thinking the same after getting bitten by a brown snake or taipan or tiger snake. Take your pick. And yes hippos are deadly, but you're not likely to find a hippo in your house.!!!
Reading comprehension= fail.. For the 20th time lol I never said that Australian snakes arent deadly or that australia doesn't have deadly animals. I've said that theirs no proof that Australian snakes are the most venomous to humans and that Australian snakes are kind of overrated in comparison to snakes elsewhere.[ particularly Asia] I also said that Australia has less deadly animals overall by far than Africa and Asia and imo less than North America aswell. And no I wouldn't be debating on a forum after I got bitten by a taipan or a brown.. I would be getting my *** to a hospital as fast as possible just as you would if you were bitten by a krait or a russells viper.
but you're not likely to find a hippo in your house. While in Australia I've had 2 deadly snakes in my house... And I've only been here for 6 months!!!
Lol and what? People in Africa and Asia never see venomous snakes up close or they never encounter them.. How do you explain the 15,000 deaths in India each year than?
No, he's saying because we aren't tribal people wandering around barefoot with no medical assistance and getting picked off by lions, buffalo and hippos we're blowing the deadliness of some of our native animals out of perspective :lol: :lol:
Personally I think America has the deadliest things to humans! They're called Burger King, Funions, Twinkies, Coke & McDonalds!! Those pussy Lions and leopards don't hold a candle to those giant killers!! :lol:
They do this in India?? Lol.. I have already stated a few times that you cant compare a third world country to Australia[ even through many parts of India arent 3rd world].. Of course this would be a flawed comparison.. But still the fact remains. Australia has almost ZERO dangerous large potentially land dwelling animals other than the crocodile. Now think of Asia and Africa and North America. Then you have all those quote on quote "deadly marine animals" that kill like 5 people every 30 years and this somehow makes australia a land where everyone needs to watch out for dangerous animals? Even looking at the snakes AMERICA has more snakebite deaths per year than Australia. Of course America has a MUCH larger total population but most of the deaths occur in the much less populated southern part of America anyway. And in australia their are more venomous snakes and they are more closely associated with human settlements and they are protected by law where as in America they are unfortunately killed by morons all the time and arent protected.
You guys also have the spiders.. but other countries have similar spiders[ of course not the funnel webs but their not deadly anyway remember! Because they didnt score high at all on the beloved mice test
So they must not badly affect humans and primates aswell!! ] And plus, all kidding aside other countries/continents have similar animals. India has the nasty red scorpion and various other countries/continents have nasty types of scorpions that cause alot more deaths than venomous spiders anywhere do.
And how exactly would walking barefoot and getting medical assistence really save you from a lion or hippo or elephant attack?? If those animals want you dead chances are you are dead or seriously hurt no matter if you get the best medical care in the history of the planet. Not comparable to a venomous animal.
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MMA FAN .....You never answered my question what have done with Australian venomous Snakes?
Cement...I know a few snake handlers that use grump 6 to 8 ft Coastal Taipans in shows (myself included)
Inlands are not always placid.....
Cheers,
Scott
Nothing as they are extremely hard/impossible to get outside of Australia.. Secondly I wouldnt want to even if I could as I dont risk my life keeping such animals as pets... Not my thing and I would prefer to just study venom and get/read as much information on it as I possibly can. You dont have to own/handle snakes often to know alot about them/ and snake venom.
And I dont doubt at all that the coastal[ or papuan] taipans are probably top 3 hardest snakes to handle.. They are quite agile and alert snakes with a very high metabolism and would be a nightmare to handle one. I also think that they [taipans] are a top 3 and maybe number 1 most venomous snake to humans[ as I stated multiple times on the other thread] of course I can only guess because their is no test on humans for obvious reasons.
Aren't coastals rather uncommon in Australia? I know they are very common in some areas of papua new guinea[ the papuan type] but I have heard that they are pretty rare/hard to find in Australia.. Which seems strange to me as they arent affected by the cane toad and I would think that because of the relative decreasing of some snakes due to the cane toad that the taipans would become more common.
