Caution Deadly

Australia is home to many of the deadliest species of animals on the planet. There are 36 species of poisonous funnel-web spiders in eastern Australia. 

The Red-Back Spider is so famous they even have their own song (to hear it click the song title above picture) about the Red-Back spider which is pictured below:

Redback On The Toilet Seat

There are also 20 types of venomous snakes.  The Inland Taipan, which attacks without warning and bites repeatedly, killing its victim in minutes, is the #1 deadliest in the world.  

The #2 deadliest is the Brown Snake.  They are responsible for being most snake-related fatalities in Australia because they live close to humans.  

The Australian Saltwater Crocodile can sense the presence of their prey through changes in water pressure, vision & hearing.  It is also the heaviest reptile alive. 

The Australian Box Jellyfish is also know as the sea wasp or sea stinger.  It can have up to 60 tentacles each being 15 feet long!  Each tentacle has 5,00 stinging cells.  

"Here's Brucey". Great White Sharks, the ocean's most feared predator, are found on all coasts of Australia & throughout the World.  The Great White is grey in color from the top, and white underneath.

Australia has more that 160 species of shark which make up nearly half of the worlds species.  Most of these are not threatening to humans.