13 SCARIEST AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

Planning a trip to Australia? - Don't leave before reading this.

BEWARE OF THESE CREATURES:

Crocodiles, White Sharks, Blue-Ringed Octopus,
Sydney Funnel Web Spider, Red Back Spider, Brown Huntsman Spider
Taipan Snake, Australian Brown Snake,
Stone Fish, Box Jellyfish, Irukandji Jellyfish
And, believe it or not, Kangaroos and Cassowary (Blue Ostrich).  They only look harmless. 


Any encounter with these animals can really ruin your day. 

 

Brown snake - It's the world’s second most deadly land snake, after the Taipan, and it packs an incredibly powerful neurotoxin/coagulant mix. Not only will it happily kill you, but they’re difficult to identify because “brown” doesn’t really begin to cover it.

 

Taipan snake - The inland Taipan has the most toxic venom of any land snake in the world, though some sea snakes are worse. It can grow to 12 feet in length. You can't miss it.  

 

Cassowary Blue Ostrich - You annoy them in the slightest, and they will bring the fury, and try and kill you in the most vicious way possible, going for you with mammoth razor sharp claws.

 

Blue-ringed Octopus - this gorgeous animal  is the world’s most venomous animal. There is no antivenom to his bite, which causes paralysis and the inability to breathe, leading to a heart attack from lack of oxygen.

 

Kangaroos - You annoy a mother kangaroo, don’t be surprised if she disembowels you with those claws in a kick. Everyone thinks kangaroos are so sweet and fuzzy. Well, they are, and that’s why they’re on this list, because you don’t expect them to attack you.

Read more and see pictures of these and other creatures on the list here - 
http://brainz.org/13-scariest-australian-animals/

Link to this post - http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/07/13-scariest-australian-animals.html