Comments on: 9 Dangerous Animals of Australia

By: Mhor

Mhor — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:22:36 +0000

I live in Queensland, even lived in North Queensland for a 7 years. While I never took vinegar to the beach with me – it was supplied by the council/life savers. You will usually find a bottle in a specially marked cyclinder on the beach for anyone to use.

All it does is neutralise the stingers that may still be on your body, so you don’t get re-stung – it DOESN’T stop the toxin that has already entered your body – so you need to get medical help straight away.

And yes I have been stung by stingers at least 4 times (not any of the deadly ones obviously).

Realistically wearing a stinger suit or NOT swimming during stinger season (between November and May) is the only thing to keep you safe and neither are foolproof.

By: ireti

ireti — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:52:00 +0000

i love this wedsite it helped me with my eassy

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:07:00 +0000

Those drop bears’ll get ya!

I live in Australia with all these dangerous animals and I am still afraid of cockroaches?

By: GTT

GTT — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:47:00 +0000

@ ANNE AUSSIE: any tips for a nice, romantic (not extremely expensive) hotels near Cairns??

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:49:00 +0000

The pedipalps (appendage behind the head – I had to look this up) on that spider are so long I thought it had 10 legs. And a 10-legged spider is 20% more scary than an 8-legged spider.

By: Anne Aussie

Anne Aussie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:40:00 +0000

Oh the irony! A blonde woman from Kentucky posting about Australian wildlife…

And liz – if you ever come to Queensland, you’ll find that most of the beaches have emergency bottles of vinegar on them. And all surf living patrols carry it during the stinger season.

By: MissMortimer

MissMortimer — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:04:00 +0000

Liz, I’ve heard of crocs being called salties but not particularly often. And here in WA I have never seen anyone take vinegar with them to the beach, unless it was to spruce up their fish n chips.

I have seen a drop bear though. It was hangin with a bunyip.

By: liz

liz — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:07:00 +0000

nice article. you should all come visit australia though i’m pretty sure i’ve heard of crocs referred to as ’salties’.

i’ve heard that peeing on a sting doesn’t really do anything. you probably need the vinegar… however, i’ve never heard of people bringing vinegar to the beach either.

i’m probably doing my fellow aussies a disservice by not knowing anything about this stuff. haha

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:22:00 +0000

jelly fish may be poisonous but they’re also pretty tasty. mmmm
doesn’t peeingon the stinger also de-venom it if you are so unlucky as to have forgotten your vinegar?
of course, nothign says fun day at the beach like being peed on by people, but then again you ARE right next to water and can go wash it off. yuck.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:17:00 +0000

The claim of “deadliest” snake is very subjective. While the taipan’s venom is powerful enough to kill 100 men, the krait is known as the “two-step” because that’s how far you’ll get if you’re bitten.

And you left out the Tasmanian Devil! The real one isn’t deadly, but it is nasty.