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Unfortunately, Australia isn’t entirely populated just by friendly locals, cool kangaroos, and cute koalas. The Land Down Under sometimes seems like the most dangerous country on the planet and should be renamed the Land of Nope.
The country largely owes its reputation to its ruthless natural hazards, the dangerous animals that live there, and all the scary things that want to make us yell ‘nope!’ and run away faster than the speed of sound in the opposite direction.
Bored Panda created a list of all the dangers lurking in the Land Down Under to show you just how scary animals in Australia can be. Keep scrolling, share with friends, and upvote your favorite dangerous animals in Australia!
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#1
Roofhanger. Suspended Grey Headed Flying Fox, A Megabat Native To Australia
Batwing is fine and dandy. He dried off and flew away as soon as it was night time. He was not sick, just wet.
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#2
Lizards In Australia
#3
A Gang Of Robber Crabs Invade A Family Picnic In Australia
From enormously big spiders to deadly venomous snakes, ferocious crocodiles, octopuses, and disgustingly overgrown earthworms, the Great Southern Land seems to have it all when it comes to nightmare fuel and creepy crawlies. We can probably all agree that some Australian animals look absolutely terrifying, but how dangerous are they really?
#4
Believe It Or Not, This Is One Of The Least Dangerous Spiders We Have In Australia
This is the huntsman spider, a common friend to be found in houses and garden across Australia. He's harmless really, don't let his large size intimidate you. Huntsmen won't bite humans unless provoked, are not venomous and are actually handy to have around the place, he'll use his speed and agility to keep your cockroach population under control.
Think of the huntsman as a handy pet. Respect his space, let him do his job and he'll look after you well.
logical fallacy 6 years ago
My eldest cat is afraid of even moths. My younger cat though, would have this fellow for breakfast (and procede to throw it up on my pillow).
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Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
This perspective is completely wrong on this one. Whilst huntsman spiders are big they aren’t this big. They generally grow to the size of the palm of your hand and are quite harmless and pretty placid when it comes to spiders. They make great house guests and help keep other insects and spiders numbers down. We had one in our house for about 3 months, we named him Henry and under no circumstances was anyone allowed to kill him. He lived peacefully in our house, rent free until he died of natural causes.
Elizabeth 6 years ago
It might be a small child in the photo, but they probably picked that photo just because it makes the spider look sooo big
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Oathbraker 6 years ago
"speed and agility" Whoa, whoa hang on a minute. You mean to say this is not only a giant spider, but it's a giant and fast spider? Well, who needs to see Australia anyway? Plenty of videos and photos online...
Yba Nhoj 6 years ago
He also watches you when you sleep. Yes, all 8 eyes on you. You're welcome. Goodnight.
Little Wonder 6 years ago
Huntsmen spiders are timid sweeties who don't want to hurt you or even touch you. They're harmless, and very helpful with their insect diet.
comboplush 6 years ago
Unless they fall off a wall and onto your sleeping self. A former flatmate from Australia told me about this incident and I went from "they are somewhat cute" to "nope" before his sentence was finished.
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Zelda Blue 6 years ago
Oh geez you have to have this giant a*s spider around to keep the cockroach population under control??? NO FREAKING WAY!!!!
Karen Klinck 5 years ago
To add to your comfort, there are some cockroaches that can grow to 4 inches. And people keep them as pets. Really. You can actually buy them in pet stores.
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Han 6 years ago
They used to come inside our farmhouse just before a thunderstorm. They'd just sit up high on a wall, disappear once storm passed. Excellent barometer! Never once wrong. But kill them and more come.
Danielle Nyssen 6 years ago
I don't care if it is the least dangerous spider .... If it's bigger than my hand I'm not going near it. 😭😨
Han 6 years ago
They tend to stay up high near roof and if startled will run because they are scared of us. I've picked them up no worries. They are soft and calm. I had a house one called Harry for a year. I answered the door once and forgot he was on my shoulder and the girl screamed and ran haha.
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Shane Chang 6 years ago
"keep your cockroach population under control".... I'd rather have the (read in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson) m*****f*****g roaches.
Gloria Elena Gil 6 years ago
I think I have arachnophobia. Just looking at the picture makes me want to run...
Naomi Scrutton 6 years ago
I had a pet Huntsman that freeroamed in my house. He was only about as big as my palm and ate flying cockroaches (they were a problem in my suburb)
Eva Bryson 6 years ago
Pet Huntsman......flying cockroaches......Nope, not visiting Australia!
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Stephanie Goadsby 3 years ago
I love spiders. It was the "keep your cockroach population under control" part that did it for me. Australia has enough creepy crawlies as it is without wording this as though having cockroaches is just assumed. *shudder*
X ElectricReaper X 5 years ago (edited)
I mean, as long it STAYS THE HELL OFF AND AWAY FROM ME, i'll be okay.
Jim Ellington 5 years ago
All spiders are venomous, even the ones who for one reason or the other can't/won't bite you. The purpose of fangs is to inject venom.
Klaudiia Sherbatzky 6 years ago
No no no no no no!!!!!! I would die ! I live in Austria and we don´t have animals like that and I am soooo happy about it because when I would see a spider like that I would faint.
David Deremo 5 years ago
Um..... Might I suggest that you not render yourself unconscious as a result of fainting..... Chances are that if the Huntsman were particularly famished, he may use the opportunity to sink them fangs straight through an eyelid for a quick snack, ruining an otherwise very promising modeling and acting career.
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We have these in Florida. I know because I had one in my house last year. My cat was meowing incessantly and staring up at my ceiling so I looked up to where he was gazing and there was a spider the size of my entire hand. Scooped him into a large cup and took him outside.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
I would have moved and bought all new furniture, clothes, appliances, food, etc.
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Jeanne Marais 4 years ago
What? Of course they’re venomous what r u on about. Just because the venom won’t kill you or make you sick doesn’t mean it’s not there. I get saying it’s not venomous if the venom has absolutely no effect, especially since literally all spiders produce some sort of venom. But huntsman venom still hurts a crap ton lol, it’s not nothing.
youshouldseemeinacrown 4 years ago
I'm pretty sure almost every house in Australia has a harry the huntsman lol
Alyssa Wright 5 years ago
Any spider bigger than a cat is not allowed to live on earth. Thanks!
Elizabeth Gardner 5 years ago
All Huntsman are Females of that size ranging from Grey to brown. The males when mating have to be very fast if not he is in trouble. They are terrified by the females, and will mate and then move quickly if he is not fast enough she will eat him.
Elizabeth Gardner 5 years ago
The males are quite small and black and not seen around very often
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mcsa student 6 years ago
time to break down and cry in pure terror. p.s. severe arachnophobia here...
Elizabeth Scarborough 6 years ago
I have relatives in Australia, these suckers get into your car and house. One time there was one on top of the sun visor. Pulled it down whilst driving and it dropped on their lap. No thank you! Another time there was one lingering on the ceiling and would move from room to room.
Zsuzsanna Szucs 6 years ago
That's the biggest NOPE I ever seen in my life... Greetings from Canada :)
glowworm2 6 years ago
Exactly. Maybe a little startling at first by how big it is--but definitely a big friend.
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Verona Bingham 2 years ago
Huntsmen are not dangerous nor are they poisonous, But l'm 62yrs old and l have Never seen a Huntsman this big, my first thought was someone's using an Al machine to try & scare people.? Just a guess after the visual effect.lol
CHRISTY SMITH 2 years ago
F**k that, I would prefer to find a different way to kill any and all cockroaches. I would be paralyzed with fear if I came anywhere near this beast.
Donkey Pandaaaaaaaa 3 years ago
Aaaahhhhhh why did I click on this post I’m arachnophobic oh I regret this now help
integral investigation 4 years ago
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Valerie Ward 5 years ago
Holy C**p! I don't know if I will ever be visiting Australia..it is just too weird for me.... living here in the States!
Karen Klinck 5 years ago
All spiders are venomous. It's how they eat. Read: he won't kill you with his venom. I know a few people this would send into orbit--to get away.
Elizabeth Gardner 5 years ago
All Huntsman spiders of that size with colouring from grey to brown are SHE's. They rule. The males are small and black and terrified of the females, why? because at mating time he has to be fast and careful if he is not fast enough once mated she will eat him!
Carolyne Favregros 6 years ago
I was looking at the print on the shirt and was like "Damn, that's one weird-looking spider"
Enn Geecee 6 years ago
Oh huntsmen are GREAT friends! Huge, but excellent at keeping garden pests away. They come inside when it rains, but are happiest outside
Matt O'Quinn 6 years ago
The huntsman is a lovely one. they kill all the baddies for you. they just look creepy is all.
Matthew Mortillaro-McEntyre 6 years ago
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I hate spiders!
Sage Hogan 6 years ago
All spiders are venomous, and if you're allergic to their venom it can still be deadly! Personally, I can be killed by a tarantula bite whereas most people would be fine, so it's better to consider all spiders as a danger (However they're still very important to the ecosystem, so don't kill them just try to avoid them!)
Eflower2004 6 years ago
I'll keep him around to keep cockroaches away, but he's not coming in my house!
Baby panda🥰 6 years ago
Nope nope nope I have extreme arachnophobia and even looking at that pic made me so on edge now
Christopher White 6 years ago
P.S.> the large huntsman is a female , you'd be lucky to find a male in any order of spiders, coz most female spiders eat the male after having sex...
Ellie Ragsdale 6 years ago
I thought for a sec they were talking about the thing on that shirt, whatever that is.
Diana Crawford 6 years ago
All I wanted to know is does the Huntsman spider bite humans and is its diet insects and rodents. After reading about the Huntsman spider as being a pet for they eat European cockroaches I am ok about this one hanging around seriously.
Birungi Ton 6 years ago
I will get one for roaches snice they have decided to resist pestcides
Dorlinda Chong 6 years ago
Snakes are not poisonous, they are, as you later said "venomous." Hemlock is poisonous.
Hayden Arrowsmith 6 years ago
Not venomous my a**e!... Wait until you've been bitten then tell us that. Hurts like hell for about an hour and the pain spreads up the bitten limb... and for those saying they won't bite you, I know three people that have been bitten by them, myself included. One of the others copped it far worse, he was bitten on the Jatz crackers when he grabbed a pair of jeans off the clothes line and put them on. He was in agony for over an hour and his nads were the size of an orange for a couple of days.
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
My brother was bitten by a huntsman and whilst it did hurt there was nothing that needed to be done because the venom isn’t dangerous to humans (unless allergic or immune compromised). My parents took him to the hospital coz he was screaming and they gave him a sugar tablet as a placebo and it worked. I have had many close calls with huntsmans where they had plenty of opportunity to bite me and I have never been bitten. No one said they won’t bite you but they generally aren’t aggressive spiders and would much rather run away than bite.
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Karen Klinck 6 years ago
All spiders are venomous. The question here is, does this affect a human? And I don't care if it's friendly (and spiders don't bother me; I toss them outside all the time rather than squishing them) that thing isn't coming inside.
Chelle Snail 6 years ago
I love huntsmen spiders, since one saved my life 7 years ago when a whitetail spider (very dangerous, venomous) was about to attack my foot and I did not see it and luckily I moved away and then I came back in the room and saw a huntsman was eating it :) I thanked it and let it roam around my place after that and now always let huntsmen roam my houses, they eat all the horrible mozzies and flies and any dangerous spiders.
Fidget Zaftig 6 years ago
Hunstman are bad a*s. We get some here in New Orleans, they arent native but apparently enough have survived their stowaway adventures. They never get that bug though, I'm guessing because they get murdered. :(
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Thanks for putting the kibosh on my desire to visit the Big Easy...
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Diane Hagerty 6 years ago
I thought I read somewhere that a Huntsman spider WAS dangerous. Hmm, even so I think I would still avoid them big time.
Foxxy 6 years ago
They are one of the very few least dangerous spiders. They aren’t aggressive and their bites are harmless.
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D. Pitbull 6 years ago
Dude. Come on over, you can have AAAALLL the fruitflies, blackflies... I'll pay you to eat the silverfish...
Meghan Turnis 6 years ago
My dog is blind and he'd see this thing and be terrified. I'd be catatonic, so no help there...
Peta Hurley-Hill 6 years ago
They hurt like hell when they bite though an some (usually the ones with stripey legs) are really aggressive.I hate big spiders :(
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
That's the rule of thumb - the bigger the spider, the less venomous it is, because it can use it's size to hunt prey. That's why the most venomous spider ever is the Sydney funnel-web, which is usually about 2cm long ... Also in Australia, in case you were wondering.
Danae Squires 6 years ago
I did have to get one out of my bathroom using a shoebox once. I didn't have a Tupperware container big enough
Mark Peels 6 years ago
this one is the first that perfectly fits in this list!! Nice to see but her presence doesn’t really sooth me.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
I remember seeing a video of one of these big fellas dragging a dead mouse up a wall.
Erica D B 6 years ago
They always creep me out. My auntie had a 'pet' Huntsman living in one of the top corners of her kitchen. It disappeared one day and I never asked about it, didn't think about it too much. I got used to seeing it there.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
How could you have possibly gotten used to it?
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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
If your pet can be eaten by a spider, what you actually have is a snack on a leash. 🙃
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rhyan lumilay 6 years ago
f**k that we also have that one here and I swear those thing starts my spider phobia when one crawl in my hand while I was in the floor watching t.v. and the lights are off. I thought it was a cockroach but when I opened the lights in my horror I saw him on the wall just above the t.v!
Sharon Conlan 6 years ago
That truly are handy to have around the house. They don’t produce webs and keep other insects in check.
Bunny Wood 6 years ago
We get quite a few Huntsmen at home, not quite as big as this one. They are amazingly quick.
Iceroyalmilktea 6 years ago
i'm fine with large spiders as long as they dont jump or make webs above my heads
Nicole Bargert 6 years ago
Hunstsman spiders are in Oregon as well. I saw one when camping and nearly had a heart attack.
Tenay Douglas 6 years ago
Look if it keeps him from snacking on me he can have the cockroaches
Victoria Lopez 1 year ago
I wonder how bluey lives in Austalia with all these animals and stuff- EuGh-
Uncle Schmickle 1 year ago
Correction : all spiders are venomous to some degree. The huntsman is only mildly venomous and rarely bites humans. Otherwise, the rest of the above statement is correct.
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
um... no thanks... I'm scared of spiders the size of pin heads! Screw this thing!
SydneyGirl 1 year ago
We have them all the time, some as big as dinner plates. I’d never kill one, but they scare the bejezzus out of you when you move a wall picture or mirror and there’s one behind it.
Linda Robinett 1 year ago
I saw one while in Australia and someone told me it was harmless. Very impressive.
Aaron Kramer 1 year ago
Do they get in your house ? Are there cases where it's normal for them to show up while your sleeping in bed or sitting on the couch & they crawl on & over you? Am I going to have to buy some gasoline cans & lighter fluid & burn my house to the ground.?
Aaron Kramer 2 years ago
Won't bite me unless provoked?! So wonderful to hear! So what does he consider provoked? If I simply walk from my kitchen to sit down on the living room couch & it just happens to be hanging out about a foot or so to where I sit, Will he consider that a provocation & attack?
edward leef 2 years ago
Here in N.Z, they park up on the light switches so that you get a handful of spider when you reach up to turn the light on.
Mike 6 years ago
They also climb on the walls and they have no respect for keeping quiet when others are sleeping. Their "feet" have "tarsial claws" that make a racket when they walk, but are almost loud when they run across wood paneling.
Sandy Kavanaugh 6 years ago
"I'll love him, and stroke him, and pet him, and call him George!"
Elizabeth Mitchell 6 years ago
They live under the bark of trees and catch insects. They only get annoying when they wander into your house. LOL
Debra Trayler 6 years ago (edited)
This is rubbish - Huntsmans are never this size, this has been photoshopped. They are only about the size of your hand. Pffff. For a laugh, and a good dose of truth, check this out ... https://www.facebook.com/ABCTV/videos/1210434632471287/
#5
Meanwhile In Australia
An olive python (Liasis olivaceus), western Australia's largest python, having a feed on an Australian freshwater crocodile (crocodylus Johnstoni).
#6
Araucaria Pine Cone, It's Been Reported To Kill People When Falling
Around 170 snake species live in the country, 100 of which are poisonous. However, that’s not even the worst part: 21 out of the world’s 25 most venomous snakes inhabit Australia.
#7
Do You Even Lift Bro?
#8
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus Porosus)
I'm from Darwin, Australia and our rivers here are full of these monstrosities. This guy here is nicknamed Nifty, and he is about 6m long.
#9
Honey, There Is A Kid On Our Bug...
Snakes kill less than 3 people a year in Australia, and the number of casualties seems even smaller when you compare it to the 11,000 individuals that snakes annually kill in Asia.
#10
Spider Frost. Rural Victoria, Australia
#11
This Is How Australians Ensure Their Electricity Meter Doesn't Get Read
#12
Meanwhile, In Australia
Ale_Vidal23 6 years ago
i like how the toilet has literally been broken into its pieces. this reaction is legit honestly
If poisonous snakes don’t cause you to scream and panic, then what about spiders? More than 2,400 different species of arachnids call the Land Down Under their home.
Among them is the deadly Sydney funnel-web spider, which can end a person’s life within 15 minutes of biting them. This spider always gets into the top lists of the world’s deadliest arachnids and doesn’t mess around: if you see one, nope, right out of there!
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#13
Toads Riding On A Python
68mm just fell in the last hour at Kununurra. Flushed all the cane toads out of my brothers dam. Some of them took the easy way out - hitching a ride on the back of a 3.5m python.
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
The cane toads are deadlier than the python believe it or not. Cane toads have very few predators due to the toxins. These cane toads were hitching a ride to escape a storm although on expert claims that the male cane toads were in fact trying to mate with the python.
#14
Dead Whale Filled With Gas, On The Brink Of Exploding In Bunbury Yesterday
#15
This Giant, Hot Pink Slug Is Only Found In A Single, Isolated Forest On An Extinct Volcano In Australia
That’s not to say that every single spider you encounter abroad is going to be a threat to you. Fortunately, less than 50 Australian spider species pose a threat to people. Let’s also not forget that most spiders are our friends and help keep the native insect population down.
Obviously, these tidbits of good news won’t really make Australia’s spiders any less scary to look at. Anyone with arachnophobia should probably still avoid Australia until they get over their fear of spiders and travel elsewhere for their summer vacation.
#16
You Know You're In Australia When Frogs Eat Snakes
#17
Meanwhile In Australia
#18
March Of The Hairy Caterpillars
What is Australia’s Deadliest Animal?
It might come as a surprise, but Australia’s deadliest animal isn't one of its many venomous creatures. Forget the spine-chilling spiders or the fearsome crocodile. According to the NCIS (National Coronial Information System), the title of Australia’s deadliest animal goes to a far more familiar creature: the horse.
In the wild and rugged landscapes of Australia, where one might expect the most danger to come from its notorious wildlife, it’s actually horses, ponies, and donkeys that pose the greatest risk. From 2001 to 2017, horses have been responsible for the highest number of animal-related deaths in Australia, with 172 fatalities, mostly due to falls.
Cows and other bovine animals also rank high on the list, with 82 reported deaths for the same period of time, mainly through accidents rather than direct attacks. Even our loyal companions, dogs, hold a surprising rank as the third leading cause of animal-related fatalities, responsible for 53 deaths. Most victims were children and elderly people.
Meanwhile, creatures like snakes and spiders, while dangerous sometimes, have caused far fewer fatalities than one might expect.
#19
A Massive Earthworm Found In Queensland, Australia
#20
Filling Up Your Fuel Tank In Australia? Yep That'll Try And Kill You Too
Oathbraker 6 years ago
Hello good sir. Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Lucifer Morningstar?
#21
Mother And Girlfriend Found This On The Beach Today
This was found in Broome, Western Australia and looks like an anemone. More specifically, Dofleinia armata, the armed anemone. Also called the striped anemone. It is considered extremely dangerous as it can inflict painful stings that take months to heal.
SkyNews reported 3 shark-caused fatalities in South Australia in 2023. This number is notable as there were only 8 deaths in the previous 22 years. Meanwhile, crocodiles kill an average of 1 or 2 people every year in Australia, with a peak in 2014 when 5 crocodile-related deaths have been reported (via The Guardian). However, it’s not just animals that can harm you in Australia.
The country is also known for its giant 10-kilogram pine cones that can fall on top of you, as well as tennis ball-sized hailstones that can cause severe damage if your head is unprotected. When in Australia, it’s best to either keep looking in all directions at once in search of threats or shut your eyes and wish you were somewhere safe and sound.
#22
Walked Up On The Back Of This Sign While Hiking In Australia...
#23
Typical Road-Side Ditch In Australia
#24
Why You Gotta Always "Check Your Shoes" In Australia
No wonder the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, beloved zookeeper and one of the bravest people in history, hails from Australia, where danger lurks around almost every corner, and you’re not sure which animal poses a threat.
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#25
Aussie Mom Finds World's Second Most Poisonous Snake Hiding In Her Kid's Lunch Box
Sian Edwards 6 years ago
Venomous. Something is poisonous if YOU eat it and become ill. Something is venomous if IT bites or stings you. Spiders and snakes can be venomous, fungi can be poisonous.
#26
Australia. Where Even The Hail Can Kill You
#27
In Australia Everything Is Trying To Kill You. Even Your Ceiling Lamp
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
How rude! I bet he invited himself over too! Couldn't use the front door, noooo....
So, How Many People Are Killed by Animals in Australia?
Based on the available data, from 2001 to 2017, there were 541 animal-related deaths in Australia, with an average of 32 deaths per year. As we’ve seen, among the most deadly animals in Australia, we don’t find any exotic dangers but very familiar faces—horses, cows, and dogs—with land mammals accounting for 71% of all deaths by animals in the country.
These tragedies mainly happened on public roads (30.3%), homes (20.7%), and farms (19.2%).
#28
This Is Why You Always Have To Check The Toilet In Australia
#29
Blue-Ringed Octopus (Highly Venomous) On Hand
#30
Welcome To Australia Where Insects Are The Size Of A Small Mammal
What is the Most Unusual Animal in Australia?
We’ve been all about the numbers so far, but what about picking Australia’s most unusual animal? There’s no objective answer to this (there are too many weird animals in Australia), but here’s our personal favorite.
Thorny Devil Lizard is a tiny, colorful reptile covered in spiky scales, which give it a dragon-like appearance and help collect and direct water to its mouth—something this species adapted for to survive in arid environments.
Found primarily in the central deserts of Australia, the Thorny Devil Lizard has a peculiar way of walking. He moves in a slow, rocking motion that helps it escape predators and feeds almost exclusively on ants.
#31
So My Friend Found This On Her Back Door. Only In Australia Right?
#32
Welcome To Australia
#33
Damn Nature You Scary
Picture of a termite mound in the northern territory of Australia, termites build the tallest structures out of any of the creatures on Earth. Humans would have to build something 10km (6.2 miles for those not on the metric system) tall to equal the scale of size of person to building. Termite mounds are also stronger than cement.
#34
I’m Not Going Into The Kitchen Today! Ask Him To Make You Something
#35
A Friend Of Mine Left For A Holiday In Australia Some Weeks Ago. I Asked Him How Things Were. He Send Me This Picture With The Reply "The Things I've Seen.."
#36
Welcome To Australia, Where Frogs Eat Snakes
#37
The Net Casting Spider (Ogre Faced Spider) Hang Upside Down With A Net Made Of Their Silk Waiting For Their Prey To Walk Underneath Them
Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
These guys look scary, but *won't* kill you. That net of theirs is reserved for bugs
#38
The Flies Are Much Worse Than The Spiders In Australia
#39
A Pic A Mate Took Last Night. Awesome Spidley. South East Queensland, Australia
#40
Every Winter Black Portuguese Millipedes Invade The South Of Western Australia
Ever been in the country and met any of these Australian creatures? Or maybe you’ve got a story about an animal that deserves a spot on this list? Scroll down, leave a comment, and don't forget to upvote the scary Australian animals that amazed you the most!
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#41
A Whole Lot Of Pain. Thousands Of Portugese Man O War Jellyfish Washed Up On A Beach In Australia
#42
In Australia, Snakes Need A Police Escort
#43
Welcome To Australia
#44
Trying To Catch A Mouse In Australia
#45
Australia
#46
Australia
#47
Aussie Hitchhiker
#48
Typical Workplace Hazard - Australia
#49
In Australia, Even Our Crocodile, Jellyfish, Arachnid - Free Pond Are Deadly
cutzemitherz 6 years ago
In Germany it would be forbidden to get even near to this lake and in Australia they are like "at their own risk"
#50
Found This Pile Of Nope While On Holiday In Australia
#51
Bees Living On A BBQ In Australia
#52
Found On The 16th Hole, Fraser Lakes Golf Course Australia
#53
In Australia, This Is Why We Check Our Shoes
#54
In Australia, Hornets Kill Spiders The Size Of Your Hand And Then Drag Them Across Ones Backyard. Twice In 24 Hours
Zenozenobee 6 years ago
Isn't that the kind of hornet that lay eggs into spiders, so that the babies have a food reserve?
#55
Phellus Piliferus From Western Australia
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Robber Fly (Phellus piliferus) [Bushpea 1/3] bushpea.com/in/pg/all/r/robber%20fly%20(phellus%20piliferus)%2001.html Also called Assassin Flies, there are hundreds of species of Robber Fly in Australia
#56
What's That? A Tribe Of Newly Hatched Friggin' Baby Spiders That's What
#57
I Need A Whole Bunch Of People To Tell Me That This Isn't True. Right Now
#58
A Huge Toad Being Held Without Any Camera Trickery
#59
Something You Don't Want To Meet In The Deep - Lizard Fish (Bathysaurus Ferox)
#60
It's Pretty And From Australia, So Must Be Deadly. But Actually This One Is Almost Harmless
#61
A 'Mysterious' And Unknown Species Of Jellyfish That Washed Up On The Shore Of Tasmania, Australia
#62
I Have A Feeling Today Isn't The Best Day To Go For A Swim. (Newcastle Beach, Australia)
MeggersTheFox 6 years ago
They look like sea pigs! But obviously aren't. Could someone let us know what these things are, please?
#63
Legless Lizard Found In South East Queensland Australia
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
Hahahahahahahaha look at his tiny legs hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
#64
You Know It’s Summer In Australia When These 8 Handy Spooky Boiz Come To Visit
ispeak catanese 6 years ago
This person is obviously feeding the spider because there's no way this spoon is protective.
#65
Spider Catching A Snake In Western Australia. The Snake Lost
Foxxy 6 years ago
I not 100% sure but I think this is a Redback spider. They are aggressive and give a painful bite. Whilst fatalities aren’t common from a redback they can cause other problems. My hubby was off work for almost a week due to a red back spider bite. His knee was swollen to twice the size and he felt a bit under the weather. Nasty spiders these are, so keep the hunstmans and daddy long legs around. They like dark places like sheds, nooks and crannies, inside shoes etc.
#66
So My Friend Just Had A Shower Visitor
#67
Found This Guy Trying To Sneak His Way Into My Room
#68
Meanwhile In Australia - Horrors Under The Bed
#69
This Is Why You Don't Leave Your Shoes Outside In Australia
#70
This Snake Got Into My Friends Bird Cage And Ate Their Parrot, Then Was Too Fat To Get Out (Australia)
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
Well, now you have a pet snake? [But seriously that sucks because birds are expensive and you get attatched to them too ;( ]
#71
This Is Why We Check Our Shoes Before Putting Them On In Australia
#72
The Reason Aussie's Wear Thongs (Flipflops)
#73
My Little Friends
#75
We Built A Nesting Box For Some Local Kookas And This Little Monster Was The Result
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago (edited)
It's a baby bird, what did you expect :/. Edit: please read the replies, apparently they are not supposed to be born like this, hence the confusion.
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Robyn Gardam 6 years ago
They forgot Drop Bears and Hoop Snakes in that case! 😆
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Sasha Taylor 6 years ago
Honestly.....I have lived in Australia and this is overrated...I have seen spiders but none quite as big as that....I have seen maybe 2 snakes outside of a zoo....and just don't leave your shoes outside! To me that is common sense!
Magic567 6 years ago
do u live in the outback cause these are all locals to me...
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Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
I still want to go to Australia someday, believe it or not. Mostly because I know there's more to Australia than the stupid 'everything wants to kill you' punchline/meme.
Diver Driver 6 years ago
Start by reading the book "In A Sun Burnt Country" funny and informative. I read after about 4 trips there.
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Väinö-Oskari Astala 6 years ago
In Terry Pratchett's Lost Continent there was discussion about the dangerous animals of XXXX (discworld version of Australia). After magical library dumped enough books for small library on the floor, they asked for list of harmless animals. Result: Small piece of parchment with words: "Some of the sheep".
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago (edited)
How do things get inside so easily? Seriously wondering! Some of those spiders are so big they'd have to walk through the front door?! (It's even worse to think that they got in when they were tiny and grew up in your house >-
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
Going to look at a map right now to see if my country far enough away from Australia.
LSR 5 years ago
The archetypical "Oh I just understand stereotypes" ignorant douchebag. Stay in your country, no one wants your ignorant brain anywhere else as a tourist.
Load More Replies... Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
The most dangerous animal that causes the most deaths is not listed. The horse. The horse kills more humans annually than all these animals put together. So please don’t let this list scare you and stop you from visiting Australia because we have so much amazing things to offer and it would be a shame to miss them from a misguided fear.
Sasha Taylor 6 years ago
Fully agree! Guys Australia is so amazing and definitely worth visiting!
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Monty Is Fiennes 6 years ago
Yes... I love my country....But it all depends on where you live as to what kinds of danger you may be in and what you may see. For instance, I come from North Queensland in the tropics where jellyfish stings and crocodiles are just something you have to be aware of in your life. I have lived in the bush of rural New South Wales and dealt with a lot of different animals including venomous Red Bellied Blacks (we regularly saw about 5-6 snakes) whom we really appreciated as they keep down populations of pest animals and are quite docile. Living in cities you may never see more than a couple of Daddy Long Legs and some geckos.... Great place...
Keisha Washington 6 years ago
I think I'm going to stay home and NEVER EVER set true sights on Australia except in pictures of pretty things that are not included in all of the NOPE that Australia has.
Saulo Frota 6 years ago
You know, I live in a town located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest (Manaus), and even I wouldn't dare to step a foot in Australia.
Biljana Malesevic 6 years ago
Hell for people with fear of snakes or spiders. I don't have those fears but I would probably be screaming most of the time while encountering all those creatures. Not used to it.
Kelly Landis 6 years ago
Snakes are (for the most part) VENOMOUS not poisonous. If you bite it and you die, that’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, that’s venomous.
Peta Hurley-Hill 6 years ago
In rural Australia ,where I live ,the rule of thumb,don't leave shoes,bags etc outside,check under toilet seats (and inside toilet roles :/) be aware of your surroundings(we have many venomous snakes on our property ,but you rarely see them.I think it's odd that the article didn't mention Redback Spiders , Wolf Spiders,Whitetail Spiders(all venomous),Fire Ants,Jumping Jack ants,Bull ants (very nasty stings form all of them) or Brown Snakes or Taipans both large, fast-moving, highly venomous snakes or even the Red Bellied Black ,venomous but quite shy and usually only bites when stepped on. Summer is the worst for ALL these. things ,except roos they are always about.We have bloody great eagles as well.Be respectful most creatures and they will leave you alone ...Except spiders ,they are big and terriying ,run away! Here is a photo of the two Wedged Tailed eagles that nest on our place,eating a full sized dead sheep! 26993857_1...06b01e.jpg 
Richard Keel 6 years ago
Whoever wrote this article is an idiot - why do they keep saying "poisonous" when they mean "venomous"? They're two completely different things
Shelley DuVal 4 years ago
When another animal (birds for example) eat a poisonous snake, they die. If the snake was quick and bit the bird then the bird dies from the venom. So when the author used both poisonous and venomous in the same sentence they are referring to both. Also educated Aussies understand the difference of both words and will use the correct word in a description.
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Mama Panda 6 years ago
I don't care if you all say the spiders are smaller than the pictures, I would be screaming my food head off every damn minute!!! There is no way in hell I would ever visit Australia now. /shudders and scratches every part of her body because she thinks there are spiders on her!
ispeak catanese 6 years ago
This was awesome and thanks to Foxxy and all the Aussies who shared info!
lazy panda 6 years ago
I'm glad I went to Australia before I realized how many animals could kill me.
Brodie 6 years ago
Every Christmas we have a snake show up. Every. Single. Christmas. For the last 5 years. Last year the snake was on the pool slide then another on the road to Grandparents, year before that mum thought we hung a garland on the door. It was NOT a garland. Mum HATES snakes. All my friends know to refer to it as the “s” word.
ispeak catanese 6 years ago
It's your family's Snake on the Shelf! I shuddered at the thought of a snaky door garland. 🐍
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Xavier Evans 6 years ago
Yeah... Australia does have a lot of dangerous creatures, but at least we aren't going to be killed by an assault rifle. Leave military equipment to be used for the purpose it was created.
Sara Nicole 6 years ago
I do really think that Australia is a YES COUNTRY .. For me is the only country that can really cohabit with animals .. They learn how to live with everything that moves .and respect their environment .That is incredible , and believe me i´m scare of spiders and another bugs .. Australia is a really big example for so many country .. we have so much to learn with animals, and have a lot to learn with us too.. there´s a deep connection between everything that lives .. and we should give sense to that .
Chrissa P 6 years ago
I live in the pacific nw...it is an area with only garter snakes. I am afraid of snakes and see them often. It is my super power to hear or see them (yes hear them, on more than one occasion I have said "i hear something in the grass' and moments later i have spotted the tiny snake.)
Keisha Washington 6 years ago (edited)
I buy flame throwers in bulk for normal house spiders can't even imagine what I'd need for spiders in Australia
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Leah Jeanette 6 years ago
40 reasons why New Zealand is a great alternative for those wishing to visit Australia.
Bored Alchemist 6 years ago
I live in Australia and most of the creatures on this list are actually quite harmless.
Amber Cook 6 years ago
Well.... this just ruined me form EVER wanting to travel to Australia! All of these are HUGE NOPE NOPE NOPES!
Ms Phit 6 years ago
Ok, well this saved me from buying a very expensive flight ! (I'll be going to go horse trekkkng in Ireland instead- probably more dangerous but it's a lifelong dream and I'm a decent rider)
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
Definitely more dangerous lol. More people are killed by horses in Australia than all the animals in this list put together. 😝
Load More Replies... Robyn Gardam 6 years ago
If anyone here is feeling adventurous, I’d be happy to show them the sights and sounds of good ol’ Melbourne! No snakes or spiders here! Not in plain sight at least :P
Cristina Steele 6 years ago
I had a teacher from Australia who told us stories about her childhood and how her parents always told her to sweep the giant spiders out with a broom. She awoke one night with a massive spider on her wall and squished it. She then got yelled at by her parents because they had to repaint her wall.
Elise Pimenta 6 years ago
This is a lot of nope. There's plenty of nopes where I live, but I haven't run across snakes or spiders that are as big as the ones in the pictures.
Athina Gallina 1 year ago
If Canada was not my home...Australia would be the only other country I would live. Went to high school there many many years ago. Yes I met spiders and snakes but still a beautiful country
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
Well this list just made me not want to go to Australia even more...
charlene dehart 1 year ago
Don’t like the bugs here in WI, or snakes and other creatures . Insects. . Yes I am afraid of everything .
Lady Gypsy Rain 1 year ago
Sorry. Not sorry. The only way I’d ever visit Australia after this list is if they took a blow torch to the entire continent and started over. F*****g hell!
Lady Gypsy Rain 1 year ago
Downvote peodophile doesn’t like me freely expressing my fears. Poor boomer
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Samuel Squires 3 years ago
Checks out. I've seen a tourist charged by a great white, my cat was killed by a snake, I was even bitten by one of those big green stick insects soneone said was harmless 🤣 But most creatures are reasonable
Marion Friedl 3 years ago
My Facebook friend Vicki lives in the Adelaide area, but the "creepiest" animal she ever found in her garden was a (for humans) non-venomous huntsman spider. I think it depends on the area you live in if you also find venoumous snakes and other dangerous animals "down under".
youshouldseemeinacrown 4 years ago
I feel like everyone thinks that's all there is to Australia. It's not. It's absolutely amazing. Sometimes yeah, you have to be cautious of the wildlife but still.
notyourgirl 5 years ago
I will now have nightmares tonight😱 they are all cool but like bro what the heck... 😨😰😨
PolkaEclipse 5 years ago
This was kinda offensive to me, because I doubt the person who made this has even visited Australia, and they are just saying "Don't visit Australia because there's these animals that live here"
Hunter Bradley 5 years ago
No offense to Australia but i'm staying hear id rather not be chased by snake eating frogs
Lorelai White 5 years ago
i've nevr been 2 Austraila, but i've always wanted 2 go. this will TOTALLY covine all the scardey cats in my family......
Jetto Scranda 5 years ago
Still forgot some iconic dangers like the Portuguese Man O' War jellyfish that if you touch it... it can basically kill you.
glorytherainwing 6 years ago
I MUST MOVE TO AUSTRALIA!! ALL THESE CUTE ANIMALS UN-LOVED!!?? I FEEL SO BAD
Katie Crochet 6 years ago
Yeah I’m Australian and I can confirm that these are defo 100% accurate.
Flo Strohriegl 6 years ago
So I saw a crocodile eating a shark, a snake eating a crocodile, and a frog eating a snake. Australia, your food chain is messed up!
Xx_MysticWolf_xX xX 6 years ago
I've always wanted to go on a trip to Austrailia, not anymore. Nope nope nope. I have the worst case of Arachnaphobia, even a bigger NOPE.
María B. Kaiser 6 years ago
I love animals, but those spiders are disturbing! Nope, nope, nope
Lee Maidana Kuhl 6 years ago
I would love to visit Australia but the only thing that scares me about AUS are the creepy stories I have listened to on YouTube. The absolute lack of internet, long stretches of highway with no town in sight, gas stations or some locals/transplants directing you down deserted roads at night into nowhere land. The rest are fine by me, I love spiders, snakes and bats. Though I live in Texas and we have our fair share of dangerous/venomous creatures, various rattlesnake/copperhead snakes, scorpions, brown recluse spider and wild boar/hogs. The boars are extremely aggressive and destroy crops and eat 10x’s their weight in agriculture. Though, I have never tried to catch a spider or a snake in Australia and put the little guy outside like I do here in Texas.
Gemma Lees 6 years ago
My brother-in-law and his girlfriend have been in Aus for 7 years now and have just been given their permanent residency. I have no desire to visit them!
Jess Ehliger 6 years ago
Ya know honestly wouldn't mind all the free snakes and the spiders etc. The thing that would break me would be the excessive amount of flys and the serial killers
Sloane Christopher 6 years ago
I think the boring company can make a fortune selling flame throwers in this country.
Cindy Snow 6 years ago
No wonder they used to send criminals there. Just add definite and it's truely hell on earth.
Candy Taylor 6 years ago
I would love to visit Australia, but I don’t think I could deal with those spiders. Snakes I don’t have a problem with.
Foxyloxylou 6 years ago
ah yes, Australia. also known as "remind-me-to-never-ever-in-a-miilion-years-come-here" land
Harmony Wheeler 6 years ago
Why is spiderman from New York he is obviously supposed to be Australian. Godamn just no
Alexander Brior 6 years ago
You know what? Maybe I should find Crash Bandicoot if I ever go to Australia.
Pernille Dyre 6 years ago
Thats it. I’m never going down there. The creepy stuff are too creepy and I HATE SNAKES....
Tina-Marie Tarrant 6 years ago
Don't forget, thrown correctly, a thong (flip flop for the yanks) or a cup can kill you.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
We called them thongs when I was young...lo these many, many years ago.
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Tralee Aylett 6 years ago (edited)
I live in a tiny town and decent sized spiders come inside (esp in summer...and I'm a lil arachnophobic). At my Nan's farm there was a huge diamond python that lived in the hay shed (8ft long...not sure what that is in metres) and you'd find his skin every now and then (in the shed of around the branches of a huge pine tree. Dad used it to play a practical joke with the skin until Nan told him to get rid of it or she'd kill him lol. Not sure what happened to the snake. Ticks (paralysis) were worse than the snakes out there tho
Ian Taggart 6 years ago
I'm a zoologist. My ideal vacation: exploring Australia; a video game in real life.
Rosalind Harris 6 years ago
I do miss all the wildlife at home. Just sitting in the garden and enjoying all the animals.
Marc Morgenstern 6 years ago
Apparently there are no horror films in Australia, be cause real life is that much more scary.
Sara Nicole 6 years ago
So yea you say No because you don´t allow yourself to see the pure nature... A closed mind it´s close system .. and a close system dies ..
Glorz Andersen 6 years ago
living in the country I see and have many huntsman that are absolutely huge in my house and garden. I had such a good laugh looking at all of these
R.s. Potter 6 years ago
Every winter I tell my better half "There are advantages to living in a cold dry climate. This proves it."
Daniel Garcia 6 years ago
This is hell on earth? How the F&*# are there any people still living in that Jurassic World nightmare of a continent? Figured humans would be extinct there!
Magpie 6 years ago
USA: bears, alligators, cougars, black widow spiders, wolves, fire ants, Pit Vipers and coral snakes. I'm staying here in Australia :P
Magpie 6 years ago
And guns. The stats on toddlers killing themselves and others "playing" with guns in USA are terrifying.
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Alice Teasdale 6 years ago
An extreme close up of a relatively small huntsman doesn't count as nope.
D Jur 6 years ago
How is this even a place? It surrounded by water to keep those crazy things there lmao. Also how are there still any people alive? Everyone better hope they never unionize they'll take over the country then has access to the boats then were all doomed....I hate bugs and I could imagine visiting a place where they are literally the size of my head
Yettichild 6 years ago
GAH!! Stop with the spiders please! I'm going to have nightmares tonight. I couldn't even finish the list.
Samantha Comerford 6 years ago
I reallly liked this article . I am getting ‘ bored’ of bored panda ‘ lately , as all I seem to see I’d. ‘ I recreated a different scene from , showing ‘. Yeh yeh bore off. More of this please @BoredPanda
Sterrin Arnold 6 years ago
Ok, so, I looked at maybe 3 pics and freaked out!!!! I'm terrified of spiders and there is no amount of Chris Hemsworths that would make me move to Australia.
misteriosa 6 years ago
If I ever visit Australia (which I would very much love to), I'll live in a bubble the whole time.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
Long ago some sadistic British bureaucrat said; We can really screw petty criminals, we'll ship them to Australia. Bwahaha.
Zelda Blue 6 years ago
I've always wanted to go to Australia for a visit, it was on my bucket list. Needless to say that has been scratched off the list for good!! I refuse to go on vacation to someplace that has spiders and bugs that are the size of a small child. Not to mention all the freaking snakes. NOPE NOPE NOPE, I will enjoy Australia by reading National Geographic magazines.
ZombieGirl5591 6 years ago
I have changed my mind about planning a visit. I will admire from afar..
Rose the Cook 6 years ago
No mention of the number of tourists that have disappeared or been found murdered in the past 12 months alone.
Foxxy 6 years ago
Your more likely to get shot on any given day than murdered in Aus. A lot of the tourists that have disappeared are backpackers who hitchhike.
Load More Replies... Foxxy 6 years ago
Most of the spiders shown are harmless huntsmans and nothing to worry about. They make great houseguests and keep the unwanted ones at bay.
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April Simnel 6 years ago
How did I not see any of this stuff when I was there? I was in Queensland, on the coast and in the interior, and all over New South Wales. Are the scary beasties all up near Darwin or something? Is it because I was there in the winter? 2 and half months, and all I saw were a couple of roos that were ~50 yards away, an emu, and a lot of galahs.
Sasha Taylor 6 years ago
Honestly I don't know how this happens....people must leave their houses wide open and live out in the middle of the bush to get these kinds of animals in their houses...
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Cheryl Fontaine 6 years ago
Australia invented live export, australia culls its native wildlife, native habitat for the benefit of cattlemen and sheepmen. Australia is the second cruelest country on earth to its own animals. China being first, Spain being third. sorry australia, not only will I never come to your country for ANY reason, or spend one dime on your products, I hope you drown in your own stupidity.
Foxxy 6 years ago
A lot of countries culls wildlife for farming, just have a look at the US for example, not just for farming but also for housing, mining, and other infrastructure. The US exports more live stock/animals than Australia does, in 2013 Aus exported 3,160,610, whilst the US exported 94,775,607. Also look at the countries where rainforests are being destroyed at alarming rates killing off orangutans and other vulnerable animals etc due to the palm oil industry. Add on the countries that use animals for entertainment in cruel ways like being chained up, beaten, starved etc. Look at what the US does to its own citizens too with mass shootings almost daily. Might want to do more research before you deem Australia is the second cruelest country. Could we be better, of course we can but so can almost every other country. Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Load More Replies... Robyn Gardam 6 years ago
They forgot Drop Bears and Hoop Snakes in that case! 😆
Load More Replies... Sasha Taylor 6 years ago
Honestly.....I have lived in Australia and this is overrated...I have seen spiders but none quite as big as that....I have seen maybe 2 snakes outside of a zoo....and just don't leave your shoes outside! To me that is common sense!
Magic567 6 years ago
do u live in the outback cause these are all locals to me...
Load More Replies... Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
I still want to go to Australia someday, believe it or not. Mostly because I know there's more to Australia than the stupid 'everything wants to kill you' punchline/meme.
Diver Driver 6 years ago
Start by reading the book "In A Sun Burnt Country" funny and informative. I read after about 4 trips there.
Load More Replies... Väinö-Oskari Astala 6 years ago
In Terry Pratchett's Lost Continent there was discussion about the dangerous animals of XXXX (discworld version of Australia). After magical library dumped enough books for small library on the floor, they asked for list of harmless animals. Result: Small piece of parchment with words: "Some of the sheep".
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago (edited)
How do things get inside so easily? Seriously wondering! Some of those spiders are so big they'd have to walk through the front door?! (It's even worse to think that they got in when they were tiny and grew up in your house >-
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
Going to look at a map right now to see if my country far enough away from Australia.
LSR 5 years ago
The archetypical "Oh I just understand stereotypes" ignorant douchebag. Stay in your country, no one wants your ignorant brain anywhere else as a tourist.
Load More Replies... Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
The most dangerous animal that causes the most deaths is not listed. The horse. The horse kills more humans annually than all these animals put together. So please don’t let this list scare you and stop you from visiting Australia because we have so much amazing things to offer and it would be a shame to miss them from a misguided fear.
Sasha Taylor 6 years ago
Fully agree! Guys Australia is so amazing and definitely worth visiting!
Load More Replies... Monty Is Fiennes 6 years ago
Yes... I love my country....But it all depends on where you live as to what kinds of danger you may be in and what you may see. For instance, I come from North Queensland in the tropics where jellyfish stings and crocodiles are just something you have to be aware of in your life. I have lived in the bush of rural New South Wales and dealt with a lot of different animals including venomous Red Bellied Blacks (we regularly saw about 5-6 snakes) whom we really appreciated as they keep down populations of pest animals and are quite docile. Living in cities you may never see more than a couple of Daddy Long Legs and some geckos.... Great place...
Keisha Washington 6 years ago
I think I'm going to stay home and NEVER EVER set true sights on Australia except in pictures of pretty things that are not included in all of the NOPE that Australia has.
Saulo Frota 6 years ago
You know, I live in a town located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest (Manaus), and even I wouldn't dare to step a foot in Australia.
Biljana Malesevic 6 years ago
Hell for people with fear of snakes or spiders. I don't have those fears but I would probably be screaming most of the time while encountering all those creatures. Not used to it.
Kelly Landis 6 years ago
Snakes are (for the most part) VENOMOUS not poisonous. If you bite it and you die, that’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, that’s venomous.
Peta Hurley-Hill 6 years ago
In rural Australia ,where I live ,the rule of thumb,don't leave shoes,bags etc outside,check under toilet seats (and inside toilet roles :/) be aware of your surroundings(we have many venomous snakes on our property ,but you rarely see them.I think it's odd that the article didn't mention Redback Spiders , Wolf Spiders,Whitetail Spiders(all venomous),Fire Ants,Jumping Jack ants,Bull ants (very nasty stings form all of them) or Brown Snakes or Taipans both large, fast-moving, highly venomous snakes or even the Red Bellied Black ,venomous but quite shy and usually only bites when stepped on. Summer is the worst for ALL these. things ,except roos they are always about.We have bloody great eagles as well.Be respectful most creatures and they will leave you alone ...Except spiders ,they are big and terriying ,run away! Here is a photo of the two Wedged Tailed eagles that nest on our place,eating a full sized dead sheep! 26993857_1...06b01e.jpg
Richard Keel 6 years ago
Whoever wrote this article is an idiot - why do they keep saying "poisonous" when they mean "venomous"? They're two completely different things
Shelley DuVal 4 years ago
When another animal (birds for example) eat a poisonous snake, they die. If the snake was quick and bit the bird then the bird dies from the venom. So when the author used both poisonous and venomous in the same sentence they are referring to both. Also educated Aussies understand the difference of both words and will use the correct word in a description.
Load More Replies... Mama Panda 6 years ago
I don't care if you all say the spiders are smaller than the pictures, I would be screaming my food head off every damn minute!!! There is no way in hell I would ever visit Australia now. /shudders and scratches every part of her body because she thinks there are spiders on her!
ispeak catanese 6 years ago
This was awesome and thanks to Foxxy and all the Aussies who shared info!
lazy panda 6 years ago
I'm glad I went to Australia before I realized how many animals could kill me.
Brodie 6 years ago
Every Christmas we have a snake show up. Every. Single. Christmas. For the last 5 years. Last year the snake was on the pool slide then another on the road to Grandparents, year before that mum thought we hung a garland on the door. It was NOT a garland. Mum HATES snakes. All my friends know to refer to it as the “s” word.
ispeak catanese 6 years ago
It's your family's Snake on the Shelf! I shuddered at the thought of a snaky door garland. 🐍
Load More Replies... Xavier Evans 6 years ago
Yeah... Australia does have a lot of dangerous creatures, but at least we aren't going to be killed by an assault rifle. Leave military equipment to be used for the purpose it was created.
Sara Nicole 6 years ago
I do really think that Australia is a YES COUNTRY .. For me is the only country that can really cohabit with animals .. They learn how to live with everything that moves .and respect their environment .That is incredible , and believe me i´m scare of spiders and another bugs .. Australia is a really big example for so many country .. we have so much to learn with animals, and have a lot to learn with us too.. there´s a deep connection between everything that lives .. and we should give sense to that .
Chrissa P 6 years ago
I live in the pacific nw...it is an area with only garter snakes. I am afraid of snakes and see them often. It is my super power to hear or see them (yes hear them, on more than one occasion I have said "i hear something in the grass' and moments later i have spotted the tiny snake.)
Keisha Washington 6 years ago (edited)
I buy flame throwers in bulk for normal house spiders can't even imagine what I'd need for spiders in Australia
Load More Replies... Leah Jeanette 6 years ago
40 reasons why New Zealand is a great alternative for those wishing to visit Australia.
Bored Alchemist 6 years ago
I live in Australia and most of the creatures on this list are actually quite harmless.
Amber Cook 6 years ago
Well.... this just ruined me form EVER wanting to travel to Australia! All of these are HUGE NOPE NOPE NOPES!
Ms Phit 6 years ago
Ok, well this saved me from buying a very expensive flight ! (I'll be going to go horse trekkkng in Ireland instead- probably more dangerous but it's a lifelong dream and I'm a decent rider)
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
Definitely more dangerous lol. More people are killed by horses in Australia than all the animals in this list put together. 😝
Load More Replies... Robyn Gardam 6 years ago
If anyone here is feeling adventurous, I’d be happy to show them the sights and sounds of good ol’ Melbourne! No snakes or spiders here! Not in plain sight at least :P
Cristina Steele 6 years ago
I had a teacher from Australia who told us stories about her childhood and how her parents always told her to sweep the giant spiders out with a broom. She awoke one night with a massive spider on her wall and squished it. She then got yelled at by her parents because they had to repaint her wall.
Elise Pimenta 6 years ago
This is a lot of nope. There's plenty of nopes where I live, but I haven't run across snakes or spiders that are as big as the ones in the pictures.
Athina Gallina 1 year ago
If Canada was not my home...Australia would be the only other country I would live. Went to high school there many many years ago. Yes I met spiders and snakes but still a beautiful country
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
Well this list just made me not want to go to Australia even more...
charlene dehart 1 year ago
Don’t like the bugs here in WI, or snakes and other creatures . Insects. . Yes I am afraid of everything .
Lady Gypsy Rain 1 year ago
Sorry. Not sorry. The only way I’d ever visit Australia after this list is if they took a blow torch to the entire continent and started over. F*****g hell!
Lady Gypsy Rain 1 year ago
Downvote peodophile doesn’t like me freely expressing my fears. Poor boomer
Load More Replies... Samuel Squires 3 years ago
Checks out. I've seen a tourist charged by a great white, my cat was killed by a snake, I was even bitten by one of those big green stick insects soneone said was harmless 🤣 But most creatures are reasonable
Marion Friedl 3 years ago
My Facebook friend Vicki lives in the Adelaide area, but the "creepiest" animal she ever found in her garden was a (for humans) non-venomous huntsman spider. I think it depends on the area you live in if you also find venoumous snakes and other dangerous animals "down under".
youshouldseemeinacrown 4 years ago
I feel like everyone thinks that's all there is to Australia. It's not. It's absolutely amazing. Sometimes yeah, you have to be cautious of the wildlife but still.
notyourgirl 5 years ago
I will now have nightmares tonight😱 they are all cool but like bro what the heck... 😨😰😨
PolkaEclipse 5 years ago
This was kinda offensive to me, because I doubt the person who made this has even visited Australia, and they are just saying "Don't visit Australia because there's these animals that live here"
Hunter Bradley 5 years ago
No offense to Australia but i'm staying hear id rather not be chased by snake eating frogs
Lorelai White 5 years ago
i've nevr been 2 Austraila, but i've always wanted 2 go. this will TOTALLY covine all the scardey cats in my family......
Jetto Scranda 5 years ago
Still forgot some iconic dangers like the Portuguese Man O' War jellyfish that if you touch it... it can basically kill you.
glorytherainwing 6 years ago
I MUST MOVE TO AUSTRALIA!! ALL THESE CUTE ANIMALS UN-LOVED!!?? I FEEL SO BAD
Katie Crochet 6 years ago
Yeah I’m Australian and I can confirm that these are defo 100% accurate.
Flo Strohriegl 6 years ago
So I saw a crocodile eating a shark, a snake eating a crocodile, and a frog eating a snake. Australia, your food chain is messed up!
Xx_MysticWolf_xX xX 6 years ago
I've always wanted to go on a trip to Austrailia, not anymore. Nope nope nope. I have the worst case of Arachnaphobia, even a bigger NOPE.
María B. Kaiser 6 years ago
I love animals, but those spiders are disturbing! Nope, nope, nope
Lee Maidana Kuhl 6 years ago
I would love to visit Australia but the only thing that scares me about AUS are the creepy stories I have listened to on YouTube. The absolute lack of internet, long stretches of highway with no town in sight, gas stations or some locals/transplants directing you down deserted roads at night into nowhere land. The rest are fine by me, I love spiders, snakes and bats. Though I live in Texas and we have our fair share of dangerous/venomous creatures, various rattlesnake/copperhead snakes, scorpions, brown recluse spider and wild boar/hogs. The boars are extremely aggressive and destroy crops and eat 10x’s their weight in agriculture. Though, I have never tried to catch a spider or a snake in Australia and put the little guy outside like I do here in Texas.
Gemma Lees 6 years ago
My brother-in-law and his girlfriend have been in Aus for 7 years now and have just been given their permanent residency. I have no desire to visit them!
Jess Ehliger 6 years ago
Ya know honestly wouldn't mind all the free snakes and the spiders etc. The thing that would break me would be the excessive amount of flys and the serial killers
Sloane Christopher 6 years ago
I think the boring company can make a fortune selling flame throwers in this country.
Cindy Snow 6 years ago
No wonder they used to send criminals there. Just add definite and it's truely hell on earth.
Candy Taylor 6 years ago
I would love to visit Australia, but I don’t think I could deal with those spiders. Snakes I don’t have a problem with.
Foxyloxylou 6 years ago
ah yes, Australia. also known as "remind-me-to-never-ever-in-a-miilion-years-come-here" land
Harmony Wheeler 6 years ago
Why is spiderman from New York he is obviously supposed to be Australian. Godamn just no
Alexander Brior 6 years ago
You know what? Maybe I should find Crash Bandicoot if I ever go to Australia.
Pernille Dyre 6 years ago
Thats it. I’m never going down there. The creepy stuff are too creepy and I HATE SNAKES....
Tina-Marie Tarrant 6 years ago
Don't forget, thrown correctly, a thong (flip flop for the yanks) or a cup can kill you.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
We called them thongs when I was young...lo these many, many years ago.
Load More Replies... Tralee Aylett 6 years ago (edited)
I live in a tiny town and decent sized spiders come inside (esp in summer...and I'm a lil arachnophobic). At my Nan's farm there was a huge diamond python that lived in the hay shed (8ft long...not sure what that is in metres) and you'd find his skin every now and then (in the shed of around the branches of a huge pine tree. Dad used it to play a practical joke with the skin until Nan told him to get rid of it or she'd kill him lol. Not sure what happened to the snake. Ticks (paralysis) were worse than the snakes out there tho
Ian Taggart 6 years ago
I'm a zoologist. My ideal vacation: exploring Australia; a video game in real life.
Rosalind Harris 6 years ago
I do miss all the wildlife at home. Just sitting in the garden and enjoying all the animals.
Marc Morgenstern 6 years ago
Apparently there are no horror films in Australia, be cause real life is that much more scary.
Sara Nicole 6 years ago
So yea you say No because you don´t allow yourself to see the pure nature... A closed mind it´s close system .. and a close system dies ..
Glorz Andersen 6 years ago
living in the country I see and have many huntsman that are absolutely huge in my house and garden. I had such a good laugh looking at all of these
R.s. Potter 6 years ago
Every winter I tell my better half "There are advantages to living in a cold dry climate. This proves it."
Daniel Garcia 6 years ago
This is hell on earth? How the F&*# are there any people still living in that Jurassic World nightmare of a continent? Figured humans would be extinct there!
Magpie 6 years ago
USA: bears, alligators, cougars, black widow spiders, wolves, fire ants, Pit Vipers and coral snakes. I'm staying here in Australia :P
Magpie 6 years ago
And guns. The stats on toddlers killing themselves and others "playing" with guns in USA are terrifying.
Load More Replies... Alice Teasdale 6 years ago
An extreme close up of a relatively small huntsman doesn't count as nope.
D Jur 6 years ago
How is this even a place? It surrounded by water to keep those crazy things there lmao. Also how are there still any people alive? Everyone better hope they never unionize they'll take over the country then has access to the boats then were all doomed....I hate bugs and I could imagine visiting a place where they are literally the size of my head
Yettichild 6 years ago
GAH!! Stop with the spiders please! I'm going to have nightmares tonight. I couldn't even finish the list.
Samantha Comerford 6 years ago
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Sterrin Arnold 6 years ago
Ok, so, I looked at maybe 3 pics and freaked out!!!! I'm terrified of spiders and there is no amount of Chris Hemsworths that would make me move to Australia.
misteriosa 6 years ago
If I ever visit Australia (which I would very much love to), I'll live in a bubble the whole time.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
Long ago some sadistic British bureaucrat said; We can really screw petty criminals, we'll ship them to Australia. Bwahaha.
Zelda Blue 6 years ago
I've always wanted to go to Australia for a visit, it was on my bucket list. Needless to say that has been scratched off the list for good!! I refuse to go on vacation to someplace that has spiders and bugs that are the size of a small child. Not to mention all the freaking snakes. NOPE NOPE NOPE, I will enjoy Australia by reading National Geographic magazines.
ZombieGirl5591 6 years ago
I have changed my mind about planning a visit. I will admire from afar..
Rose the Cook 6 years ago
No mention of the number of tourists that have disappeared or been found murdered in the past 12 months alone.
Foxxy 6 years ago
Your more likely to get shot on any given day than murdered in Aus. A lot of the tourists that have disappeared are backpackers who hitchhike.
Load More Replies... Foxxy 6 years ago
Most of the spiders shown are harmless huntsmans and nothing to worry about. They make great houseguests and keep the unwanted ones at bay.
Load More Replies... April Simnel 6 years ago
How did I not see any of this stuff when I was there? I was in Queensland, on the coast and in the interior, and all over New South Wales. Are the scary beasties all up near Darwin or something? Is it because I was there in the winter? 2 and half months, and all I saw were a couple of roos that were ~50 yards away, an emu, and a lot of galahs.
Sasha Taylor 6 years ago
Honestly I don't know how this happens....people must leave their houses wide open and live out in the middle of the bush to get these kinds of animals in their houses...
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Cheryl Fontaine 6 years ago
Australia invented live export, australia culls its native wildlife, native habitat for the benefit of cattlemen and sheepmen. Australia is the second cruelest country on earth to its own animals. China being first, Spain being third. sorry australia, not only will I never come to your country for ANY reason, or spend one dime on your products, I hope you drown in your own stupidity.
Foxxy 6 years ago
A lot of countries culls wildlife for farming, just have a look at the US for example, not just for farming but also for housing, mining, and other infrastructure. The US exports more live stock/animals than Australia does, in 2013 Aus exported 3,160,610, whilst the US exported 94,775,607. Also look at the countries where rainforests are being destroyed at alarming rates killing off orangutans and other vulnerable animals etc due to the palm oil industry. Add on the countries that use animals for entertainment in cruel ways like being chained up, beaten, starved etc. Look at what the US does to its own citizens too with mass shootings almost daily. Might want to do more research before you deem Australia is the second cruelest country. Could we be better, of course we can but so can almost every other country. Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
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