Australia Is Famous For All Of Its Dangerous Animals That Are Completely Savage

I thought everything was bigger in the US but Australia wins this one

Rachel

• Published in Interesting
• July 21, 2019

As an Australian, I am incredibly familiar with hearing people say, “Oh, I'd love to travel to Australia, but I couldn’t deal with all the deadly wildlife! There must be snakes everywhere!” To which I always reply, “It isn’t that bad! I’ve never seen a snake and spiders mostly stay away—in the cities, anyway.”

But then I see photos like this and immediately want to move overseas. Australia is famous for all of its snakes, spiders, crocodiles and other assorted creatures that could cause serious damage just by looking at them. I feel as though you’d have to be incredible unlucky to come across many of these; but if Australia ever decides to stop tourism, showing these photos will be enough to do it.

Check out this giant termite mound!

It may not properly snow here, but we do have giant chunks of ice falling from the sky

This is the biggest worm I have EVER seen

The Snake Catchers Adelaide page enjoys casually posting pictures of snakes in locations where snakes should not be....

Would you walk through these spider webs in rural Victoria for a million dollars?

Western Australia's largest python feeding on a CROCODILE

A saltwater crocodile

Do people from other countries not always check their shoes?

Just a big lizard coming for a visit

You're much more likely to be covered in flies than spiders

This cute lil Blue Ringed Octopus that is super deadly

Toads hitching a ride on a snake...

I was beginning to wonder how it got there, but I think some things are better off remaining mysteries.

Hopefully you fill up the car before you notice the snake for a quick getaway

NOPE

Just hanging out in a swamp

A dead whale...

Australia has a lot of dangerous spiders, but this ISN'T one of them

This is...huge

This bug looks like it should be in a fantasy novel

This hot-pink slug that only lives on an extinct volanco

Read more about this fascinating creature here.

Millipedes

Imagine thinking a bulb has blown and looking up to see this

Highest electricity prices in the world? No worries! They can't charge you if they can't read the meter.

Posting a picture of some strange animal you found #JustAussieThings

This muscular kangaroo

But if you read it first, would you still hike there?

An ominous looking Megabat that looks like it's just dropped down to give you a riddle

Everyone seems really un-bothered by this

This hulk-looking frog eating a snake

This looks like a creepy hybrid creature...

The Araucaria pine cone that has been known to kill people when it falls!

Hairy caterpillars??

Rachel