News that scares non-australians

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Thread dedicated to news that I think scare the shit out of the rest of the world and verifies Australia as being dangerous. L-)

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Horrified mum discovers son in bed covered in blood after 10ft python bites his head

A horrified mother discovered her young son covered in blood in his bed after a giant python slithered in and attacked him.

The youngster, Tyler, was sleeping in the top bunk bed when the monster woke him up with a painful bite.



The python continued to bite Tyler on the hand before lunging at his face, causing him to bleed.

His mother Tammy managed to tear the 10ft-long snake off her son's face at their home in New South Wales, Australia, the Daily Mail reports.

A family friend killed the snake, which is not thought to be venomous, and posted a photo on Facebook that has been shared widely.



In the photo the friend is seen dangling the snake above his head - and it's so long the beast drapes on the ground.

Tyler is recovering well following the scary incident last Thursday night, according to the post.

Story 2
Last week a six-year-old girl died after she was bitten by a venomous brown snake in Australia.

The little girl reportedly trod on the snake at the family home in the north of New South Wales when it bit her.

By the time her family realised she had been bitten, it was too late to save her life.

She was bitten on Friday near Walgett, 400 miles north west of Sydney, and was rushed to a local hospital.
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia ... spartandhp

The youngster was given anti-venom before being transferred to Sydney Children's Hospital where she was put on life support.

[AiA in Atlanta]

"SAI GON"?

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Now this sort of story helps........

How Australia's animals make this place a death trap
Mother Nature must have had a pretty sick sense of humour when she created Australia.

We live in one of the most breathtaking environments on the planet with rainforests and mountain ranges, crystal blue waters, sandy white beaches and deadly animals ready to kill you everywhere. No really, EVERYWHERE!

Crocodiles, spiders, snakes, bugs, jellyfish – we’ve got it all. And while they might not want to kill you, they can, very painfully, even when it's not on purpose

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia ... spartandhp

[Neferti]

Crocodiles, spiders, snakes, bugs, jellyfish – we’ve got it all. And while they might not want to kill you, they can, very painfully, even when it's not on purpose

Most of those creatures can be avoided. At least we can still camp in the bush and only have to worry about snakes, who really don't bother humans unless you tread on them .... not BEARS and those other "dangerous" creatures in North America!

[boxy]

It's strange... the rest of the world is absolutely terrified of anything that isn't a mammal, that can kill you... but it's the mammals that the most aggressive in areas we are most likely to be living. Bears, hippos, lions, tigers... they'll all rip you a new one. But they squeal, at the creepy crawlies that can be crushed under boot

[skippy]

Crocodiles, spiders, snakes, bugs, jellyfish – we’ve got it all. And while they might not want to kill you, they can, very painfully, even when it's not on purpose

Most of those creatures can be avoided. At least we can still camp in the bush and only have to worry about snakes, who really don't bother humans unless you tread on them .... not BEARS and those other "dangerous" creatures in North America!

I often have pythons here. But I did wake up a couple of years ago to a noise under the bed. When we had a look there were a couple of snakes mating.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Horrified mum discovers son in bed covered in blood after 10ft python bites his head

A horrified mother discovered her young son covered in blood in his bed after a giant python slithered in and attacked him.

The youngster, Tyler, was sleeping in the top bunk bed when the monster woke him up with a painful bite.

Several years back a family camped on one of Stradbroke Islands had the same scenario. Huge python slithered into a tent and tried swallowing a 4 year old boy.

I remember saying at the time "Imagine when that kid gets older, trying to tell him snakes are protected"

Had a brown snake in camp recently, and for the 3rd time now, when I've thrown a rock at the snake, the snake bit the rock.

Also had a neighbouring French woman come into my camp just on dusk crying "There's a snake in my house". So I went over with a machete and can of surface spray, ratted threw the house but found nothing, so left her the surface spray.

[Super Nova]

When I was about 9, I woke up in bed one morning with all these things crawling all over me. When I look at what it was it was hundreds of little spiders. I freaked out, jump about and squashed them or tossed them off running around trying to get rid of them.

On inspection, found a huntsman had laid and hatch her eggs under my bed. F..k man, that is a memory burned in your mind forever.

Many time walk through the bush on the Murrumbidgee at night, walk into a spiders web strung across the path and ended up with a spider square in the middle of my face.... you learn to be more careful.

We all know that when looking for firewood, kick the log over, have a good look before picking it up. I wonder what visitors do.

Oh, and the dropbear protection of using an umbrella whenever you walk around at night with a high collar to protect your neck, is a must.

[Neferti]

When I was about 9, I woke up in bed one morning with all these things crawling all over me. When I look at what it was it was hundreds of little spiders. I freaked out, jump about and squashed them or tossed them off running around trying to get rid of them.

On inspection, found a huntsman had laid and hatch her eggs under my bed. F..k man, that is a memory burned in your mind forever.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Scares me just to think about it.

I will NOT go to sleep in my bed with a Huntsman in the house .... it has to be D.E.A.D. I know that they are "harmless" but ..........

Many time walk through the bush on the Murrumbidgee at night, walk into a spiders web strung across the path and ended up with a spider square in the middle of my face.... you learn to be more careful.

Just going outdoors in the evening, if the mozzies don't get you, a spider web will ............. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkk

I read somewhere that 15 people were hospitalised in Canberra with REDBACK spider bites in 2015. Fortunately, there is an anti-venom available. Nobody has died since about 1950?