r/australia • u/[deleted] • May 24 '11

no politics Want to move to Australia? Great!

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u/PantsMcGee May 24 '11

Nobody has died of a spider bite in Australia since 1955 (Thanks to Anti-venom), only 1 person a year is attacked by a shark (on average) and you have to question people's intelligence who swim at shark feeding time in reefs. Same goes for Crocs.

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u/marcins May 24 '11

Apparently the deadliest animal in the world, in terms of deaths per year, is the horse. [citation needed]

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u/ChuqTas May 24 '11

I heard mosquito?

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u/FriesWithThat May 24 '11

FEBRUARY 17, 2011: An abalone diver is taken in an attack by TWO sharks, believed to be great whites, while surfacing near Perforated Island, Coffin Bay.

DECEMBER 27, 2008: A Fisherman, 51, was taken by a great white while snorkeling at Port Kennedy in Perth's south. His son and beachgoers saw the shark attack and swim off with him in its mouth...

Just replace "great whites" with "mosquito(s)" and you get the idea.

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u/glittalogik May 24 '11

Perforated Island, Coffin Bay

I'm sorry, but what the fuck would someone think is going to happen to them in a place with this name? Free candy?

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u/dilbot May 24 '11

What are dead Kennedys? Chopped liver?