Australian wildlife: deadly even to other deadly Australian wildlife

[nineveh_uk]

Snake eats crocodile after battle. This is not encouraging me ever to visit Australia.

In other news, my giant project has temporarily lifted allowing me to deal with the giant backlog of stuff left in its wake, the days really are getting significantly longer (especially when not cloudy), which is lovely, and I have bought a pair of red shoes. As this is the time of year when I am utterly bored of my work wardrobe, this is excellent, as it allows me to do something new without significant effort.

Comments

[nineveh_uk]

I love the bit in whichever Patrick O'Brien it is that Stephen gets stung by a platypus after finally managing to see one.

Are possums deadly/dangerous? They look quite cute.

[clanwilliam]

Apparently Australian possums buck the trend and are harmless, but US ones are vicious little buggers.

That snake has probably been killed by a spider now.

[nineveh_uk]

Congratulations to Australian possums! Though given their environment, they are probably evolving some deadly defence mechanism as we speak.