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

[antisoppist]

I dunno, at least the snakes and crocodiles are too busy attacking each other to bother attacking anyone else.

Red shoes are good. Unless you are in Hans Christian Andersen.

[quillori]

Of course, a while back we had Crocodile eats shark - now all we need is 'shark eats snake' and we'll have a nice game of rock paper scissors going on. But seriously, Australia is absolutely marvellous, and has several non-deadly native creatures! Just avoid salt water, fresh water, anywhere there could be snakes and anywhere there could be spiders, and you'll be just fine! (Except for being injured by kangaroos, koalas, magpies, goannas, Australian drivers...)

The red shoes sound lovely.

[sgac]

The latest thing in my neck of the bush is snake repeller devices. They're little mushroom-shaped things that you stick in the ground in your garden and they beep. Beeep beeep beeep every thirty seconds. It's the new soundtrack to summer.

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

I was going to say "I have visited Australia and it was fine so far as wildlife goes", but just remembered the daughter of family friends whom we stayed with, who had been bitten by a redback spider. (She was fine; apparently it had probably bitten something else not long before, so didn't have a full load of venom. That's not something I ever want to have to worry about.)

[elmey.livejournal.com]

The site I use for my morning weather report always plasters stories like that across the top. I've learned to scroll down to the temperature without looking. I don't want to know.

On the other hand, red shoes make everything better :)

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Eek! I read an interview with Cate Blanchett the other day in which she said she was scared of spiders and anyone who wasn't scared of spiders didn't live in Australia. But the thought of being slowly wrestled to death by a snake in water over the course of five hours is even scarier.

The longer days are such a boost to the spirits. I can quite see why a pair of new red shoes was just the thing.

[sonetka.livejournal.com]

I have to admire the sang-froid of the people who stuck around taking photos instead of immediately fleeing the scene before catching either animal's eye. (Incidentally, I trust you've heard this relevant song on the subject? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEeq5qGh8I)

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

Come on, Australia is awesome! And most of the things that can kill you are more scared of you than you are of them.

[bsg-aussiegirl.livejournal.com]

LOL I love that that clip has gone viral! Of course, it must be a fresh water croc. Nothing takes on a saltie and survives, I'd say.