![]() There's books, tv shows, pod casts, you can follow sanctuaries and other people who work with wildlife on social media. Learn about them - It's not hard, there's multiple ways you can do it. Flying foxes are bats not actual foxes that fly. Squirrel Gliders aren't related to squirrels. This can cause confusion though as not every brown coloured snake is a brown snake, and not all Eastern brown snakes are brown. Or name it after what it looks like/sounds like/ is foundīoobook Owl - makes a sound like booooo-book So their solution was to either take the Aboriginal word, for example, Quoll, Kookaburra, Koala, Quokka, Taipan. Actually not in the corvidae family but in the butcherbird family - Artamidae. The Australian Magpie, they saw a black and white bird so it must be a magpie. Also you're only likely to get bitten if you stand on it or try to pick it up. The Death Adder (only considered highly venomous, not deadly, and not an Adder). So the early Europeans had a lot of things to name and when they tried naming it themselves they would get it wrong. Oh you mean the snake that's black with a red belly being balled a Red Belly Black Snake, and the tree with all the doodles on it being called a Scribbly Gum?Ĩ0% of plants and animals found in Australia are found NO WHERE ELSE. So the school blocked off that end of the oval. After that they would swoop anyone who came close to there. One day some kids go into the bush and stomp on their nest and eggs. We used to have Plovers at my school, in the bush at the end of the oval. If they are swooping in that area, try to avoid it or go through quickly. Legit the Magpies sing a specific song when it needs filling to call me out to do it. My local birds know me as the lady that cleans and fills the bird bath. I've never been swooped by Magpies, other birds yes, but not Magpies. The spot is chosen based on food availability and shelter from sun and rain, but also not being too cold. Just like if you're walking along with your toddler and there's a weirdo doing something strange you hold the kid tighter and closer to you and move through faster.īut these guys can't just move their nests or their babies. If they think you are a threat they will try and scare you off. Australia Magpies are very smart and can recognise faces. Simple, they have nests/babies and are protecting them. And I've seen injuries from people who feed wild ones and for some reason have been late to put out the food or something and they've climbed their leg or even jumped on them - stitches were required in a few of those cases (human skin is not thick like tree bark) I'm stronger than I look but if they are clinging on to a tree you are gonna need all your strength to get them off. Heads up from someone who has had to rescue them from awkward places (fire-places, BBQs, closets) They are stronger than you and they will f*** you up.Įven without them meaning to I've gotten injuries from my joey Brushies, they get so keen on their milk when you put it in that they climb your arm and their claws are sharper than cats. They are solitary so most people have heard them fighting of a night, screeching, shrieking, hissing, growling and making darth vadar noises. And 90% of snake bites that happen in Australia are people either trying to catch or kill a snake.īrushtail Possums - They may be cuter than the American Opossums but trust me, they don't want you around. ![]() Legit their only option is to bite, and even then mostly it's a closed mouth strike to freak you out into stepping back, and most people bitten by snakes are given a 'dry bite' where no venom is injected, as they want to use it on their food not waste it on us. They can't yell and scream, they can't punch or kick. And lets be real here, what else can they do? Still, it only ever strikes at people when it feels cornered and needs to get you to back the hell off. Mostly it's defensive behaviours that people read wrong.įor example, the most venomous snake in the world is the Inland Taipan (found in Aust.), however the most dangerous snake in Australia is the Eastern Brown snake, less venomous but also less shy and lives in suburbia. However, if you are a threat to them, or their babies, they will defend themselves.Ī lot of animals get tagged with the word 'aggressive' which I don't like, aggression is a human emotion that I've never seen in wild animals, or even pets and things. I'm a lovely person but hurt my dog and you better run. Any animal is dangerous, including you, if given the right circumstances.
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