15 pics that prove Australia is full of chilling and bizarre creatures
7/31/2020
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Australia is home to a lot of cute animals such as koalas, kangaroos, and wombats. However, the continent also has some unusual looking creatures that do not reside anywhere else in the world. In Australia, there are a lot of creatures that can bite, sting, eat, or crush you. Keep on reading to see these animals!
From the outback to the Great Barrier Reef to your own living room, there is no shortage of bizarre creatures calling Australia home.
#1 Honey, there is a kid on our bug…
#2 A massive earthworm found in Queensland, Australia
#3 Blue-ringed octopus (highly venomous) on hand
#4 An emu egg I found a few years back in Australia
#5 Rainbow Wrasse caught off Christmas Island
#6 Lizards in Australia
#7 Just toads hitching a ride on the back of a 3.5m python
#8 You know you're in Australia when frogs eat snakes
#9 Two extremely cute and endangered barking geckos
#10 It’s so hot here in Australia at the moment, and I wondered why birds weren’t using our bird bath
#11 Felt a tickle on my leg
#12 Typical road-side ditch in Australia
#13 March of the hairy caterpillars
#14 Finally, something in Australia that doesn't want to kill me. Banana for scale
#15 Bizarre Scale-less Blackfish with fangs found in Australia
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53 Comments
Denise Bruce
Well I have managed to keep alive for almost 70 years in this land of Oz! It’s the two legged beasts that are the most deadly!
Edward Morris
No black mambas but we have quite a few snakes with higher toxicity. Example eastern taipan, King brown, and the deadliest in the world the western taipan(but they are extremely shy and live in remote desert area) No.3 is disturbing as the blue ring octopus only flashes those iridescent rings when it is agitated and it bites with its beak That person was in extreme danger. no7 the gecko is an artificial wall fixture. The chances of seeing or running into any dangerous animals , insects or amphibious creatures is extremely unlikely. Come on down and we'll put an extra shrimp (prawn) on the barbie (BBQ)
Laura Takeda
Who on Earth puts a poisonous octopus on their hand?!
Roy Tinis
Two legged beasts (people) are far more dangerous than any of these!
Kathryn Cavanagh
Denise Bruce, I've managed 80 + so not complaining, agree with you on the most deadly.
csxjoe
Should have shown some of those lovely spiders.
JRW
marilynmitri, kangaroo, wallaby, koala, platypus, echidna are all mammals!
Brian Reynolds
All of the creatures shown [except perhaps the salty] are more scared of us than we are of them. Give them all space and there is no danger
Jan Cruz
I have wanted to visit Australia all my life. It's not going to happen so I just enjoy the pics of the animals and the beautiful lands of the country.
Sally Onyett
I’ve been around Australia
and I’m not hard to please.
I’ve coped with fire ,floods
and drought, famine and disease.
Flies , snakes and spiders
leaches , ticks and fleas.
But I can’t cope with koala bears that fall out of trees..!
A song I’ve never forgotten from yr 2000 @ Uluru..! 💕💕😂
marilynmitri
I don't know if this is true, but Australia seems to me to be a land from the past before the development of mammals.
md sodano
Australia has some really scary creatures! I’m glad I don’t live there!
Margaret White
I don't know how you guys live in lands with bears and lions and wolves! So big and aggressive!
agedyoungmom
I'm never going to Australia. lol
Sandra Skinner
Lived here almost 70 years and haven’t seen most of these. Really !
Susan Henderson
tbear, Forgot about the cane toads, they are dead set ugly. They only come out at night so I try to avoid going in the back yard after dusk.
Susan Henderson
tbear, The only thing I ever see are geckoes (No. 14). They're good though because they eat mosquitoes etc.
MRogers
andrewedwards, in that I own a beautiful example in a Coogie cardigan, I whole heartedly agree with your observation.
andrewedwards
andrewedwards, Australia is famous for the Coogie apparel line. What makes it unique is all of the vibrant colors just like the fish thats pictured
andrewedwards
This fish was absolutely beautiful all of the colors. I nicknamed him The Coogie Fish