Wild animals are not the most dangerous thing about hiking in remote regions, but they are definitely worth bearing in mind. Here we look at the main species you need to take account of. Given the preponderance of large predators – big cats, especially – in Africa and some parts of Asia, we’ve assumed people will not […]
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Snakes, sheilas and a backblocks shed: learning how to wrangle Australia’s most venomous reptiles
In the backblocks of the Lockyer Valley, more than an hour’s drive west of Brisbane, is a dead end track thick with scrubby eucalypt regrowth. It is a Saturday morning in late spring and, in this quiet neck of an area which bills itself as Australia’s salad bowl, a car turns down the no through […]
Man dies after being bitten by snake in north Queensland
A man has died in hospital after being bitten multiple times by a snake in north Queensland. Queensland ambulance service paramedics were called to a Deeragun property after 3pm on Tuesday. The man was in a critical condition and had sustained “multiple” snake bites at a separate address. He was taken to Townsville hospital but […]
‘Snake Hunter’ Bitten by Tiger Snake Is Facing Multiple Organ Failure
A snake hunter has been rushed to hospital after being bitten by a venomous snake, as a result of his equipment failing. Mark Pelley, a local of Victoria in southeastern Australia who goes by The Snake Hunter on Facebook—where he posts pictures and videos of his reptile-rescuing missions—was bitten by a venomous tiger snake on […]
Deadly brown snake bites Queensland woman in her bed while another serpent seen in fridge ice dispenser
A Queensland woman has been bitten in her bed by the world’s second most venomous snake, the state’s ambulance service says. The eastern brown snake bit the woman, who is in her 20s, on her hand in the early hours of Friday on a rural property in the Western Downs, two and a half hours […]