Has solid-toothed non-venomous species (pythons, blind snakes, file It is thus estimated that only 2 to 6 fatal cases of unavoidable snake bites happened in Australia between 19 (a period of 24 years).Īltogether, only 0.13 of every million deaths in Australia are the result of a snake bite, as compared to nearly 1 in the USA, and many more in South America, Africa, India or Sri Lanka. Will first try to escape and, in case they do bite, they usually don't People inadvertently step on snakes (correct behavior and properįootwear could avoid these bites). As a result, snake bites are anything but common in Australia.īesides, many of these bites occur when people - often under the influence of alcohol Generally very shy and have not developed means to defend themselvesĪgainst human predation, unlike, for example, the spitting cobras ofĪnother reason is that Australia is big and not densely populated by humans. Short human presence on their continent, Australian snakes are However, though Australian snakes are currently viewed as the most venomous in the world, they are, by no means, the most dangerous.įor this is perhaps that having had very little time to adapt to the Venomous, although only a dozen are considered venomous enough to be Snakes have been recorded in its waters. Australia has over 140 species of land snake - and 32 species of sea
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