bertsmobile1
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There is a funny idea that kangaroos hop down George St ( main street in Sydney ) and you can not put a food down outdoors without treading on a snake .
Our average snake bite rate is around 500 ( out of 35,000,000 population + ~ 10,000,000 tourists & guest workers )
From that 2 a year are generally fatal
Over 90% of snake bites are on the right forearm of men and were the results of the (He) man deciding to kill the snake with a shovel & missing .
Snakes are cowards , we are way too big for them to eat , even babies , so they see us as potentially eating them ( black fellas do eat them & they are good tucker ) .
The big loosers with snakes are dogs because even a well trained one will not leave a snake alone so that ends up being a contest as to which one is faster .
Because dogs have a lot less body weight than people they usually die regardless of weather they get immediate medical attention or not
For cats it is always fatal .
The USA apparently has around 10 snake bite deaths annually and is about 10 times our population so you have roughly twice the chance of a fatal snake bite down here as you have at home
OTOH we have around 2000 road deaths a year , about 15 tourist die of thirst in the desert ( mostly Europeans ) , prior to Covid Crockadiles knocked off around 3 people a year, mostly US & German tourists .
Poker machines ( slot machines to some ) account for more deaths than all the wildlife added together .
Our average snake bite rate is around 500 ( out of 35,000,000 population + ~ 10,000,000 tourists & guest workers )
From that 2 a year are generally fatal
Over 90% of snake bites are on the right forearm of men and were the results of the (He) man deciding to kill the snake with a shovel & missing .
Snakes are cowards , we are way too big for them to eat , even babies , so they see us as potentially eating them ( black fellas do eat them & they are good tucker ) .
The big loosers with snakes are dogs because even a well trained one will not leave a snake alone so that ends up being a contest as to which one is faster .
Because dogs have a lot less body weight than people they usually die regardless of weather they get immediate medical attention or not
For cats it is always fatal .
The USA apparently has around 10 snake bite deaths annually and is about 10 times our population so you have roughly twice the chance of a fatal snake bite down here as you have at home
OTOH we have around 2000 road deaths a year , about 15 tourist die of thirst in the desert ( mostly Europeans ) , prior to Covid Crockadiles knocked off around 3 people a year, mostly US & German tourists .
Poker machines ( slot machines to some ) account for more deaths than all the wildlife added together .