Australia Deadly Animals Statistics
Theyre mainly located in Northern and Eastern Australia.
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The death adder is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. This list was developed by the Australian Museum in Sydney. Our planet is currently experiencing the worst wave of species die-offs since the loss of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
When you compare the animal deaths to other causes of death in Australia like drowning killing 290 per year or car accidents killing 1200 people per year it is clear that even the most deadly of Aussie creatures the horse just arent that deadly. Cow bull or bovine 33 deaths. This is a very venomous snake specie.
Mosquitos are by far the deadliest creature in the world when it comes to annual human deaths causing around 750000 deaths per year compared to 100000 deaths from snakes and only six from sharks. Now we could list each snake that is classified as one of Australias deadliest but there are just too many. Between 2001 and 2007 an average of 30 people died in Australia each year in animal-related incidents.
They can measure from 15 to 2 meters. By far the greatest killer animal in Australia is the motorist modernicar. About 35000 deaths can be attributed to rabies and of those cases 99 percent are caused by dogs according to WHO.
Although only 12 of these species could result in a wound that would actually kill you. In Australia there have been around 140 species of land snakes and about 32 species of sea snakes identified of which about 100 are venomous. Out of 300 elapid species which include the taipan coral snake and mamba 60 can be found across the land and waters of Australia.