Post #178766 by hewey on Wed, Aug 10, 2005 9:59 PM

Some Australian trivia for ya:

• The place is still not fully explored. Within the last 10 years, the Wollemi Pine was found in the Blue Mountains. Now this thing hasnt been spotted since dinosaurs were crusing around, and they were found within 2 or 3 hours from the largest city in the country, Sydney.

• We hold the record for the largest killing spree by a gunman. Martin Bryant killed 35 in Tasmania in 1996. Bloody Tasmanians.

• We are the only country to eat our national emblems - the kangaroo and emu. On a side note, neither of them can walk backwards.

• Australia has lots of nasty animals. Why? Buggered if I know. Makes our "shit happens" laidback approach even more impressive :). 6 of the 10 worlds deadliest snakes are Australian. The most dangerous animals are:

1. The Box Jellyfish
2. Irukandji (A Jellyfish)
3. Salt Water Crocodile
4. Blue Ring Octopus
5. Stone Fish
6. Red Back Spider
7. Brown Snake
8. Tiger Snake
9. Great White Shark
10. Funnel Web Spider

Yeh, these animals are everywhere too. I could find 6,7,8,10 locally.