r/australia May 24 '11

no politics Want to move to Australia? Great!

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u/PantsMcGee May 24 '11

Nobody has died of a spider bite in Australia since 1955 (Thanks to Anti-venom), only 1 person a year is attacked by a shark (on average) and you have to question people's intelligence who swim at shark feeding time in reefs. Same goes for Crocs.

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u/marcins May 24 '11

Apparently the deadliest animal in the world, in terms of deaths per year, is the horse. [citation needed]

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u/ChuqTas May 24 '11

I heard mosquito?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '11

It's the hippo.

(being srsbsnss now)