Imagine that the stresses of life finally get to you and, after months of depression you snap. You make that final decision: You're going back to Australia again.
yeah this article deters me from ever going to Australia
I know this may sound strange, coming from the country with all the deadliest nasties. But, did you know that most Australians have no idea that the Blue Ringed Octopus only paralyses you temporarily (as does the cone shell but in nastier ways). If you maintain CPR for about half an hour or so, victims will get up again and walk away. Problem is, as the blog article states, if you get bitten you can't tell anyone. You just lie there all frozen and zombie like...and suffocate because you can't move your muscles to breath.
Lots of old folk used to die here from Funnel-webbed spider bites...until the message sunk in that the little fuckers love to live in garden beds and that you need to wear thick, strong leather gloves if you're planning on putting your hands in the dirt.
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned the snakes. One of our most common urban snakes, the Common Brown Snake, is also responsible for the most deaths of humans by snake bite, including my father, who didn't even see the snake before it darted out from under a small bush and bit him twice on the ankle.
He was Ok because he knew what to do with snake bite. Him and his mate met the ambulance half way to the hospital (they were an hour away from treatment) and they replaced the compression bandage. But, when they got to the hospital, the nurse removed the compression bandage to swab the site for venom...and didn't replace the bandage! She walked away and didn't come back for 15 minutes. That as when dads mate turned up at the hospital and saw him. he said. "I don't feel real good...". His mate got the nurse and then they realised their mistake.
It took two weeks to kill him...
...anyway, come to Australia! It's a great place. The natives are real friendly...
