Everybody has of course heard about the fantastic and dangerous animal life in Australia. We have started to explore it! As Brisbane's location is sub tropical most of the species should of course be present here so we started by exploring some lush parks.
We felt that was both daring and enterprising to a reasonable level.
So what did we find? Well, actually no brown snakes so far.
The fellow above represents an extremely common specie. They are literally everywhere and although looking a little bit vicious they seem to be quite friendly. The biggest risk is actually to step on them. (As we haven't seen any squirrels in the parks I guess the lizards eat squirrels?!...)
Next guy is also very common. A little bit like the mallards back home they are everywhere. But they are much bigger. Despite their very big beak they also seem to be quite friendly.
But of course you need to be careful. And there are warning signs....
In a country with 24 of the 25 most venomeous snakes in the world. With deadly spiders in every backyard. With crocodiles behaving like big killing machines. Not to mention the big white...
What would you then think the signs warn you about???
BIRDS!!!!!
Yes in Brisbane it's obvious that the danger comes from above!
The average Brisbaner certainly worries most about birds....
A funny consequence of that is that most of the cyclists have spikes made of cable ties on their helmets to protect from magpies, which are considered the most aggressive ones.
I actually cought a magpie on picture while preparing to attack me. Do you see the evil in his eyes?
Ok he didn't but honestly I was actually attacked by one of the below (You guessed right, I didn't mind the sign...) Not a pleasant experience at all even though he just flew very fast like a decimeter over my head making a terrible noise a number of times.
Cheers!
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