🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To OUTRAGEOUS ANIMAL MOMENTS FROM AUSTRALIA!
Vložit
- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- 🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To OUTRAGEOUS ANIMAL MOMENTS FROM AUSTRALIA!
If You Would Like To Support The Channel: www.paypal.me/kabsayofe
/ kabirconsiders
• Video
Hi everyone, I’m Kabir and welcome to another episode of Kabir Considers! In this video I’m going React To 10 OUTRAGEOUS ANIMAL MOMENTS FROM AUSTRALIA!
Follow me on social media:
Instagram: @kabirayofe
Twitter: @kabirconsiders
Email me for business inquiries:
kabirconsiders@yahoo.com
If you would like to send me anything, my PO Box address is;
Kabir Considers
PO Box 5026
Hornchurch
RM12 9JG
United Kingdom
___________________________________________________________________________
COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER
FAIR USE ACT
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.
ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS
If a kangaroo stands right up and looks you in the eye, he’s challenging you, turn and walk away. It’s amazing how many tourists harass the wildlife then get shocked when they’re attacked.
Kangaroos usually head for water, if there is any, when a dog chases them. They’re tall enough to stand while the dog has to swim and they take advantage of it and try to hold the dog under the water and drown it.
Same knuckleheads try to pet the big fluffy cows (bison) at Yellowstone. People are not smart.
Saw that happen once we tried to tell this tourist that they are really not so cute and cuddly if irritated,,,,,🍺But???? Next thing he's flying across the lawn on his back as the big BUCK gave him a rabbit kick in the gut😂😂😂😂😂sorry but your warned for a reason
It’s no fun. Hurts like nothing you can ever imagine.
Red roo when standing upright can be over 6 ft tall
@@shirleystrain1828 Please don’t remind me.
My grandpa was a stockman, he said when he was a little boy his grandpa told him about seeing big red roo kill another stockman by slicing his stomach open with his paws. He said to always be wary of roos, most people can't read the signals.
I can believe it. A red kangaroo can do nine metres in a single hop.
With that kind of power and sharp claws, it's not hard to imagine its kick being enough to disembowel a human.
Glad that some1 sees the same way as I do, it freaks me out when tourists go close to wild kangaroos, my father was helping a Joey caught in a fence. The mother went ballistic, dad jumped up into a tree, that kangaroo pinned him there for over a hr. Always be on your guard !
Yes they are really dangerous… people underestimate their strength and the size of their claws. I volunteered at a native wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary. The Red’s are huge. We never went into their pens alone, and were taught defensive posturing and shouting if one came too close. If they come at you turn your side towards them so they can’t get to your vital organs. But mostly don’t get too close in the first place.
Absolutely agree. Kangaroos can disembowel animals or people. My grandparents lived on a station and had a couple of dogs drowned by kangaroos in waterholes too. Gotta have a healthy respect for the wildlife!
Some people are just stupid! Many of the people 'fighting' with the roos sounded like they were tourists. Those hind legs can disembowel one. I wouldn't be laughing if one was attacking me or a friend.
People come here, antagonize our animals (especially our kangaroos) and then complain when our animals fight back. I have seen it too many times
You dont come here for 2 weeks if you want to see more than 1 city, you come here for 3 to 6 months on an english working holiday visa, then you can travel the whole australia in a small van or station wagon and stop at farms and orchards to make extra cash and meet locals while travelling the country.. thats the best way to see australia..
A lot of these people who think it’s funny when a kangaroo
kicks don’t understand that it is trying to disembowel you.
A full size adult Kangaroo can cave your chest in with a simple drop kick from its hind legs. The ones in this video were small or mid-size and very tame. The big ones have claws so sharp that it can slice through thick heavy crocodile tough skin and disembowel a crocs innards. To put this in perspective, you have a better chance against a grizzly bear.
We don't have cobras here, but we do have 21 of the world's top 25 deadliest snakes.
Echidna's are a completely different family to porcupines.
If you only had 2 weeks, I'd probably recommend hiring a car and driving from Melbourne to Cairns. You wouldn't get close to seeing everything, but you'll see a lot more than just city hopping. Maybe drive Perth to Brisbane across the Nullarbor.
I wouldn't recommend a tourist drive the Nullarbor, at least on the first visit. Lots of nothing, and too easy to die!
@@Sonia_47 nothing wrong with it if you use the fuel stops and keep water. Its an every day occurance now, even for tourists
@@Rastusmishka12I agree with @Sonia_47. Unless someone is on a very long working holiday visa it would be a pity to miss out on so many other terrific places to see and also get better value for the cost of petrol. When you’ve flown from Europe, stopped over in Perth, then seen the Red Centre for the next 5 flying hours, that’s been enough for me, also safer.
The kangaroo can disembowel with its hind legs break your legs with its tail. Koalas are more dangerous than they look etc etc
i live in Australia... i agree with you about those parents not pulling their kids away quickly from animals that attack them. The kangaroo has a claw on its back feet, which can rip and do you some serious harm, also that is false that the dingo are friendly... just last week on our news - a 23 yr old girl on a beach, was attacked by a pack of wild dingoes and received over 30 bites. I was hoping you would have footage of the massive python snakes in Queensland, they can be over 15-20 feet plus in length, and girth as fat as a sandwich plate, and bigger. can swallow a dog - whole
Claws, not a claw.
And of course its girth will increase after it's crushed you and now having you for lunch.
And its girth will get bigger if you're inside the python, getting thinner as you move through the snake and are digested.
two things in Australia you really need to look out for..... 1. a drop bear and 2. a hoop snake....
He would see neither in just two weeks & have lived here for my entire 75 years & I have never seen one yet, but I have heard their blood curdling screams at night .
A cobra? In Australia? In our backyards?
The depth of knowledge, this is going to be interesting!
Yeh made me laugh too 😂
No cobra snakes in Australia. Other species.
Me too
We don't have cobras in Australia. The brown snakes and taipans ate them all.
I spotted that. I live on a farm in Queensland and in all the years I’ve been here I’ve had only ever seen one snake.
It’s not a lake it’s Cahill’s Crossing in the Northern Territory. The East Alligator River, yes Alligator, is a tidal river in Kakadu National Park that allows access to the Indigenous community of Gumbalanya (Oenpelli) It can only be crossed at low tide. Often impassable in the Wet Season. The truck is a road train, they are up to 50 metres in length. I live in the NT… been there a few times bloody scary crossing with all the crocs.
The lizard was a frill necked lizard - we are quite imaginative with our names down here :) the echidna is only found here. It’s closest relative is the platypus, also only found here. When a kangaroo rears up you should move away. They can really do some damage with those back legs.
There are echidna in Papua New Guinea as well. Also dingoes (near relatives called singing dogs) and tree kangaroos.
But we don’t have cobras 😂
I've always loved hearing kookaburras laughing in the morning,always makes me smile 😊😊😊you can't come to Australia for 2weeks it's to spread out 😊😊😊
Yes, I love my visiting Kookaburras, except when they bang their meal against my balcony railing! 🤨😂
My son was living in Roma, western Queensland and was out hunting feral pigs for a farmer. One of his dogs chased a roo into a dam. Cal had to jump into the dam to save his dog because the roo had grabbed it around the neck and was pulling it under water to drown it.
These are all wild animals so treat them with respect and caution
Yes the parents need to look after the kids. Tourists do this all the time, then end up in hospital. 😂
The problem normally occurs when people come to Australia and don’t respect our wildlife.
I have had kangaroos and koalas in my yard as well as large lizards and snakes. I respect and admire our animals not encroaching into their space and have never had any issues and I am 57 yrs old and lived in cities and rural areas of this beautiful country.
Koalas active during the daytime, means disturbed or thirsty.
I'm a teacher (and originally from the Midlands) and last week I was in a 'rural' school... as we exited the 'hall' we came across a 4 ft long Diamond Python on the wooden exit steps outside (It's very early in the year for snakes)... all the Children were 'HEY , let me see'..... This is from a School whose emblem includes a Platypus ... (platypus only live in SUPER clean water, and they've been seen in the small river behind the school).... I Love Australia.
Your right about parents in both situations but we have parents from the cities who don’t have a clue. My dad (50 years ago) found a 6 foot brown snake in street scaring neighbours and kids so he went up behind it, picked it up from tail an whip cracked it braking it’s neck. These days we just call the snake catcher.
Australian wildlife is no different to any other wildlife or even domestic animals. If they are scared or irritated they will give a warning (like a dog growling). Be smart enough to realise the signs and walk away. Most people who are attached are from overseas. All animals can be dangerous even Koala's.
Maybe two weeks in Tassie, its the smallest state and beautiful 😍... But you wouldn't see it all of course. To see native wildlife, there are a couple of Wildlife parks eg. one at Mole Creek. Platypus House and seahorses up the Tamar river.
We've seen wild deer, echidnas, etc along the roads. Always something to see!!
2 weeks isn't long enough. We don't have cobra's here. The echidna (and platypus) are monotremes which means they lay eggs. They're the only egg laying mammal in the world.
Squirrels are one thing we don't have. I remember the 1st time in London sitting in a park early morning with jet lag wide awake having one near me.
Yes we do not native they've been introduced Perth and Melbourne
I'm an Aussie and yes we do have some crazy animals. I share my life with some of them.
We have to many Asian tourists that come here and get themselves into trouble interacting with our wildlife because they seem to have no idea what they are doing and aren’t aware of the imminent danger they put themselves in.
We don't have cobras here ! Also, you don't see any dangerous wild animals unless you go to the outback. Crocs are only in the very top end of Australia. Kangaroos and most others don't bother you. Of course on rare occasions you can be attacked by a kangaroo or bird but very rare.
I live in a lovely country town we get our share of snakes roos koalas lizards I'm no where near the outback close to the Barossa Valley though
Crocs as far south as Gladstone in Qld, with the odd reported one even further south.
Except magpies!
we have eastern taipans in our backyard in Queensland.
We also have a large goanna that we see from time to time that measures about 1.5metres long.
That lizard that you called a flying gecko is a frill necked lizard.
Our animals, despite the reputation, are pretty sedate, and pose a problem. There are three rules I'd recommend; 1) don't swim where there are crocs. 2) Don't swim where there are bull sharks. The canals around Brisbane are full of them. 3) Don't piss off a roo. They can kick the shit out of you. If you find yourself going toe-to-toe, either a few meaty punches to its head, or putting it in a headlock should fix it. Oh, And we don't have cobras.
the guy with the kid being grabbed by the koala. not even willing to drop his phone to help the kid lml
Those Dingos on the beach ARE dangerous, several attacks recently. 12.30
2 weeks is way to short a time to see Australia. Remember it is the same size as the mainland USA. It would be like me saying what would be the best places to visit in Europe in 2 weeks. But as some said try and get out of the mentality of seeing the capital cities and go bush where you will see the true Australia.
Yeah you really need at least a month to do a decent amount of sightseeing.
I own a bush property and live with the wildlife. They won't hurt you if you just leave them alone. Roos will just lay down and sleep. If you walk in their direction, they will either ignore you or get up and move. They don't like to be annoyed. They can be extremely dangerous if they get pissed at you for annoying them. They can rip out your insides in one kick or kick you so hard you go flying. I tell anyone that comes to my house to ignore them. The wildlife on my property is pretty good, and you get to know the personalities. I would never trust them completely, but you learn to see the signs of aggression, distress, or play. I don't let my dogs near Roos, even though my little dog, a Jack Russel, thinks shes 10ft tall and bulletproof and if she sees them first, well, lets just say I have to give chase before the Roo takes her down to the dam and I'm no spring chicken anymore 🤨 I do love it though 😄
I can tell you the roo that kicked the little kid was very much 'pulling' that punch (or kick) otherwise that little boy would've gone flying backwards like he'd been catapulted. I've seen grown men knocked down like that!
And yes, parents need to keep close to their kids. Tourists are told these are wild animals but they still seem to think that they're harmless. A kangaroo could rip your guts out with those feet if he wanted to.
Native Aussie animals have been around humans for 60,000 years, so most of them aren't that intimidated by humans.
If you truly want to come to Australia and see everything from Uluru in the N.T. ,Queensland Victoria, and the rest of it you will need a lot longer than two weeks I would say a minimum of 6 weeks to see the main parts here in our great country
We have 10 of the top 12 deadliest snakes in the world but this does not include cobras . Youll realise that if you watch close that every one of those attacks on humans and dogs were from being provoked or upset by well meanig humans .they are wild creatures not meant to be used the way that we treat them as oddities or photo selfies . The only actively aggressive animal in this video is the Magpie who will attack anyone in it's nestingarea that it doesn't know,or has become familiar with., I have a family of magpies who live in my backyard tree wh leave my self and my neighbours alone while they attack strangers in the neighbourhood . 2 weeks is not much time to see even a fraction oof what's on offer in Melbourne,Sydney and, Brisbane people do it but you'd be rushing everywhere and you'd be spending valuable siteseeing time hanging out in air ports and getting to and from said airports . If you can only afford a definite 2 weeks ,depite the fact that I'm a NSW citizen andlove Sydney because, its a beautiful clean,safe,and vibrant city full of history and icon tourist attractions . and Ithink that Melbourne a city I've visited over 60 times is the arts and culture capitol of Australia , you should spend your time in Queensland, you can choose the Gold Coast with it's famous ocean front and a canal system bigger than Venice and Amsterdam combined and within reach of rainforests and every major theme park and zoo in Queensland , or use Brisbane as a base to travel to the the Gold Coast the Sunshine Coast or travel futher north to the city of Cairns gate way to the worlds oldest tropical rainforest which meets on the coast The Great Barrier reef , or visit the coastal towns of Airlie Beach or Shute harbour where you can gain access to the world's whitest and most beautiful beach (this is an acknowledged fact) and the islands of the Whitsunday region, you could see all this and more in 2 weeks but I reckon you'd need a holiday after you did it because you'd be buggered . I haven't even mentioned Tasmania, Adelaide Alice Springs, Perth, Broome or Darwin, all beautiful places all worth visiting and all with unique Australian attractions .
Cobra, african snakes in Australia? Yeah your mates have not been to australia.. 😂
Dude! African cobras? Try India.
The neighbours snakes got out again....😂🤣🤣
Kangaroos commonly lure dogs to water and drown them, a defence tactic.
Always stresses me out when I see those videos of dogs chasing Kangaroos to water 😰
That last video wasn't taken in Australia, it was in the USA. You're not allowed them as pets here, nor would any Aussie treat them like that.
The Echidna is very Australian, we have them on our coins, when camping in the bush we would see them in the early morning, there is no safe way to handle them, leave them alone.
Even if we eat them we still respect the animal(it's someone's dreaming)
Any proof it was the US? Or just making an assumption from ignorance? It's illegal to have them as pets there, illegal to transport, and it should go without saying.. only native to Australia and New Guinea.
Most other Western Countries are concrete jungles. Our cities are concrete jungles but we have 6 major cities, 2 territorial cities, and a number of towns. But the majority of country towns are NOT concrete jungles. They are a blend of Nature and development feathered into each other. Hence why Aussies (outside of our few cities) have a strong interaction with Aussie and Introduced fauna. I don't know if it's true, but someone told me that there are NO ANTS in NYC. I find that incredible.
At 10:36 the so called "Emu" that snapped at the camera was actually a "Rhea" from South America.
Please look up the red kangaroo... these are the massive mofo's of Australia.
I loved this content as an Aussie 😂 you are the best
So many animals you missed..Wombats for instance, Possums, Wallabies and masses of birds. The Magpies are the Comedian bird of the world the antics they get up to could fill an encyclopedia..the Australian Larrakin.
Mate you’re so funny but two things: we don’t have cobras in Australia lol.
Also emus are very curious birds so if you do any weird thing (like cycling with your legs in the air) they usually will approach.
The "crocodile infested lake' is a river.
Lovely thing is I haven't been swooped yet in this scorching spring
There is nothing like encountering a Taipan snake in your garden whilst weeding it!
I hope you can be here for longer than 2 weeks…you’d barely be over the jet lag from the ridiculously long flight! Maybe have 4 weeks. Start in Melbourne..enjoy the coffee, the food and everything else Melbourne has to offer. Bring an umbrella and dress in layers though! Perhaps take a tour down to the Great Ocean Road for the spectacular scenery. Or take a tour to Phillip Island for the wildlife. Then hire a car….drive up to Sydney along the East Coast. Lots of lovely towns and beaches to look at along the way. Sydney, well. you know what’s on show in Sydney. Then continue up the East coast. Again lots of spectacular scenery and lovely towns. Then you hit Queensland. Pick a beach, any beach….especially when you get up to the Whitsundays. It would be a crying shame if you only saw the big cities while you were here. You’ll have to save the rest of Australia for next time. Honestly, you’d need a few months to see a little bit of every state and territory and no way would you get to see it all. And don’t forget Tasmania…it’s beautiful there. Australia is bloody enormous!
Those kangaroos where playing other then the one on golf course
They only attack normally in breeding season
The one's you seen in house area's are for two reasons one housing is moving out more
But generally it's during extreme droughts they come into cities for water and food the green grass in urban area
As for koala they try to climb to the highest point hence trying to climb up people and some in the bush you seen friendly
These could be one's who've been rescue at some point and released into bush or like kangaroos during droughts looking for water
I'd say that was a fresh water swimming pool we have them salt chlorine as well and that probably lives in the tree's next to the homes and seen the people as none threat
The little lizard is called frill neck lizard they fan it out and change colour as you see the bright colour it was this is to make it look bigger and bright colours in nature singels danger it's their only defence besides they'll play dead and won't move and cats and other animals kill alot of them in more urban areas
The rule of thumb is treat them all as wild animals as they are so unpredictable even domestic one as you seen it grab at guys face unintentionally
I'm from Adelaide it a very hot dry state where you see lots of these types of animals and as you seen further out in the bush areas
Most will avoid you just like the snakes they only attack if surprised otherwise will slither away
We have several zoos here with native animals and most within hour of CBD same with beaches 30 mins using public transport
Some of the best wines in the world comes from this area as well
You barely seen any of the animals the birds varieties are amazing we take if for granted and thought this was normally
Until hearing what others say from around the world how they have nothing like this just as you was saying
So over the decades Aussie's do I lot to protect our native life and native bush
It's why customs extreme on animals entering or food or plants because we now have thing that kills these off and cannot control or cost millions a year
Being a island so far away only thing can change is coming in so why extremely strict rules
Because our food exsports worth billions rely on keeping diseases out as we have very few of rest of world
Like foot and mouth bird flue swine flue same with vegetables and fruits
Again my state big in vegetables and fruits we don't have the diseases like other of our states so when crossing boards very strict guidelines as well You can not bring in fruit or vegetables from other states to keep it pest free and it export oversea at a premium price
Even other states export some products but due to pests it not as much as a premium as this state
Hope it helped
We get Kangaroos in our streets, even where I use to work, they'd be in the parking lots in the morning. I live in a city with around 500,000 people, and my house was built in the early 60's, and Kangaroos have always gone past my place, usually at night.
@@jennysmith38other way Round. The kangaroos have people living on their land. They've been going that way for thousands of years, the last 60 has had humans in the way. 😉
@@triarb5790 I know that, I was making my comment to the first guys comment about why they come into cities
Only one thing I can say is that brown snakes will attack no matter what and will chase you to bite you they are aggressive fast and large king browns six to seven feet of pure hate
The problem is the tourists thinking that these animals are harmless and funny when they strike out for them being too close. Koalas have 2 inch claws on their hands which can rip you apart, they also have dagger teeth longer than a dog's k9 teeth and they aren't scared at all to use either one of these highly unpredictable animals they are. Kangaroos can claw the hell out of ya, then the kicking which is actually quite dangerous as they have 3 long toenails which are designed to dis-embowel their opponent. Like rip your intestines out. The Tasmanian devil is actually quite harmless no matter how scary they sound. They won't touch you. The echidna is harmless, and no they don't lose their spikes. The lace monitor may bite or whip you with its tail. The Frilled neck lizard are all show and won't hurt you. Seriously, these animals are not to be messed with or taken so casually and like they are harmless. They can put you in hospital.
5:20 Koalas don't do that though! I've never seen or heard of a koala running towards someone to attack anyone ever! That's why the whole Drop Bear thing is so hilarious! I'm absolutely gobsmacked! The most any of them do is get cranky when they're being held by a human. Koalas are the _least_ scary of our animals. They're very sleepy unless they're fighting each other for a tree. I'm guessing the koala must have percieved the little child as another koala and a threat to his territory. Maybe it was mating season? Extremely uncommon though!
Kangaroos can be really dangerous, especially the big 6 foot wild ones. I know of a guy who lost his eye after being attacked. They’re claws are huge & can rip u to bits. But, most roo’s are lovely too. We don’t take much notice, they’re everywhere in Aussie, part of all our lives. I love them. Great show mate. You make me laugh. Spent a year in the UK, in the 70’s. love you Brits. ❤ from Auss.
In Australia do not feed the birds. Do not approach wild kangaroos they can rip you apart. Koalas on the ground are usually looking for water.
The kangaroo was in Lake Burley Griffin, a manmade lake in our nation's capital Canberra.
Yes the brown snake in that first shot is very deadly indeed.....Sulphur crested cockatoos are seen a lot in Australia, often in flocks like that....The lizard that you saw is called a Frill Necked Lizard, for obvious reasons....Those beautiful birds are Rosellas...they will come up to your windowsill to look for food....there are a variety of species with different colour combinations...gorgeous...
Frilled lizard and thorny dragons gentle creatures emus curious, magpies can be cranky during nesting season, Tasmanian carnivorous marsupials, anteating echidna is one of two monotremes found only in Australia.Crocodiles live in most tidal creeks and rivers along Queensland coast so take care quietly ignore most feral animals and all will be well so dont intrude, dingoes been frisky on Fraser island recently with tourists feeding and encouraging then but rare moments happen & most people dont see these animals often
You’re correct! Parents need to keep their kids away from the kangaroos. The hind claws can rip you open! Koalas aren’t all cute and cuddly either. Their claws can do serious damage. My husband told me this…he’s from Australia.
Echidnas are completely unrelated to porcupines.
Their closest relatives are platypus and fun fact they are both mammals that lay eggs.
2 weeks is Not long enough,, But if its all u got,, pick a special place like Uluru or Blue Mountains or Great Barrier Reef {if u pick blue Mountains, dont get lost } . Search best times of year too for spots
How would you split the time?
It depends quite a lot upon what time of year that you're here.
If you're in Australia in southern hemisphere summer (the same months as the northern hemisphere winter), then I'd advise focusing on the southern, more temperate parts of the country. Contrary to what a lot of people will tell you, I advise visiting the red centre, including Uluru, in summer. I say this as someone who's worked in the region as a tour guide for over fifteen years. Yes, the weather's less pleasant at that time of year, but there's a lot more wildlife about.
In the middle of the year - southern hemisphere winter - then go to the tropical zones, which make up almost a third of the country's landmass anyway. Leaves you plenty to choose from.
After all, I'm guessing that the average English person doesn't go to Australia to be cold...
Look up English you tube couple Rob and Charlie they came to Australia 🇦🇺 last year and vlog their trip has prices and how to get around what to exspect they spent 3weeks and coming back because couldn't see everything or every state
Hope this will help their happy for people to contact them to help out what goes on to come here and needed
They are called "the fam bambalam. " on you tube.
I can confirm that laying on your back and cycling your legs in the air does work, to attract Emu's. You look like a complete knob, but it works. I'm a bird photographer, I saw that on TikTok and tried it. They do get very curious and come close for a look.
This week in Melbourne in my back yard was a badge huntsman, a redback and giant centipede all within 2 feet of me. You can't just pick some garden item up and walk off with it. You have to check
everything because you never know what's in it or under it. Am 63yo and still scared in or out of the house when moving anything..always have to be on your guard.
Magpie swoop. Only time they attack is during spring 😊
In England in Birmingham 15 years ago,I saw a fox under a street lamp playing,and at the kitchen door saw a hedghog run past a couple of feet from me,also saw a squirrel in nearby park.And a black bird siting in a tree all alone ,and another bird dancing under a tree on the lawn to catching a worm that poked its head out of the ground.Nothing else but cows and that is it.....hardly a forest to talk of. Such an empty country of wild life.Oh and I saw one bumble bee!
You do have 3 snake species 1 of them venomous and lizards strange you don't know this. You once had bears wolves and other dangerous animals but they've been killed out
You've just got to come to Oz and sort out your many misconceptions, e.g. we don't have Cobras in Oz, neither do we have Alligators. Big male roos stand up to about 8 feet tall (2.4 metres), and can be very aggressive. Saltwater crocodiles stalk with great patience and actively hunt humans, but they are not in urban areas - mostly! Come and see us and say 'G'day!'
I found an adult echidna in my garage once and the little bugger actually dug into the concrete when I was trying to remove it. They're very different from porcupines, actually a monotreme and unique to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The thing you will notice most is the birds especially the parrots, the noise they make, a lady from Vietnam once said to me all the parrots squabbling in the trees reminded her of children playing in a school ground. I thought that was a good comparison.
I love how he says he’s huge and it’s not even a red! 😂😂😂
You have to arrive in Brisbane, Darwin or Sydney. So hire a car and drive north if you arrive in Sydney or Brisbane. Or drive south to Melbourne if you arrive in Darwin.
Hi I live in Australia for 75 years and I have never ever seen a snake in my back yard.
I have them in mine
We have them on our property 15 mins from the 'burbs. Also koalas and roos.
I love our animals❤
However the other day a magpie came at me like a Boeing 747, I screamed and ducked😂
Cobra in the backyard?
WTF ... there are no cobras in Australia.
You're not going to find a taipan in the backyard. Brown snake ... well ... if you live on a farm, maybe.
Kookaburras like to eat snakes. They swoop and grab them with their incredibly powerful beaks, fly up and drop them from height as many times as it takes to kill them.
I was stay with my son and saw a kookaburra take a 4 ft brown up a very tall tree drop it and swoop down again succeeded this time
and the possums that descend on the roof at 10pm (looking for flowers or fruit to eat) and the thump and them running across the roof sounds like an elephant thumping on the roof. possums are nocturnal - they sleep during the day
Echidnas are monotremes... egg laying mammals... as are platypuses... While we have no actual cobras, our red-bellied blacks and brown snakes are related I think.
A friend was camping on Frazer Island (Kgari, now) & had to bolt into the ocean with her little boy because they were being attacked by a pack of dingoes. She was rescued by people in a boat. They are NOT harmless. No wild dog is, but have their definite place in our environment & should not be culled - particularly as there are few other predators & numbers of their prey species can get overwhelming & destroy their own habitat.
It may have been a salt water pool rather than chlorine - not that that's much better.
The echidna is one of two monotremes - mammals that lay eggs. We also have the other one - the platypus.
Also you'll notice that most of our native animals go after tourists. That's because tourists don't know how to handle them and get in their face. We have the saying "Don't fuck with it and it won't fuck with you".
Some things to consider - the "big" kangaroos shown are adult kangaroos, many of the other roo looking animals were wallabies- its sort of like the difference between horses and ponies. As others have said, if a roo stands up and waves its paws at you, it's not happy and you need to back off or it could do you serious harm. Dingoes are dangerous, there have been several dingo attacks recently. A koala on the ground generally isnt a happy koala - its either deadly thirsty, looking for love or ill - watch from a distance, especially as theres a good chance it has an std - seriously, look it up! No cobras here, but plenty of venomous snakes - we call them danger noodles for a reason! It's an old joke that everything here wants to kill you, but if you treat it like it could, you won't get hurt (or hurt an animal) 😂 If you thought these animals were cool, wait till you see your first cassowary!
The echidna is one of only 2 egg laying mammals in the world, the other one is the platypus.
They are called monotremes
Yes, they are.
Koala’s do not attack. The first one was frightened by too many people and was trying to escape up a small tree that was a child. Koala’s do not drink water unless they are in extreme conditions like a bushfire they get moisture from the Eucalyptus leaves. That woman was stupid for giving one pool water but they do ask when they need something maybe fresh water would have been a better option.
Kangaroos are usually only out at night. We have them in the morning on the grass and the beach in front of our house and in the evening. They leave if people are near, most never aggressive and if one is it is usually because some human or did something first. They come much bigger than the one’s in this video. I have raised enough orphan’s that go back into the wild. They will never be a pet even if they think you are their mother. They will turn on you so I knew not to let them get attached. I was once driving down a road in the Outback at night and my husband told there were hundreds of Kangaroos and wild pigs. I told him I hadn’t seen any so he turned the car sideways with the lights on. There were so many Kangaroos it was like looking at the crowd at a huge rock concert. I was amazed we hadn’t hit any, there were no fences.
Kangaroos have no road sense, I hit countless of them over the years, road kill galore 😂
Roos brains are the size of a pea, if that 😒
That crap at 14:30 was Americans stirring up a little eastern grey roo that they've imported
My great great uncle was swimming in the dam. His father was sitting on his front verandah watching.. then he sees a big red roo comes up out of the water and starts trying to drown him. His head was blown of by his dad
FYI, dingoes aren't "vicious", they're just wild.
A domesticated dingo (while illegal in much of Australia) is actually an amazing pet. They are quite cunning.
14.02 where is this keep thinking Tennant creek 😂
Koalas are not cuddly in fact they are quite vicious, that father didn’t realise that until he’s child was attacked. Thankfully we don’t have rabies in Australia.
But we do have chlamydia
Those dingos are a wild pack. If they get one of your children alone , they will attack. One of my friends walked into the web of a bird eating spider. Check that one out in a search 😂
If you live rural or even semi-rural you have a fair number of animal encounters but if you leave them alone they leave you alone - most of the time! In the last two weeks I have had 2 snake encounters an eastern brown and red-belly black snack. Just stay still and let them do their thing they don't want to hang around either. Spiders are just an animal you expect to see. Where I live kangaroos are on our front lawn and just about everywhere and I live semi-rural by the beach. And I had a dog which got done over by a kanga in the water, ripped her belly, she survived though. You don't hear much about bull-ants but they are bastards and hurt like hthe buggery.
Basically all you need to know about Australian wildlife is that wild kangaroos are obsessed with golf courses, echidnas and platypuses are what's known as "monotremes", which just means they're mammals that lay eggs 😵💫 and Australian magpies are about the only native animal that Australians are legitimately scared of, as witnessed by the old man kicking at the Eastern Brown Snake as though it were just a lizard. Also, statistically speaking, annual deaths attributed to our wild life is usually around 2 or 3 Australians and the rest are tourists.
I agree re previous comments on snakes, but you almost never see them. I've only ever seen two, in the bush, in 50 years. Both easily avoided.
Kangaroos and emus (and to a lesser extent camels and wild horses) are a risk when driving in remote areas. Drive into a kangaroo and it ruins the front of your car. Hit an emu and it comes through the car windscreen and it lands in a bloody mess on your lap. If your car hasn't crashed and you are still alive. Drive carefully, particularly after dusk.
Crocodiles. A problem if you live north of Brisbane. Or for stupid tourists.
It would help if the people doing this type of video actually spent about 1 hour in basic research, so as not to show total ignorance.
It's amazing how many people think the animals are friendly! Just cos they are laying still or simply standing around does not mean they are friendly.
Don't go near the wildlife! How many times do people need to be told that? Just this past week a lady was mauled on Fraser Island by dingos and only two weeks before that a kid had to be evacuated by chopper from Fraser after a dingo attack. That dog has now been euthanised but if the people left the darned animals alone, this type of incident would not happen. Just cos they look like dogs does not mean they are cuddly dogs! They are more like wolves. Treat them like the wild animals that they are. Same goes for the koalas that have learned how easy it is to get a drink by pestering people. Now the koalas are harassing people and chasing them for water and food. They are not hungry, they are just learning the fun of new habits.
DON'T FEED THE WILDLIFE! DON'T GO NEAR THE WILDLIFE! Use the telephoto function on your camera instead to get a good shot.
Echidna is a spiney anteater, also like a platypus is known as a monotremes, a mammal that lays eggs
We have the only egg laying mammals in the world
Echidnas look like porcupines, but along with the platypus are 1 of the world's 2 monotremes ... they lay eggs but then suckle their young.
My dad was a farmer, and his dog saved him from a big kangaroo one time. They kill you by grabbing you with their paws while supporting themselves on their huge tail, raise their hind legs and rip open your stomach. They are not cute and cuddly!
We have plenty of wildlife in Britain. You just need to be open eyed. Never seen a deer, badger, swan, adder, squirrel, otter, buzzard, goat, weasel .. ?
We had a cattle dog gutted by a kangaroo not a pretty slight. There have been some incidents when people have died
Our wildlife is breathtaking, and dangerous. However, roos, dingos, koalas are less common around suburbia than you'd think. I'm 33 and I've never seen a wild dingo or koala. seen heaps of snakes, crocs, roos, monitor lizards (the big onesthat look like they could eat an entire cat), smaller lizards. At home I might see a spider a day, depending on what i'm up to, but only once a month in the actual house. I would NEVER approach a wild animal unless I had to, and most of them as a last resort only after exhausting all other options. Big roo at my door? Yeah nah thanks; I'd find a way to stop it from being able to see me. I did swim across a croc-infested river once, but only because there was literally no other way at the time. The trick is to be prepared enough not to wind up in those situations in the first place.
Majority of the people in the vid are stupid, to be frank. Koalas are fluffy and normally chill, but if you scare them, those claws can easily draw blood and even cut through fat layers. Kangaroos are incredibly strong and even the ones fairly used to people will send humans and pets to hospital if they feel threatened. The big red ones, sometimes referred to as "boomers", are generally more aggressive and will absolutely beat and shred a person to death with those back kicks.
Unfortunately a lot of tourist haven't idea just how dangerous kangaroos and koalas etc can be.