Some Interesting Facts:

The venom of theWestern Tiger Snake (which is a taipan) is 100 times more powerful than that of the Diamond-back Rattlesnake.

Though Western Australia has some of the most aggressive snakes in the world, and certainly in Australia (perhaps because of the harsh conditions), the deadly Brown Snake is found pretty much all over the continent, from fairly dry areas to the wet bushlands. The many varieties of Brown Snake are extremely aggressive, and will come at you from a distance, then continue to chase you as you run. What's worse, they will strike at you repeatedly.

TheAustralian Sea Snake is 5 times more venomous than the most deadly land snake in the world, the King Cobra. They are found along the central New South Wales coast up to the northern tip of Queensland, but divers and swimmers have little to worry about. These sea snakes are very friendly and inquisitive. They will often come up to you just to have a look, though they seem to like it when humans play with them. They dance around divers and come up and lick their faces, so some people are actually quite fond of them as they are almost like loving pets.

Not all snakes use a neurotoxin - many use a poison that is corrosive instead. The most toxic of these type in the world is our Black Cobra. The toxin is so corrosive that if bitten, the limb is usually amputated before the venom spreads, as it eats away at the flesh.

Australia's Redback Spider is a close cousin to the Black Widow, yet more poisonous. At the moment, Japan is experiencing a mass plague of Redbacks that made their way in via imported Australian timber. Though you can find Redbacks in any backyard here, you have to go looking for them usually. However, news footage from Japan showed them running across park footpaths in herds, and even on city sidewalks and in shopping centres. To see them walking around at all is uncommon, but in herds of such numbers?!? They must really like their new home…….trouble is, the Japanese don't like their new migrants, and with good reason.

One of the most dangerous venoms in the world is found in the Box Jellyfish, which is found around Queensland and the Northern Territory.