QI | What Is Australia's Deadliest Animal? 

"You are, indeed, right that most deaths happens on the road" "Shark?"

You're not Australian if you don't understand our deadliest animal is the magpie.

Of course Ross Noble had a narcoleptic horse...

A lot of people died swerving in their car to avoid kangaroos too.

IS IT MAN?!!!

The most deadly sport in Australia is bowls :D Although that could be to do with the age of the people who play it

A narcaleptic horse? Nah, in Aussie that would be advertised as "good with kids" in any sales advert.

Clearly they forget the Great Emu War. The Emu is the deadliest of all creatures.

I would've guessed drop bears.

The last death by spider bite in Australia was in 1979. Snakes kill about 2 or 3 people a year. Crocodiles kill about 1 person a year. Box Jellyfish deaths are counted as years per person killed.

Frequency of interaction has to factor into it. People aren't afraid of horses because 999 times out of 1000, the interaction is safe. It's not the number of deaths connected to a species that makes it 'deadly', it's how likely you are to die in any given encounter with one.

A cunning plan, executed skillfully and quietly 😂

I had to pause the video and applaud LOUDLY at the Rupert Murdoch comment.

0:45 “Is it man?”

I thought it was the deadly one eyed snake!

Gina Rhineheart. :)

You should have asked what's the deadliest native animal. Because then it must be close between ants (anaphylactic shock) and kangaroos/emus (road accidents). Native Aussie bees don't sting, only the imported European ones do. Sharks kill maybe once or twice a year, snakes is the same, crocs a bit less. All animals such as box jellyfish, stonefish or blue ringed octopus are less than one death a year on average. Australia is incredibly safe if you go outdoors. You are far more likely to die in the savannah in Africa because of hippos, and carnivores, or in some parts of the US because of grizzly bears. It's amazing that with all the poisonous animals, Australia is about as safe as Europe, which barely has anything left in terms of wildlife...

I would have though the Jack Jumper. Very aggressive, I get stung on average once every month. Between 1 and 2 percent of people have a life threatening reaction to the venom.

Turns out it's man.

When the huge picture of a tarantula came up I instantly felt ill

I knew there was something sinister about Mr. Ed.

Really surprised Ross didn't bring up the emus xD

The Murdoch jibe is tedious and untrue.

Come on guys... Everyone knows it's the Bundy Bear.

0:03 Julia Zemiro’s answer 😂😂😂

Badly worded question. S/B the animal involved in the most accidents/deaths. Humans get close to horses more often than truly dangerous animals.

Fun story: One of Dad's workmates narrowly avoided death by horse a number of years back driving in Noosa. He was going 100km/h down Noosa-Cooroy Rd at night in a little soft top convertible when a horse ran across right at the last second. Trees either side of the road so if he swerved he'd probably hit one at full speed, so he unhooked his seatbelt and dove into the passenger seat. The car went under the horse, knocking out the legs while the body tore off the entire roof of the car, but the dude was unharmed. I imagine the horse would have been injured but it managed to run away before he got out of the car. Moral of the story? fuck knows cuz apparently taking off your seat belt can save your life it seems.

I was gonna say Malcom Turnbull

I assumed pet dogs. You can't always blame a horse if the rider falls off. It's different if the horse throws the rider off. Most of the time it's the rider attempting to make the horse jump or change direction too quickly that they lose their saddle.

Was the horse narcoleptic or did it get in to ross nobles stash?

I've watched Australian dash cam footage, so the answer is drivers.

Shocking, I was expecting the blue ringed octopus

The Blue Ringed Octopus!

Of course, it's the Australian trouser snake!

I think if we started trying to ride sharks for fun, those statistics would swap 'round in a hurry.

It's the magpie

If a person falls off a horse that doesn't make horses the deadliest animal; that makes horseback _riding_ a popular deadly activity. When factoring in for deadliest creatures it should only be with regards to not intentionally working with such creature

nah it's drop bears man. Drop bears. They're terrifying.

Ross talks about a narcoleptic horse, and what do they put in the background? Big fucking spider...

what are the sirens for?

I would have said a politician

Should be "what is the second most deadly animal"

The crocaroo, natures deadliest animal!

Tony Abbott

All the English are shaking their heads thinking, "silly Australians, "horses aren't for riding, they are for meat pies"

Our deadliest animal is teenagers

That would be the now extinct Humphrey B Bear

No, it´s Dropbears! everyone knows thate!!

all of them

I imagine this day and age the Karen's will say the answer is Dan Matthews.

Julia Zemiro was on QI? Huh.

wasn't that a picture of Janet Street Porter

I think theyre quite wrong in this episode. The question wasn't "what animal kills the most number of humans"? The desdliest animal might be one that kills the highest number of animals? The deadliest animal might be the bee, because so many people have allergies to its sting. Or the inland taipan, arguzbly the deadliextsnake in the world. Or the mosquito, because it spreads diseases such as ross river fever. Or mussels, be zuse of food poisoning.or humsns, who have wioed out about 80% of the native biomass in the last 200 years. Or the English for the same reason!

You cant include deaths by falling off the animal. Thats as dumb as me climbing a giraffe, falling off and dying, then the giraffe gets put down for being too tall.

Julia you're meant to say "drop bear" ;)

If the animal is not actively trying to harm the person, its not the animals fault and thus the animal is not deadly.

The question was asked incorrectly. The deadliest animal is not the horse, as the percentage of deaths or injuries with horse encounters is very low. The correct wording would have been “what animal causes the most deaths in Australia” or something along those lines. With the wording the way it was asked, you’d have assumed that it would have been blue ring octopus, Taipan, funnelweb etc. theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/australias-11-deadliest-animals/

Horses are responsible for most deaths, not deadliest. They are causing most deaths in numbers, not highest occurrence-ratio per interaction.

i know that a lot of people die by crashing into telegraph poles. So are they more deadly than horses?

I guessed 1.Cows 2.horses 3. Bees (because people can be allergic)

Hoping it would be Emus

Humans. Definitely humans.

i wish they would have specified if they wanted the *deadliest* animal or the animal that kills the most humans per year (or in total). theres a big difference.

Australia is home to snakes, venomous spiders, salt water crocodiles and highly dangerous jellyfish... it's also home to the stingless bee.

First answer is a perfect case of a phenomenon otherwise known as #shotsfired

A kangaroo with a pouch full of dynamite.

if I were to choose between a horse and a taipan, i'd choose the horse. accidental death by horse isn't quite what I think of as "deadliest"

I'm thinking the animals in the Get Up Zoo ?

And there was I thinking it would be the Kangaroo. Should've known it was our old friend MAN!!! (shakes fist at god for creating us)

the Cassowary

I wouldn't really say that horses are necessarily the most dangerous animal in Australia. For one, they aren't just native to Australia but even ignoring that, they don't really directly cause he deaths. If he had said the animal involved in he most deaths maybe that would make sense. Also, are kangaroos not dangerous in Australia? I'm sure it's uncommon people get bludgeoned to death by them but it seems in some areas they sort of wander around neighbourhoods so are they ever involved in collisions?

Its Stingrays...

I would've guessed kangaroos, they look like they could beat the shit out of you.

Horses sleep standing up, hoqs this one swaying so much ?

Before watching the video I know the answer: Homo sapiens.

I was hoping someone would say emus, and if someone asked why they said emus, they'd respond how Australia lost a war against them

I thought it was going to kangaroos lol

Nope, it's the Bunyip!

I was Thinking mosquitos

I thought he was going to say that it was the emu's

Sharks only attack you when you are wet.

What is the least dangerous animal in Australia? Some of the sheep?

Pauline Hanson.

I say the tazmain devil or mongoose

Drop bear.

The Dropbear

Not really a fair question since horses are not native.

Thoughy it would have been a stone fish

Drop Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will be uploading this later on Bitch ute

177 people in a year? I would say most of those were people falling off the horses then, if they said hitting kangaroo's I would believe it. Poor Julia, gets a question wrong and disowns Australia... "I wasnt born there".

Disgruntled Pommies usually.

0:03 LOL Julia Zemiro!

the deadliest animal in Australia is the drop bear if an Aussie doesn't get this leave

but don't horses sleep standing up

So true about Murdoch

Anyone else that heard the fart at 0:57?

Warnie on day 5

The drop bear.

Deadly to what though. If you took toxicity into account. Snakes would be the most lethal.