I have two golden dart frogs and they're adorable. Perky, happy to see you when you walk up to their terrarium, and (unsurprisingly) not afraid of anything.
sharktamer Except Antarctica will freeze you to death. Or starve you (just grass and penguins and seafood for dinner). Or drive you insane from lack of contact with humanity (can't legally live your whole life in Antarctica, even if you can live there as a researcher a little bit at a time.) Short version: Antarctica has no venom because Antarctica doesn't need venom. ^^
Hank: "And now for some spiders" Me: *Rests feet high on desk* Hank: "The Brazilian wandering spider" Me: "Oh thank god Brazil, I'm in England I'll be fine.... Hank: "A chap got bitten by one in England" Me: *Reaches for hazmat suit and gun......
This is how I feel in South Carolina about the heat stroke causing temperature and humidity. Gotta love when it's only 91 but the real realfeel is 109 with full UV and high moisture
FINALLY! Someone that knows the difference between Venom and Poison. EVERY OTHER show I've seen related to the most venomous animals the narrator almost always uses poison and venom interchangeably and it drives me nuts.
I think for the average person the distinction isn't that important, both are bad, best to keep them from getting on your or in you (eating or getting bitten). That said, I respect that it is annoying when having an academic conversation. I fear that 10 years from now, "venom vs poison" will join "acronym vs initialism" or "literally vs figuratively" (other words that get used incorrectly and no one seems to care)
Actually a recent study found that Komodo Dragons are actually venomous, and that the whole bacteria thing was a myth: news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090518-komodo-dragon-venom.html
I don't know why everyone's so terrified of Australias wildlife, it's Brazil that scares the shit out of me :/ Roaming spider that likes to play peekaboo of death in fruit bowls???? Fuck that shit sideways, son.
Jacob White Most of the Amazon Forest is in Brazil (67%), however, it only covers the least populated northern area. Brazil has a lot of things: savanna (or Cerrado, as we call it here), tropical rainforests, Amazon Forest, Cerrado, semi-deserts (or Caatinga), prairies (or Pampas), swamps (or Pantanal), and very little Taiga. Savannas and prairies are the most populated. My point is still valid.
Nic Cage the Dick Mage I grew up in a literal forest close to a rural township, so I know what you mean. Found a redback in my hat just last week, and centipedes are common. But, well... I lived? If it was really so dangerous we wouldn't have the population we do. Most things will leave you alone, even if you get up in their business. That redback I mentioned earlier? As easy to deal with as a simple flick. Honestly though, *fuck* huntsmans. Redbacks, snakes, feral cats I can deal with. Put a huntsman in front of me though and I'm paralyzed. Just goes to show how irrational most fears are :/
Thumbs up if you want to rename the Brazilian Wondering Spider one of the fallowing: The Boner Spider The Hardwood Spider The Jolly Spider The Sir Mix Alot Spider ext.
I was in a First Aid course, and the Instructor told us that a Farmer was once bitten by an Inland Taipan on his property. He wouldn't be able to reach help in time (Australian farms can be several hundred kilometers across) so he said goodbye to his folks over the UHF radio and put a tourniquet on as a assumedly vain attempt to slow the venom. He put the tourniquet on so well and so tightly that the venom seeped slowly enough into his system to produce an immune response, and as such he is the only man in the world who is now Immune to the bite of the most venomous snake in the world.
@@anyascelticcreations yeah, supposedly. Although with the benefit of hindsight (this comment is 5 yrs old) the story should also be taken with a pinch of salt; the Instructor also told us that Funnel Web Spiders can run and chase people, with an "audio recording" of his mate being chased by one (it was just a recording of some dude screaming for a good minute) as evidence.
and usually, they call you a f idiot when you correct them. oh, and if they are native speakers of English and they find out that you aren't... well, sht gets real very fast
@@istvansipos9940 sounds like you need better friends....or you can just have no friends both way works Tbh sound like buncha arrogant dicks wouldnt want to be near a meter from them unless they your boss or something then....get a better job or just deal with it
Kudos to y'all. I could never live there even though I'm sure y'all are nice. Pretty much everything but the people want to kill you. I much prefer my life of relative safety in America.
@@kickheadsmuoke689 Fair point. We definitely have a lot of dangerous animals here in the States too. P.S. You realize that comment is from 6 years ago, right?
As someone living in Australia, I can tell you that as long as you respect the animals and their spaces, you'll be OK. All animals would rather avoid conflict whenever possible.
REAL Aussies avoid a conflict! Ok, they might punch/bite you if you deserve it, but they don't actually try to kill you. Animal or human, "no worries mate" is what you can expect
I had the pleasure of being stung by an emperor scorpion once. I was holding it and my buddy kept poking it to prove how docile they are lol I told him to stop it when it raised its tail, but he poked it again anyway and it stung me in the hand. Surprisingly, it didn't hurt nearly as bad as I expected. The sting site swelled up and turned red, but it only lasted about 20ish minutes. Same guy was trying to get me to hold his goliath bird eating tarantula, glad I refused lol that sumbitch saberfang spider was like 25cm across
I'm personally very fond of the sea krait aka the blue krait which uses a neurotoxin that causes paralysis, and muscle death. On another odd note the humble platypus is venomous, which is a beaver-duck looking mammal that lays eggs. I like to call it gods little frankenstein monster.
ah yes the platypus.....i like to imagine god was just sittin up in heaven one day n some angel was like.....hey whats the craziest must akward and unnatural animal you can make?......and thus the platypus was born...that or god had a bunch of parts left over after creating all the other things n didnt wanna toss em out lol
I worked in a hospital's labs & we used snake venom to run certain tests on blood - it's useful for its clotting ability (coagulation) which is needed for the blood of people with bloodclotting diseases.
+justinjex1 I heard something along those lines, It also doesn't help that their prey is normally in swampy area and wounds would probably get infected anyway.
Komodo dragon first infect the animal with bacteria bcuz their saliva have bacteria....in a water source then they wait for the prey to be infected and as their body decline they will bite it and the poison will do the job....theres a national geography about komodo dragon just search for it def interesting
the host is the image that comes to my mind of a stereotypical nerd in speech and the atmosphere he gives off(in a good way) his jokes, enthusiasm, fluency in the language of science, appearance... hes my favorite host. i feel edumacated thanks to him
how could you not mention the Sydney Funnel Web Spider it is as deadly as the wondering spider but 10x more aggressive and it has fangs that can puncture a leather work boot
While not deadly, I would have thought the platypus would be worth mentioning. It has spurs on its back feet that can inject venom that causes you to go into shock almost immediately. Afterwards you have increased sensitivity to pain for weeks or even a couple months. So they can do that.
uncleanunicorn ^that, to me sounds like a bad thing. Also my girlfriend agrees, but partly because it takes the fun out it. yeah, she is a bit weird haha
Imagine the heart stopping terror of seeing a wandering spider coming out of your fruit bowl and biting you. Gives me the chills just thinking about it
Hey Hank, would you mind looking into doing an episode on jellyfish? I mean, they're probably some of the weirdest creatures on Earth. It'd be interesting to see how they… well, work I guess.
+Jerónimo Barraco Mármol the deadliest animal of all; humans. You thought poison dart frogs getting toxins from what they eat was scary? We don't even need to eat the chemicals to make poison powerful enough to kill whales. Hell, we even drive entire species to extinction by complete accident.
I found a dead spider in a hand of bananas once... ever since then, I put the bananas in a plastic bag and tie it. If there's a spider in it, it'll show itself by time i get around to eating one lol
what about the Japanese giant hornet? one sting feels like a gunshot, and the stinger is two thirds the size of a 9mm bullet at 6.25mm. if the venom is injected in high enough doses, it can melt flesh.
You know... I'm actually rather annoyed that he didn't mention the blue ringed octopus. He mentioned octopi in the beginning of the video, when I was already suspecting that particular octopus would be here... So I thought it was all but guaranteed to be on the list. I feel kinda cheated. =/
The Box Jellyfish has a little brother - the peanut-sized Irukanji jellyfish. It has a sneaky trick. Unlike the Box jellyfish who’s venom is instantly painful, the Irukanji’s pain occurs after about 20 minutes, and is apparently so intense that victims say it’s unbearable. On a pain scale of 1 to 10, it’s a 12
And the unfortunate victims have to endure the pain for a couple of days because no amount of morphine or any other powerful pain relief (short of the amount that would kill you) can help. Along with the pain comes an incredibly overwhelming feeling of doom, many victims have reported.
The correct plural is octopodes... and on most keyboards, the "D" is next to the "S" and the "O" is neear the "U"... therefore, octopussies is a fair spelling that your spell-checker should recognize :) Also acceptable is octopisses
there is one snake in Western australia called the Gwada, its like 1 foot long, if your walking and it feels you it can wrap its self around your leg or arm if you try to move it, it will bite and they are up on the list of most toxic
Reece Martin to be accurate the Gwarda is 9th in the most venomous, and for those interested in JUST our snake record. of the 25 most venomous in the world, 20 are native to Australia, with 1st-11th ALL being Australian! FREAKING CRAZY RIGHT? PLUS everything else that is able to kill us. I mean, who actually thought this was a good place for a civilization.....ok well i guess it makes an effective prison land, i mean yay you escaped prison....now what u gonna do? wanna get eating by a croc or a shark, how bought stepping on a nasty snake, or having a deadly spider in your boot as you go to put it on. how bout these deadly berries that look yummy or hell just piss of an Aboriginal with many types of spears and hunting boomerangs. Yeah ill just stay in prison thanks.
+Matthew Ray The lists of most venomous snakes are bogus, for one LD50 is inaccurate and very flawed, two you have to take into account bite yields, maximum yields, speed at which the venom acts and what/how it affects you. So, no.
ive heard that over ten years, half of a mattress' weight comes from dust mites... so try a bubble before you'd camp out in a bed :) when i have to deal with gross things, i like to tell myself that I'm "gaining immunity" instead of being contaminated with pathogens. it might not always be true, but isolating yourself only makes your immune system weaker, if you don't use it, you will lose it, or at the very least, have an underadapted immune system.
Crystal Bishop That's ... that's profound. Although it reminds me of the things that my mother used to make me take that tasted horribly foul "Because it's good for you." Still. I have this agreement with venomous animals: they don't come near me, and I won't freak out on their selves, using a large bat or perhaps a sledge hammer.
Late to the party...2019. A few months ago I had a surgery and the Docs used a new nerve block that was derived from jellyfish venom. Post-op should have been an excruciating experience, but with the nerve block I felt nothing for three days. Really didn't get full feeling back for about a month, which was fine with me.
GabrielCCCP I believe Tom Pinnella is referring to the fingernail sized jellyfish which can kill people (or at the very least pain that can last days or even weeks which morphine has no help). And unlike other jellyfish, it has stingers along it's top. And because of it's size, it can go through other nets that keep other jellyfish out....such as the famed box jellyfish
+Tom Pinnella Sadly not enough people from Australia can say that, we need more education on those tiny buggers! At least you can see a Box Jelly coming, if you get caught in a group of Irukandji you're in some trouble and you wont even know it.. Until you get stung, then you'll bloody know :O But most people would blame it on another jelly.
+Larry Phischman Plenty of snakes secrete a cytotoxin, particularly viper species. Spiders can cause the same damage, the brown recluse and white tail for instance, but the puff adder is the worst of the snakes for necrosis.
Nae Harris Most people (that I've seen) don't know much about octopuses beyond "they have eight arms". Which is sad, because octopi are very interesting creatures. I wish it was easier to find more information about their escapes in particular.
Pickletine el Taimados I live in Australia and quite often forget we have a lot of poisonous/venomous animals. It's common knowledge not to play with rock pools without a stick because the blue ring octopus is so dangerous. I love animals and know quite a bit about different ones. Fun fact: it's octopuses not octopi ( something to do with entomology and it being a Latin based word not Greek or something, it's quite interesting)
Nae Harris Ah. That makes sense- living so close to something potentially dangerous can make you forget because potential danger doesn't equate to immediate danger. Thing is though, he lives in America. The three venomous snakes (animals, really) in North America are the copperhead, the rattler, and the water moccasin. Hearing about the blue-ringed octopus in America is surprising. Yes, I knew that! It's interesting. The change from -us to -i to denote plural is Greek applied to a Latin-root word. In English grammar, the plural for words ending in -s is to add an -es. Octopi, however, is common because the rules to English grammar are more like general guidelines than rules. I wrote octopi because that's how I'd say it in face-to-face conversation. Lovely, lovely linguistics.
Priapism is quite bad... one of theways doctors stop it if it doesn't go away on its own is to jab needles into the shaft, and pull out the cooled, jelly like blood from it. If that doesn't work.. they take a scalpel and cut the head from the hole and let it bleed out. All with no sedation.
Straya. We got it all. Box Jellies, Taipans, Blue Rings Octopi, Stone Fish, Funnel Web Spiders, I could go on for days. If you ever think of coming here, run as fast as you can in the opposite direction. Go to New Zealand instead. They have lots of sheep instead of deadly sea creatures.
Note on the box jellyfish: in marine stinger season, it is literally so dangerous in northern QLD beaches that we close them down. We don't care about the blue bottles or the other jellyfish at all. We literally close down beaches to stop people getting stung by the box jellyfish.
Dart frogs are typically just referred to by their genus-species name in the pet trade, partially because they often come in a variety of colors. I'd heard of Golden Poison Dart frogs before, but only in passing, and I hadn't really seen a good up-close picture of one that was being described with just the common name. So basically, my reaction to 6:00 was "Oh! That's Phyllobates terribilis!" (They also come in mint green and pumpkin orange btw).
I lived in Brazil for a few months back in 2009, and those Brazilian wandering spiders were everywhere. We would find the things under our beds, in the bathtub, wandering around the dining room... They were all over the place. Seeing how much my sister and I would hike around the jungle-covered hills behind the house and how ignorant we and our parents were to the deadliness of basically everything down there, I'm surprised we were never bitten by anything. Heh, I remember the nextdoor-neighbor's dog was killed by a coral snake in their own back yard. Yep, those were good times.
It rarely occurs to me how many potentially deadly animals are around me in Australia. We are literally surrounded by animals with the capability of killing us... Why does this not freak me out more?
