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Australian cities sprawl out and have lower-density housing than many European cities. Although there are blocks of flats in Australian cities, these are mostly clustered around the inner cities of both, once you pass the inner cities, then a sprawl of suburbia stretches out for miles and miles.

Kangaroo

Picture of a kangoroo on a beach
Kengoroo

Kangaroos are Australias...

Koala

Picture of a koala hanging in a tree
Koala

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Spider

Big spider crawling on wood
Spider

Spiders are...

Snake

Snake crawling on orange sand in Australian desert
Snake

Australia is known for its dangerous snakes, and they have many – but in reality few people die from bites. WHEN IT COMES TO self-defence, Australia’s snakes have things pretty well covered. We share our continent with about 170 species of land snakes, some equipped with venom more toxic than any other snakes in the world.

But bites are actually quite rare in Australia and, since the development of anti-venom, fatalities have been low – between four to six deaths a year.

“This is in contrast to India, for example, where bites may reach one million a year, with over 50,000 deaths,” says Associate Professor Bryan Fry, a herpetologist and venom expert at the University of Queensland. “Snake bites are very, very rare [in Australia] and often the fault of the person being bitten. Most bites occur when people are trying to kill a snake or show off.”

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