1. Dangerous Australian Animals
By Luke
3NG

2. 2 Dangerous Spiders
 Red back Spider
 Sydney funnel Web
Spider

3. Red Back Spider
 Where do they live:
– dry and or dark places such as letter-boxes
 What do they eat?
– moths, flies, mosquitoes and other insects
 Distinguishing feature :
– Do NOT always have a "red" marking
 I have seen one in my garden

4. Sydney Funnel Web Spiders
 Where do they live:
– homes, footwear, clothing and swimming
pools,
 What do they eat?
– Beetles and cochroaches
 Distinguishing feature:
– shiny black in colour
 I have never seen one before

5. 2 dangerous snakes
 Taipan Snake
 King Brown Snake

6. Taipan Snake
 Where are they found:
 Hot north part of Australia
 What do they eat?
 Rats, birds, lizards
 Distinguishing feature :
 Very long and its body is light brown, dark brown,
copper or olive in colour
 I have seen one before at the Sydney Wild Life
World

7. King Brown or Mulga Snake
 Where are they found:
 Main land Australia
 What do they eat?
 birds, mammals and frogs
 Distinguishing feature :
 Some are mid-brown, some copper, others being
quite dark
 I have seen one at the Sydney Wild Life World

8. 2 dangerous things
found in water
• Saltwater crocodile
• Sharks

9. Saltwater Crocodile
• Where are they found:
• North Queensland in salt water
• What do they eat?
• Just about anything that is made of flesh and
bone
• Fish, birds, snakes and anything that walks on
two or four legs
• Humans
• Distinguishing feature:
• a very very large head
• I have seen one on at a zoo in Cairns

10. Tiger Shark
• Where are they found:
• Waters around the Pacific islands
• What do they eat?
• Humans
• Fish, birds, seals, turtles, sea snakes
• Distinguishing feature:
• broad flat head
• I have seen one at Sydney Aquarium