Forget the Snakes – Watch The Horses 

   Every nature show one sees about Australia spends some time discussing and showing video of all the venomous snakes crawling around that country. They have the Eastern Brown snake, the western brown snake, the Mainland Tiger snake, and the Inland Taipan, and the Coastal Taipan, just to name a few. (A person could get the idea that these Australian snakes don’t get around much – I mean the easterns don’t mix with the westerns, the inlands don’t mix with the coastals, etc.)
   These nature shows leave a person with the idea that once they’ve left their homes and get outdoors, it’s only with the best of luck that Australians make it back indoors without getting bitten by one of these deadly snakes. And once bitten, they have only a matter of minutes to make their peace with whatever entity they want to spend their afterlife with. 
    A recent study tells us that horses kill more people in Australia than do snakes. The nature programs will never be the same. 
    This study showed that in a thirteen-year period horses killed 74 people, whereas bees and other stinging insects killed 27 people and snakes killed another 27 people. 
    So, if you visit Australia, don’t sweat the snakes, but look out for those murderous horses.