World's deadliest spider: the funnel-web - Australian Geographic
网页2017年2月13日 · After a total of 13 recorded fatalities and years of research, an antivenom for the Sydney funnel web was finally developed in 1981. “And we haven’t had a fatality since,” Mick says. The Australian Reptile Park plays a vital role in the production of the antivenom, with five staff dedicated to the country’s only funnel web venom-milking ...
The 10 most destructive tsunamis in history
网页2011年3月16日 · 10 worst tsunamis in history. 1. Sumatra, Indonesia – 26 December 2004. The 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra was estimated to occur at a depth of 30 km. The fault zone that caused the tsunami was roughly 1300 km long, vertically displacing the sea floor by several metres along that …
A guide to Australia’s possums and gliders - Australian Geographic
网页2019年7月25日 · A guide to Australia’s possums and gliders. This is absolutely everything you need to know about all of Australia’s possums and gliders. In the black of night, Australia’s 27 species of possum and glider scamper across our roofs, dart along branches in secluded rainforests or peer tentatively from tiny hidey-holes.
Fact File: Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) - Australian Geographic
网页Fruits, seeds, plant shoots, insects and other small animals, and animal droppings. Average lifespan. Between 10 and 20 years in the wild, sometimes up to 35 years in captivity. Size. Between 1.6 and 1.9 metres tall. Thundering through the outback at speeds of up to 50km per hour, the emu might be Australia’s largest flightless bird, but it ...
The world’s 10 most devastating volcanic eruptions
网页Here are 10 of the most devastating volcanic eruptions in human history: 1. Mt Tambora, Indonesia, 1815 (VEI 7) Mt. Tambora is the deadliest eruption in recent human history, claiming the lives of up to 120,000 people. On 10 April 1815, Tambora erupted sending volcanic ash 40km into the sky. It was the most powerful eruption in 500 years.
Aboriginal inventions: 10 enduring innovations
网页2015年3月12日 · Aboriginal stone tools were highly sophisticated in their range and uses. Stone and natural glass were fashioned into chisels, saws, knifes, axes and spearheads. Stone tools were used for hunting, carrying food, for making ochre, nets, clothing, baskets and more. Aboriginal people are thought to be one of the first to use stone tools to grind ...
A guide to Australia’s fairy-wrens - Australian Geographic
网页2019年3月27日 · The lovely fairy-wren looks very similar to a superb fairy-wren, but it has a very short tail in comparison. It is one of four chestnut-winged fairy-wrens, which includes the variegated, blue-breasted and red-winged fairy-wren. It’s endemic to north-eastern Queensland and is recognised as the most arboreal (living in trees) species of fairy ...
Australia's most dangerous animals - Australian Geographic
网页2013年3月28日 · Tracking down the world’s most venomous snake, the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), took the crew to a remote desert in south-western Queensland. “The inland taipan is unbelievably elusive,” he says. The remote location is one reason there have been no recorded deaths by this species, even though one bite contains enough venom to kill several humans.
20 Aussie frogs you need to know about - Australian Geographic
网页2017年10月10日 · Some people believe the large adults control mouse and cockroach numbers. 3. Red-eyed tree frog. Litoria chloris. Red-eyed tree frog (Litoria chloris). Illustration credit: Kevin Stead/Australian Geographic. Size: Males to 62 mm, females to 68 mm. Habitat: In forest pools and streams after spring and summer rains.
A guide to Australia’s penguins - Australian Geographic
网页2018年4月26日 · A little penguin (Eudyptula minor).Image credit: shutterstock Only a tad bigger than a bowling pin, little penguins (sometimes called fairy penguins) are the smallest penguin species in the world. These petite paddlers make their homes along the coast of southern Australia, with colonies located on Montague Island and Sydney’s Manly Beach in NSW, the St Kilda breakwater in Melbourne ...
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