The Huntsman Spider: Is His Bite Dangerous to Humans? 283.5k views | 205 comments | posted on November 5, 2010.10 Reasons Why NOT to Move to Australia 348.4k views | 1k comments | posted on July 1, 2011.497.7k views | 282 comments | posted on February 26, 2010 Possums and Opossums: Australia and America.6 Ways to Emigrate to Australia 700.7k views | 1.7k comments | posted on March 19, 2009.There is very little public (or medical sector) awareness of this fish, so thanks for allowing people to post on your website. My GP went to the same article as I had by Dr Michael Patkin form 1965. Today it’s been 4 days and still I feel discomfort, numbness and tingles in my foot and very lethargic. I didn’t attend emergency but went to my GP yesterday and he had to Google as I did. I took an antihistamine as that’s what I always carry in the bush.įortunately I had heard of the bullrout, but never encountered one. I found laying down, elevating and icing the area helped. I didn’t see the fish but found the best identification is the 3-4mm cut from 1 or more of its’ 15 barbs. CSL (makers of stonefish antivenom) who have published an extensive book on Australian stings and bites have also omitted the Bullrout. There’s no mention on the NSW Health website and I have written to them about the omission. I stood on a Bullrout on Friday in the Bellinger River (freshwater), since then I have become a bit of an expert. You can see what a stonefish looks like by clicking on the link in the above list this is also a stonefish, but what’s called a reef stonefish. From what I’ve read about this fish, it’s not as venomous as the stonefish and, again, no deaths have been recorded. The Bullrout also has an excruciatingly painful sting, but again, hot water eases the pain as does morphine, and medical treatment can bring almost instant pain relief. The Bullrout is known as the “Freshwater Stonefish” and can be found in streams and estuaries from southern New South Wales right the way up to northern Queensland. I have also since discovered that this danger isn’t restricted to the sea. For anyone unlucky enough to get stung by one of these critters, the pain is apparently completely unbearable. It is though, without doubt, a concern as most of our kids, my daughter included, just love going into the sea and running about. If ever you or anyone in your company is stung by a stonefish, placing the affected area, normally the foot, into hot water can help break up the venom.Ĭall for an ambulance immediately, and it’s almost a racing certainty that everything will turn out just fine. The rest of the information on that previous post is true, the stonefish is the most venomous fish in the world, it can kill a human, but, you’ll be pleased to know, there is no evidence to show that one ever has.Īccording to today’s video, coming up, something like 30 people a year are stung by stonefish in Australia, but the antivenom is highly effective. “ AAAARRRGGGH!!!! Gosh, how can this be? I’ve trod on a stonefish and Bobinoz said they didn’t have them here!”
#Stone fish update
So, I thought it was important to do an update I’d hate somebody to be gaily skipping along in shallow waters somewhere East of Brisbane without a care in the world until…. I’m not sure why I thought they were only found further north, I know I did some research at the time, but clearly that information is now known to be incorrect.
I did mention though that there had been possible sightings of stonefish further south, at Redcliffe, then at the beginning of this month story emerged of a woman being stung and hospitalised over at Wynnum, a coastal suburb on the East of Brisbane. In my post called Dangerous Australian Sealife Continued: Stonefish, I mentioned that you would need to be “on the North-East coast, probably past Fraser Island” to encounter one of these fish.
#Stone fish series
We’ve probably got more creatures living in water that can kill you than we have that live on the land.Ī few years ago, I ran a little series on dangerous sea creatures, covering the likes of:Īnd I haven’t even started on Sea snakes!Īnyway, something happened just last week that has made me return to this subject with a slight amendment an update to one of those sea dwelling killers. If you think Australia is a dangerous land to live in, and some people do call it “Venomland”, wait till you hear about the sea. Life in Australia – Moving to Australia – By BobinOz ≡ Menu
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