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Wildlife



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Our beautiful environment comes with an array of unique animals and marine life.

Do not feed or play with wild native animals, particularly bats and flying foxes. You may get bitten or scratched. Wash hands after touching animals in zoos.

Follow all warning signs for crocodiles and marine stingers (jellyfish); and if you do see a snake don’t approach it.

• Bats – see Australian Bat Lyssavirus
• Box Jellyfish – see Marine Stingers
• Crocodiles - (Link to Parks and Wildlife website)
• Handling Wildlife – see Wildlife and Public Health
• Insect Bites – see Wound Infections
• Irukandji – see Marine Stingers
• Jellyfish – see Marine Stingers
• Leeches
• Lyssavirus – see Australian Bat Lyssavirus
• Marine Stingers
• Mosquito-borne Diseases
• Sandflies (Biting Midges)
• Snakes
• Spiders
• Stingers – see Marine Stingers
• Ticks
• Wildlife and Public Health – Handling Wildlife

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