Australia Expands its Amphibious Assault Forces with Terrifying New Unit

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**Frazzled**

Due to recent political events, Australia has decided to up its combat effectiveness by adding a new amphibious assault branch.

These forecs were spotted training landing maneuvers recently at One Mile beach.

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/thats-shark-deadly-brown-snake/

So in addition to drop bears, killer kangaroo, and deathworld spider land forces, a brownwater crocodile fleet, salt water white shark flotilla, they now have amphibious snake battalions?

Australia, so crazy dangerous it will make a catachan misty eyed for the joys of home.

That’s no shark, but a deadly brown snake!
Lifeguards at One Mile Beach in Australia blow their whistles, implying shark danger, but critter that swims up from the surf is in some ways more ominous
January 07, 2015 by Pete Thomas

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Brown snake swims ashore at One Mile Beach; photos by Olivia Moffatt, via the Great Lakes Advocate
Lifeguards at One Mile Beach in New South Wales, Australia, blew their whistles on Tuesday, signaling danger.

Surfers and swimmers hurried to shore and beachgoers gazed to sea, expecting to see a large shark. But what appeared in the surf, then emerged from the surf, was in some ways more ominous.

It was an eastern brown snake, nearly 5 feet long, swimming ashore directly between flags marking the swim zone.

People scattered, and with good reason. Eastern brown snakes are one of the world’s most venomous snakes, responsible for the most deaths caused by snakebite in Australia.

They can measure to about 7 feet and are surprisingly swift, and infamously bad-tempered.

They are not, however, known for enjoying a morning surf at a beach popular with tourists, and then coming to shore in the center of all the human activity.

Brown snakes typically occupy dry forests, coastal and inland grasslands and woodlands, and farmlands.

Olivia Moffatt, a visitor who took the photos that accompany this story, described the bizarre event to the Great Lakes Advocate:

“The snake traveled out of the water and remained on the shore for a while until waves washed up against it. Raising its head, it headed for shade towards the lifeguard trailer and happily sat there until again moving up along the beach to the bush.

“On the way, as we were leaving, the snake began heading back down towards the sea at a quicker pace, but was not in the ocean as we left.”

A lifeguard telephoned John Smith, a snake expert, and asked how they should proceed.

Said Smith: “I told him to just stay behind the snake. He said it was moving south towards the rocks and that he would call back if he needed anymore help, and I never heard back so it must have gone towards the rocks.”

The situation on the beach has presumably calmed, but beachgoers probably remain wary.

Meanwhile, the incident remains a popular topic on the Great Lakes Advocate’s Facebook page.

“Nowhere is safe,” wrote Nikki Rose.

“As if we didn’t have enough to worry about at the beach,” wrote Abbie Skretkowicz.

“At least it knew to swim between the flags. Lol,” wrote Sharon Howell.

Eastern brown snakes inhabit Australia’s east coast and range from the desert to the coast. While their bites may be deadly to humans, they prefer to bite small rodents, such as rats and mice.

**Swastakowey**

Kiwis will still eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Nothing beats the NZ flightless wing branch.

**Torga_DW**

It warms my heart when people talk about australia. Frankly if i were a tourist, its the dropbears i would be worrying about.

**Grey Templar**

Only thing that picture is missing is "GW miniatures twice as expensive as everywhere else"

**Jihadin**

Wait......where's the pre-schooler kill a Killer area? You know the one. The movie where they had the killer heart in a jar?
Also where's the fire axe wielding teen area?

**Grey Templar**

That's covered under "Angry Natives"

**hotsauceman1**

I propose a new weapon.
A hybrid made out of all the dangerous animals i aussie

**KalashnikovMarine**

"Nowhere is Safe" basically sums up the whole continent doesn't it?

**Jihadin**

There be Death here Matey

**Disciple of Fate**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
"Nowhere is Safe" basically sums up the whole continent doesn't it?

Its worse than that, if these snakes normally dont swim it can only mean one thing: their evolving. How many years the world has left can only be guessed at.

**chromedog**

The "bush" at One-mile beach extends down to the high water line in some areas, and several species of "land snakes" have been known to go for a swim when it's hot.

Also, the hotter it gets, the more aggressive those browns get - they'll chase you at the best of times.

'Straya. Makes a Catachan long for the safety of home.

**Darkjim**

To many people, well me anyway, the possibility of being chased by a 5 foot killer snake would mean I would never, ever, ever, ever set foot on that beach, however pretty.

And yet people fall head-over-heels in love with the place. Friend of mine did a work placement for 3 months, told me about finding some spider in his toilet which would likely have killed him if it had bitten his danglies, but he emigrated there 6 months later, that was 2 decades ago and he is still a happy Aussie.

He doesn't do table-top, so doesn't pay GW tax.

Can only stand back and admire people who can make a home like that. When we go to the stars. you are leading the way.

**motyak**

It was probably a redback in his dunny, odds on it wouldn't have killed him. It just would have hurt a lot.

**Avatar 720**

Torga_DW wrote:
It warms my heart when people talk about australia. Frankly if i were a tourist, its the dropbears i would be worrying about.

Giant Spiders, Jellyfish, and Venomous Snakes I can just about take, but I draw the line at Danni Minogue.

**Darkjim**

motyak wrote:
It was probably a redback in his dunny, odds on it wouldn't have killed him. It just would have hurt a lot.

Lol, thank-you, I have had a good wiki read. Sill not my ideal house mate

**Yodhrin**

motyak wrote:
It was probably a redback in his dunny, odds on it wouldn't have killed him. It just would have hurt a lot.

I dunno about you, but that's hardly comforting. I generally prefer to go to the toilet without fear of suffering crippling genital-related agony

This is why I love Scotland; loads of folk here whinge about the weather and want to go off somewhere and bake in the sun, but bugger that; cold gales, icy rain, snow, and mild wet summers add up to never having to worry that opening a packet of fruit, going to the bog, leaving your window open at night, or just, you know, going for a walk will result in horrible pain and/or death.

**motyak**

Eh its only pain until its better. I copped a white tail spider bite on the ass when I was younger, hated the 8 legged bastards ever since. Image isn't of my ass, and my bite got more, I dunno, necrosis-y? Yucky. Lets go with yucky. But thats the sort of thing you can look forwards to if you come to my county.

**Darkjim**

And that's the line.

If you say, I love the place, I'll put up with that sort of thing from time to time - you're an Aussie.

Everyone else isn't.

**sarpedons-right-hand**

I never thought I'd have to worry about gak like that. Then I married a Filipino...it's not so much the spiders and snakes out there (I have a house in a heavily populated area), it's the goddamn Cock-er-oaches. I once slammed one so hard that my fly swatter exploded in a gagillion pieces. The result? It just waved its fist at me, gave me the Cockroach equivalent of the middle finger and scampered off.. I hate them with ever fibre of my being.
Then there's the Dengue-ridden Mosquitoes, the threat of Rabies (in the countryside anyway), the constant heat, the threat of possible kidnapping (in certain areas), the Sharks, and the complete lack of driving laws (in Manila at least).

But I love the country, and the people. Sometimes, you have to take the rough with the smooth, you know?