According to statistics, Australia has one of the highest per capita forest holdings in the world, with one hundred and forty eight million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine hectares of forests, of which one hundred and forty seven million three hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine hectares are natural forests and another 1.97 million hectares are planted.
These forests cover 19% of Australia's land and bring Australia's per capita forest ownership to 7 hectares! You should know that the world's per capita forest ownership is only 0.6 hectares.
In such a good ecological environment, you can easily see a flower and grass that you have never seen.
However, some plants, although pleasing to the eye, but dangerous, life in Australia should be extra careful.
1, touch the grass, it's a big deal.
On a fine weekend, Lauren and his brother went camping by the lake with their brother and mother and went fishing, playing happily all day!
(photo source: daily Mail)
Back home, Lauren found visible red burn marks on her hands and cheeks.
(photo source: daily Mail)
It's hot, and it hurts.
At first, Lauren did not care, thought it was sunburn, in a few days will be fine. And the parents also did not attract attention.
However, two days later, the "sunburn" skin is not as self-healing as expected, but more serious!
In the original red and swollen skin, gradually rising blisters, and inflammatory and suppurative symptoms!
(photo source: daily Mail)
This scared Lauren, and her parents rushed her to the hospital.
After examining Lauren's hands and face, the doctor concluded that Lauren was corroded and burned by the poison of Giant hogweed ('s giant pig cage grass.
(photo source: daily Mail)
After a doctor's diagnosis, Lauren was diagnosed as a third degree burn.
Lauren's father said, the little girl's hands seem to be melted!
(photo source: daily Mail)
Later, Lauren himself recalled that when he went fishing with his father that day, he was on the side of the dirt with his brother to the castle.
I pulled some weeds off the edge of the soil and went home and looked like it.
The lovely little face was burned too.
(photo source: daily Mail)
2. Giant Pigycage Grass.
So, what is a giant squirrel?
Giant Pigcage Grass is actually an invasive plant in Australia. It is an erect perennial herb that can grow to 3.5 m when it blossoms but can sometimes reach a height of 7 m.
Stem stout, hollow, purple spotted. The leaves are large and deep, with fine shredded hair.
(photo source: daily Mail)
Giant Pigcage grasses generally like to grow in habitats, roadside, and grasslands, including riverbanks. It is also toxic to the human body, and its sap can cause severe light sensitivity to the skin and burn the skin.
If the juice drips into the eye carelessly, it can also cause blindness.
On the official website of government, Victoria, government also warned of the dangerous weeds.
(photo source: Victoria resources online)
It can be seen from the distribution map of the giant Cage grass that at present it is mainly distributed in the south.
(photo source: Victoria resource online)
And the Tasmania area.
(photo source: Tasmanian Government)
So, when you go out for a picnic, parents and children should pay attention to it! Even if the probability of encounter is small, this kind of white flower, grow human and animal harmless giant pig cage grass is very dangerous, touch can be burned by its poison, if touched on the face, the consequences are unthinkable.