reply to post by zazzafrazz
Well I was thinking about visiting austrailia, untill you scared the crap out of me. You know information like this might keep tourists away right?
Sure it's great to know what to avoid, but theres alot to avoid in austraila.
Australia's Deadliest. Thanks for the Fosters beer and the Body Bag., page 6
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reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 10:32 AM by JustMike
reply to post by randyvs
Couldn't agree more. Steve Irwin was a top bloke. What you saw was what you got.
When I was a kid I lived not far from some decent bushland (near the Para Wirra National Park in S.A.) and it was great to go hiking there on weekends. Lovely country. The only serious problems I ever had with the wildlife there was when I brushed a wasps' nest while I was crawling inside a cave on a small cliff face above a creek. They popped their heads out of the hole like something from a cartoon and then it was full-on attack! LOL! I was out of there pdq and down into some stagnant water in the creek.
I never had any troubles with the roos. (Mainly greys there and some wallabies.) Long as you don't corner them or get too close to their joeys they won't bother you.
Snakes.... Yeah we used to get brown snakes in the back yard but they weren't a major worry. None of them ever managed to sneak into the house. I was more concerned about black snakes. They like to be near water and they're excellent swimmers so we had to keep our eyes open if we went for a swim in a bush setting.
One day I tried to pick up a big huntsman spider because I'd seen some guy do it on TV -- so of course I had to try it too.
(Dumb idea but hey,
I was only about 10.) The trick is to catch the spider by a back leg and hold it up, then it just sort of hangs there. So okay I went out in the back
yard and caught one, but I let the spider swing a little bit as I lifted it, and it turned and grabbed me with its seven spare legs and sank in the
fangs. OMG they are painful. It's like two hot needles going in and I kid you not. And they hang on for a couple of seconds to give you a good dose.
Seemed like a couple of hours actually...
The pain is extremely intense, but after about ten minutes it starts to improve and the effects aren't serious or long-term. (Unlike some other spiders' effects.) We called the local doctor and he just laughed and told us to put ice on it and I'd be ok. I never told my Mum that I'd actually picked up the spider on purpose. She would've had kittens. But anyhow, after that I lost all further interest in picking up big spiders.
Ahhh, happy memories!
And to the OP: thanks for the thread, mate! If you get over to Prague let me know and I'll shout you one, okay?
[edit on 5/10/09 by JustMike]
Couldn't agree more. Steve Irwin was a top bloke. What you saw was what you got.
When I was a kid I lived not far from some decent bushland (near the Para Wirra National Park in S.A.) and it was great to go hiking there on weekends. Lovely country. The only serious problems I ever had with the wildlife there was when I brushed a wasps' nest while I was crawling inside a cave on a small cliff face above a creek. They popped their heads out of the hole like something from a cartoon and then it was full-on attack! LOL! I was out of there pdq and down into some stagnant water in the creek.
I never had any troubles with the roos. (Mainly greys there and some wallabies.) Long as you don't corner them or get too close to their joeys they won't bother you.
Snakes.... Yeah we used to get brown snakes in the back yard but they weren't a major worry. None of them ever managed to sneak into the house. I was more concerned about black snakes. They like to be near water and they're excellent swimmers so we had to keep our eyes open if we went for a swim in a bush setting.
One day I tried to pick up a big huntsman spider because I'd seen some guy do it on TV -- so of course I had to try it too.
(Dumb idea but hey,
I was only about 10.) The trick is to catch the spider by a back leg and hold it up, then it just sort of hangs there. So okay I went out in the back
yard and caught one, but I let the spider swing a little bit as I lifted it, and it turned and grabbed me with its seven spare legs and sank in the
fangs. OMG they are painful. It's like two hot needles going in and I kid you not. And they hang on for a couple of seconds to give you a good dose.
Seemed like a couple of hours actually... The pain is extremely intense, but after about ten minutes it starts to improve and the effects aren't serious or long-term. (Unlike some other spiders' effects.) We called the local doctor and he just laughed and told us to put ice on it and I'd be ok. I never told my Mum that I'd actually picked up the spider on purpose. She would've had kittens. But anyhow, after that I lost all further interest in picking up big spiders.
Ahhh, happy memories!
And to the OP: thanks for the thread, mate! If you get over to Prague let me know and I'll shout you one, okay?
[edit on 5/10/09 by JustMike]
reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 10:35 AM by randyvs
reply to post by Burginthorn
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!
you could saddle that thing up and ride it.
Nope won't be going down under.
Don't you people have any caulking down there?
Man I'll send you some, I got plenty.
justmike
great story man
[edit on 5-10-2009 by randyvs]
[edit on 5-10-2009 by randyvs]
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!
you could saddle that thing up and ride it.
Nope won't be going down under.
Don't you people have any caulking down there?
Man I'll send you some, I got plenty.
justmike
lmao
I never told my Mum that I'd actually picked up the spider on purpose. She would've had kittens. But anyhow, after that
great story man
[edit on 5-10-2009 by randyvs]
[edit on 5-10-2009 by randyvs]
reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 10:46 AM by JustMike
reply to post by InfaRedMan
Terrific pics you put there for the spiders.
Like you, I think their measurements are a bit off. As for the hunstman spiders, they are
venomous as that's how they paralyze their prey so it beats me why that reference says they're not. I guess they mean they're not deadly.
In Australia that's a pretty useful distinction.
The one that bit me was not real huge. (And as I said in my post it was my own stupid fault that I got bitten.) It was about 5 inches across I'd guess -- by no means the biggest spiders I've seen in Oz though, considering the ones up in the Qld rainforests that catch rodents on the forest floor. Size of dinner plates, they are.
Terrific pics you put there for the spiders.
Like you, I think their measurements are a bit off. As for the hunstman spiders, they are
venomous as that's how they paralyze their prey so it beats me why that reference says they're not. I guess they mean they're not deadly. In Australia that's a pretty useful distinction.
The one that bit me was not real huge. (And as I said in my post it was my own stupid fault that I got bitten.) It was about 5 inches across I'd guess -- by no means the biggest spiders I've seen in Oz though, considering the ones up in the Qld rainforests that catch rodents on the forest floor. Size of dinner plates, they are.
reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 12:07 PM by Ha`la`tha
Originally posted by InfaRedMan
Get This Though!
Despite the lack of perspective in the Huntsman photo, the Huntsman averages much, much larger, anywhere from 4 inches to 1 foot across.
Linky
WTF? One Foot across!!!
IRM
[edit on 5/10/09 by InfaRedMan]
JESUS CHRIST... I already hate spiders, now I know this - in my life never seen one and hope I never will, but this makes me check under my chair anyway.... ugh, not as bad as those chiese spider crab things, dont care what they officially are they scare the crap out of me !!!
*shudders*
We can hope not - we've found other animals thought extinct in the past. I would so love to discover this to be the case also !! reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 12:27 PM by whatukno
Awesome thread zazz.
Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, we don't have a whole lot of menacing critters. No poisonous snakes in the high country, no crocks, no spiders that if they look at you the wrong way you will burst into flames or worse.
We did have mountain lion. (Cougar, Puma) a few bears and in the fall we had horny bull elk. In the spring we had overprotective cow elk.
Other than that it was the rocks you had to watch out for.
So having said all that. Screw Australia, too dangerous goin down under.
But for your Aussie entertainment here is the American mountain man reaction to Austrailian wildlife.
The box jellyfish Ok here we have a gelatinous glob of goo that will kill you. Thanks for that god. What the hell is this thing? So forget swimming.
Salt Water Crocodile Not only will the jellyfish come and sting your ass, but then some giant mutant lizard is going to come, bite you, drag you down, roll you over a few dozen times, THEN eat you.
Blue Ring Octopus Ok someone tell me again why anyone goes in the water around Australia?
Stonefish Ok not only are your deadly marine wildlife freaking obvious but here's one that hides as a freaking rock!
Red back spider Ok this I can understand, spiders bad.
Brown Snake Ok a camouflaged snake. GREAT!
Tiger Snake It's not bad enough that it's a freaking snake but it's a mutant snake that is bread with a freaking TIGER!
Great White Shark Ok now I am convinced that all surfers and beachgoers in Australia are suicidal.
Funnelweb Spider I am amazed that anyone survives in Australia.
What have I learned today?
Australia is deadly and the only reason they promote tourism is to kill stupid people.
[edit on 10/5/2009 by whatukno]
Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, we don't have a whole lot of menacing critters. No poisonous snakes in the high country, no crocks, no spiders that if they look at you the wrong way you will burst into flames or worse.
We did have mountain lion. (Cougar, Puma) a few bears and in the fall we had horny bull elk. In the spring we had overprotective cow elk.
Other than that it was the rocks you had to watch out for.
So having said all that. Screw Australia, too dangerous goin down under.
But for your Aussie entertainment here is the American mountain man reaction to Austrailian wildlife.
The box jellyfish Ok here we have a gelatinous glob of goo that will kill you. Thanks for that god. What the hell is this thing? So forget swimming.
Salt Water Crocodile Not only will the jellyfish come and sting your ass, but then some giant mutant lizard is going to come, bite you, drag you down, roll you over a few dozen times, THEN eat you.
Blue Ring Octopus Ok someone tell me again why anyone goes in the water around Australia?
Stonefish Ok not only are your deadly marine wildlife freaking obvious but here's one that hides as a freaking rock!
Red back spider Ok this I can understand, spiders bad.
Brown Snake Ok a camouflaged snake. GREAT!
Tiger Snake It's not bad enough that it's a freaking snake but it's a mutant snake that is bread with a freaking TIGER!
Great White Shark Ok now I am convinced that all surfers and beachgoers in Australia are suicidal.
Funnelweb Spider I am amazed that anyone survives in Australia.
What have I learned today?
Australia is deadly and the only reason they promote tourism is to kill stupid people.
[edit on 10/5/2009 by whatukno]
reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 12:55 PM by ejaylinz
reply to post by OzWeatherman
I think you missed some on your list for example.
Belchers Sea Snake (Hydrophis Belcheri), considered by many now to be the most deadly on the planet, it also is 100 times more venomous than the Taipan, Beaked Sea Snake or any other snake on the planet.
There is also the Krait (Bungarus Caeruleus), which I believe we have all heard of. The Philippine Cobra ( Naja Naja Philippinensis ) should also be on this list, since we are talking top 20. Then there is the Russels Vipor ( Vipera Russellii ) which is the Worlds 5th most venomous snake. last but not least is of course the Black Mamba ( Dendroaspis Polylepis ).
Seems to me that your list bypassed some of the worlds REAL most deadly could it be that your a little bit biased for your homeland and want it to sound so scary..?? Anyway just my thought.
I think you missed some on your list for example.
Belchers Sea Snake (Hydrophis Belcheri), considered by many now to be the most deadly on the planet, it also is 100 times more venomous than the Taipan, Beaked Sea Snake or any other snake on the planet.
There is also the Krait (Bungarus Caeruleus), which I believe we have all heard of. The Philippine Cobra ( Naja Naja Philippinensis ) should also be on this list, since we are talking top 20. Then there is the Russels Vipor ( Vipera Russellii ) which is the Worlds 5th most venomous snake. last but not least is of course the Black Mamba ( Dendroaspis Polylepis ).
Seems to me that your list bypassed some of the worlds REAL most deadly could it be that your a little bit biased for your homeland and want it to sound so scary..?? Anyway just my thought.
gonna have
nightmare's now, thank you for that one reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 02:59 PM by Pr0t0
You know, with all those sea critters, land creepy crawlies, absolute monster's and inanimate looking death traps, it's no wonder London is full of
Aussies!
I think there's a clue as to why it became a prison colony. Even shells on the beach can take a stab at you :S
en.wikipedia.org...
"Because cone snails are slow-moving, they use a venomous harpoon in order to capture faster-moving prey such as fish. The venom of a few larger species is powerful enough to kill a human being."
"Come to Australia, even the scenery'll kill ya"
Great thread, but I won't be rushing to Oz to congratulate you :S
I think there's a clue as to why it became a prison colony. Even shells on the beach can take a stab at you :S
en.wikipedia.org...
"Because cone snails are slow-moving, they use a venomous harpoon in order to capture faster-moving prey such as fish. The venom of a few larger species is powerful enough to kill a human being."
"Come to Australia, even the scenery'll kill ya"
Great thread, but I won't be rushing to Oz to congratulate you :S
reply posted on 5-10-2009 @ 03:10 PM by zazzafrazz
Originally posted by Toecutter.
There are always the kangaroo's that might punch you out !
www.youtube.com...
You can't take your eye's of em.
[edit on 5-10-2009 by Toecutter.]
I hope that roo knocked out those eastern europeans once and for all. Leashing a roo and putting gloves on them, is comical but to us Aussies they are wild animals and that kinda is cruel. I think the boxing Kangaroo (whilst they do defend themselves like that, but more from a tail lift and kick strike that can ***** you right up) mythology came from Loony Toons cartoons
In Oz I have never seen or heard of such a display. I have heard of alot Roos overseas in private zoos that are poorly looked after.
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