Better watch out in OZ!

[Guest]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=24&u=/nm/20050211/od_nm/australia_spiders_dc

[Faustus]

AH!!!!! I demand a spider warning for the future. I got the hebe jeebies now. Can't stand spiders.

Not to wise guys, I'm done with this thread. Post you horrible pictures away. I won't see 'em!

[tgpo]

Tha'ts great news writing:

Scientists describe the redback's existence as "amoral" because of their unique mating behavior in which males give themselves up to the deadly females to be killed and eaten after mating.



"It's all about foreplay. If he doesn't have the moves, she's not going to be interested,"

[Capmaster]

tgpo[/url]]..... in which males give themselves up to the deadly females to be killed and eaten after mating.

Like humans then.

[hech54]

If it crawls and it's in Australia....most likely it is has poison in it as well.
While I was in Oz...I grabbed a spider with a Kleenex once and flushed it. I turned around to see several mouths agape(?) in horror. One person said "We don't just go around grabbing at spiders mate"....granted it was a woman who said it but...she seemed quite serious...

[pacmania_2001]

https://www.videohelp.com/~pacmania/australia.mp3

[doppletwo]

I saw the HBO series, there's also an anal rape problem in Oz.

[yoda313]

Hello,

PAC - GREAT SONG!

So did you do the backup vocals???

Kevin

[the bomb]

tgpo[/url]]..... in which males give themselves up to the deadly females to be killed and eaten after mating.

Like humans then.

Sweetheart, who made you say that?

[Capmaster]

tgpo[/url]]..... in which males give themselves up to the deadly females to be killed and eaten after mating.

Like humans then.

Sweetheart, who made you say that?

The bite marks on my body

[jimmalenko]

tgpo[/url]]..... in which males give themselves up to the deadly females to be killed and eaten after mating.

Like humans then.

Sweetheart, who made you say that?

The bite marks on my body

Yes, we do have quite a few dangerous animals here, don't we ? You don't really realise things like that about your own backyard until you see others'

[the bomb]

tgpo[/url]]..... in which males give themselves up to the deadly females to be killed and eaten after mating.

Like humans then.

Sweetheart, who made you say that?

The bite marks on my body

I'll have to put you back on your chain for that remark

[pacmania_2001]

The trick is not to think about them.

Like yesterday I went for a swim at the beach and there's a warning sign about blue bottles. All these Japanese tourists are sitting on the beach but won't go for a swim yet there are plenty of people still in the water enjoying it.

[the bomb]

Whats a blue bottle?

[pacmania_2001]

It's like a jellyfish with a jelly like head and strands of stingers that hang underneath it that floats around in the ocean.

If you get stung it usually isn't too bad, stings for awhile but you just use vinegar and ice over the sting marks. It can be a bit more serious if you have a reaction to the poison or are stung around the neck area.

[doppletwo]

You can pee on jellyfish stings too.

[pyrate83]

I hate spiders but liked the part about foreplay.

[pacmania_2001]

Thats what a blue bottle looks like. When they wash up on the beach you can throw them at people if you know how to handle them correctly.

[the bomb]

Oh ok a jellyfish. Don't you have those cone shells there too?

[pacmania_2001]

Probably, we've got plenty of ocean life. If you can find a picture of what you're talking about I can tell you if I've seen it.

Blue bottles are the most common pest though because they get blown into the waters just off the beach compared to other things like sharks and bigger jellyfish which get caught in the shark nets.

[the bomb]

Not a great picture.

I saw a show on the Great Barrier Reef and part of it was about the Cone Shell.

I believe they are very poisonous

[pacmania_2001]

Do you mean a shellfish?

[ChrisX]

No dangerous spiders here.

There are only some awful cockroaches, ants, flies and a visit by a friendly blue tongue lizard here.

A cat is here as well.

ChrisX

[pacmania_2001]

I saw a show on the Great Barrier Reef and part of it was about the Cone Shell.

I believe they are very poisonous

I'm not sure about the one you're talking about. With the Great Barrier Reef though their is that many species it's hard to know them all.

In North Queensland (where the Great Barrier Reef is) the worrying things to look out for are blue ringed octopuses, box jellyfish, stone fish and iricanji (lethal jellyfish).

[Capmaster]

You aussies have way more than your share of antisocial creatures

[the bomb]

Is it really that dangerous to swim there?

[jimmalenko]

Is it really that dangerous to swim there?

Pretty much

As you can tell, most aussies just accept it, as we don't know any other way.

[jimmalenko]

You aussies have way more than your share of antisocial creatures

Yeah, that pacmania_2001 is an animal ... or ... so ... I've ... heard ...

[VCDHunter]

Thats what a blue bottle looks like. When they wash up on the beach you can throw them at people if you know how to handle them correctly.

Unlucky, this is what our Blue Bottles look like -

[ChrisX]

Is it really that dangerous to swim there?

Sharks do get close too!

There was a young fellow at Adelaide recently who got killed by one over there.

Doesn't happen often here as so rare as only once in a while.

ChrisX