Cookie Dough on 3/1/2006 at 03:04
Woohoo, glad to hear that you're settling in well.
*Please tell me that coffee you speak of is iced. ;)
Drat on 3/1/2006 at 03:22
It hit 45 degrees here on monday, second hottest day in NSW since record keeping began.
Thankfully yesterday was a pleasant 25 or so.
Malygris on 3/1/2006 at 07:31
Two words: necrotising arachnidism.
Glad you made it in one piece, and seem to be getting settled in nicely. Here's hoping the place doesn't kill you, at least not for awhile.
spiders, man. they creep me out.
Goblin on 3/1/2006 at 07:45
Hit 45 degrees here on Saturday. Right down at the bottom, only an island away from Antarctica.
So Scots, when's your Melbourne visit?
SD on 3/1/2006 at 08:53
Quote Posted by spix's circlet
a cross between an ant and a spider
Ant-mimicking spider, would you believe ;).
Quote Posted by Agent Monkeysee
Why any of you live in that god-forsaken land I'll never know.
I hear that. I wouldn't be so worried about the spiders, but the
snakes...
mol on 3/1/2006 at 09:10
Quote Posted by twisty
The ones to watch out for mainly are the Funnel web and Redback spider, which can kill you if you don't get some antidote.
Like Crocodile Dundee put it: "...but a Funnel Web spider can kill a man in eight seconds - just by looking at him."
Have fun! :cheeky:
thefonz on 3/1/2006 at 10:07
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
We stumbled into a lane the other day which was literally filled with huge fucking spiders. I'm pretty sure they were harmless and they were high above us, they spun their webs between the power cables and upper branches of trees. They were cruel looking bastards though, with white and black splotchy bodies and reddish looking spindly legs.
Inline Image:
http://plush-toy.co.uk/acatalog/spiderman.jpgSpiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Spiderman.
Is he strong?
Listen bud,
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread
Take a look overhead
Hey, there
There goes the Spiderman.
In the chill of night
At the scene of a crime
Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time.
Spiderman, Spiderman
Friendly neighborhood Spiderman
Wealth and fame
He's ingnored
Action is his reward.
To him, life is a great big bang up
Whenever there's a hang up
You'll find the Spider man.:cool:
Convict on 3/1/2006 at 11:38
Quote Posted by Tocky
The problem is you don't have enough water moccasins, diamond backs, and copperheads to keep the spider population down.
Yeah we try to get the snakes and spiders to fight eachother and lay off us a bit.
I had found a huntsman/wolf spider in my on the side of a box in my bedroom last night but I don't like hurting animals (except roaches!) so I just moved the little fella outside and he scuttled off. :D
Since Tocky seems to disrespect our snakes, here's an (
http://www.reptilegardens.com/reptile/topten.html) American top 10 most venomous snake list:
Quote:
But first, the disclaimer: Every venom expert has a different top 10 list. Ours is based on discussions with several of the leading experts in the field as well as reliable published material.)
1) Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus ), Australia. The most toxic venom of any snake.
Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would probably be enough to kill over 100 people or 250,000 mice. These rare snakes are virtually unknown in collections outside of Australia. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens, in fact, we have the only Inland Taipans outside of Australia other than one at the Moscow zoo and one in another European zoo.
2) Australian Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis ), Australia. One 1/14,000 of an ounce of this venom is enough to kill a person. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
3) Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus ), Southeast Asia and Indonesia. 50% of the bites from this snake are fatal even with the use of antivenin treatment. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
4) Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus ), Australia. The venom delivered in a single Taipan bite is enough to kill up to 12,000 guinea pigs. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
5) Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus ), Australia. The Tiger snake is a very aggressive snake that kills more people in Australia that any other snake on that continent. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
6) Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa ), South Asian waters Arabian Sea to Coral Sea..
7) Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus ), Middle East Asia. Saw Scaled Vipers kill more people in Africa that all the other venomous African snakes combined. Its venom is 5 times more toxic than that of the cobra and 16 more toxic than the Russell's Viper. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
8) Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius ), North America. Coral Snakes have a very potent venom but many are too small to deliver enough venom to kill a human. This is the only elapid (relative of the cobras and mambas) in the US.*On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
9) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus ), Africa. The Boomslang is the most seriously venomous rear-fanged snake in the world. They have very long fangs and can open their mouths a full 180 degrees to bite. Famous herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt died 28 hours after a Boomslang bite. The day after the bite, he called in to say he felt well and would be in to work...2 hours before he literally dropped dead from the bite. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
10) Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus ), Australia and New Guinea. The Death Adder looks like a viper but is more closely related to the cobras. A dosage of 10mg of Death Adder venom is enough to kill a human. A good sized Death Adder can deliver up to 180mg in a single bite. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens
Just to help you Scots here's a (
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/spiders/whatspider.asp) SE Queensland what spider is that?
PigLick on 3/1/2006 at 12:48
apparently the taipan is why they started burning the cane fields in queenslands.
Jonesy on 3/1/2006 at 13:31
Quote:
8) Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius ), North America. Coral Snakes have a very potent venom but many are too small to deliver enough venom to kill a human. This is the only elapid (relative of the cobras and mambas) in the US.*
I actually had one of those get stuck in a tree in my backyard as a kid. It was about 4 feet long, too.
