Shhh! Its a chrissy gift to New Zealand!paranoid101 wrote:
Is there any animal in Australia that isn't dangerous?.
I even heard that you had a breed of poisonous sheep.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
Shhh! Its a chrissy gift to New Zealand!paranoid101 wrote:
Is there any animal in Australia that isn't dangerous?.
I even heard that you had a breed of poisonous sheep.
I remember watching a doco on tele a few years back, that proved that a bite from our species of white-tipped spiders will cause your skin and muscle to rot. Far as I'm concerned, any white-tip I see can die a horrible death. Same goes for redbacks.Ender2309 wrote:
by your description, these are the same spiders.wiki wrote:
White-tailed spider
The white-tailed spider, a species indigenous to Australia, has long been blamed for a necrotic bite, producing symptoms similar to a brown recluse. However, recent studies into this spider have led many to believe that its bite produces no serious effects in humans; in particular, necrotic ulcers were not observed. White-tail bites do cause localized pain and lesions. [12] Nonetheless, the white-tailed spider still is rather infamous in Australia, and frequently referred to as a dangerous spider.
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I remember watching a doco on tele a few years back, that proved that a bite from our species of white-tipped spiders will cause your skin and muscle to rot. Far as I'm concerned, any white-tip I see can die a horrible death. Same goes for redbacks.Ender2309 wrote:
by your description, these are the same spiders.wiki wrote:
White-tailed spider
The white-tailed spider, a species indigenous to Australia, has long been blamed for a necrotic bite, producing symptoms similar to a brown recluse. However, recent studies into this spider have led many to believe that its bite produces no serious effects in humans; in particular, necrotic ulcers were not observed. White-tail bites do cause localized pain and lesions. [12] Nonetheless, the white-tailed spider still is rather infamous in Australia, and frequently referred to as a dangerous spider.
Its only the male, and only because of a spike thing on its hind legs, IIRC. Also, I don't know what all this 'duckbilled' shit is, but its just called 'platypus'. Its like calling it a four-legged buffalo.silo1180 wrote:
I was totally freaked when I learned that even the duckbilled platypus was poisonous! Makes that critter even more weird.
Koalas are dangerous too.Cheez wrote:
Its only the male, and only because of a spike thing on its hind legs, IIRC. Also, I don't know what all this 'duckbilled' shit is, but its just called 'platypus'. Its like calling it a four-legged buffalo.silo1180 wrote:
I was totally freaked when I learned that even the duckbilled platypus was poisonous! Makes that critter even more weird.
I'de rather skip a dentist appointment to exterminate spiders from my room!! ewwwwwwwFenris_GreyClaw wrote:
No, because they haven't really appeared much. I've seen (read 'killed') 3 W-tips over the last 3 months, and because that really isn't much when you think about it, my dad hasn't called the exterminator yet, and probably won't.paranoid101 wrote:
Well there no harm in being a bit scared, I should have put this in my past post.Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
It's hard for me not to be scared, considering the fact the White-Tips are LIVING in my room!
I don't even know where they come from, be it the floor, roof, walls... makes it hard to sleep.
Being Scared keeps you alive. its a reflex from caveman time, be it with snakes, spiders, Tyrannosaur Rex , etc.......
As for your problem have you called in the exterminators yet?
Plus i have dental work coming up, so i'm not sure if we can afford dentistry costs and extermination fees too.
DROP BEARS!!!Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
Koalas are dangerous too.Cheez wrote:
Its only the male, and only because of a spike thing on its hind legs, IIRC. Also, I don't know what all this 'duckbilled' shit is, but its just called 'platypus'. Its like calling it a four-legged buffalo.silo1180 wrote:
I was totally freaked when I learned that even the duckbilled platypus was poisonous! Makes that critter even more weird.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_spider Read the third paragraph. Now these bastards will fuck your shit up.Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
My problem with spiders is i know too much about them. i read a lot of "Worlds Most Dangerous" type books, and over the years I've learned to tell the difference between safe spiders and dangerous spiders. Tarantulas aren't dangerous. I'd like to see you pick up a pissed off White-Tip spider and not be scared. Those things cause necrosis.paranoid101 wrote:
I love spiders these are my babies........
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5718/cordy2ay3.jpg
http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/845/willow1xk5.jpg
http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/4586/pinkqc2.jpg
Thing is before I got these spiders, I used to hate them too, but since having them and holding them, I am no longer scared.
I mean how can you be scared of a little house spider after holding a 6inc tarantula.Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
I have a family of White-Tip spiders breeding somewhere in my room... you know, the type that cause necrosis of the skin?