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Posted by Madilayn on 16-01-2010 at 08:00:
Ahh - but lborgia - you have that snow stuff that comes in copious quantities that also brings below freezie weather.
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Posted by gatchamarie on 16-01-2010 at 08:09:
Ebony ... if it were me on whom that spider would have dropped I would have not just scared the other drivers but only God knows what I would have done!
Green ... if ever I decide to visit Australia I will surely abide with your warnings! 
I'm sure that apart from these facts, Australia is one of the most wonderful places on Earth ... that's how people who have already visited it tend to describe it!
I can say that I am lucky to live in a place where there aren't so much wildlife scares! We only have jellyfish infestations during summers, especially the last one ... and the one or two harmful mosquitoes! I think that's why I like so much to visit zoos, marine and wildlife parks when I'm abroad ... because of the lack of knowledge of such creatures!
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Posted by green on 16-01-2010 at 09:43:
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Oh, God, yes! Give me the spiders, snakes and sharks! You can keep your snow!
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Posted by Becky Rock on 16-01-2010 at 20:34:
[quote]Originally posted by Madilayn
You all know that there are plenty of us Gatchamaniacs around the country and you are welcome to visit!
Thanks for the invite! Have to start saving...
Re Huntsmen & spider deaths - a friend of mine (big boofy sufer dude) has a massive spider phobia - he uses baygon plus a lighter and tries flameing them to death! It is rather spectacular 
I've got a male childhood friend who is terrified of spiders. If he saw one, he would literally scream and climb up onto the tallest rhing he could find, flapping his arms like he's trying to fly away. I always thought it'd be funny to have Jason have arachnophobia. Big, bad Condor reduced to a baby by a tiny spider - no offense to those who are afraid of spiders. I don't mind as long as they're small enough to squash under my shoe and don't chase you, which I understand some dangerous spiders do.
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Posted by Becky Rock on 16-01-2010 at 20:38:
Has anyone ever seen pictures of the camel spiders? Some of them are two feet long. 
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Posted by lborgia88 on 16-01-2010 at 20:40:
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But we need the cold and the snow in Nova Scotia -otherwise we'd have blackflies and mosquitoes biting us all year round!
Posted by Tengu on 16-01-2010 at 21:52:
It sounds as bad as Pandora, doesnt it?
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 17-01-2010 at 07:44:
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I general resort to the rolled newspaper...cricketbats leave dents in the walls and the spider got away!
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 17-01-2010 at 07:46:
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I second that!!!
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Posted by green on 17-01-2010 at 08:06:
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I once had a huntman on my car while I was parked outside a friend's house. I asked her to get me something to brush it off with, thinking along the lines of a newspaper, and she brought out a cricket bat...
Guess I should have remembered she was petrified of spiders....
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 17-01-2010 at 22:59:
Green; I had this image of a person sitting in a car staring at the spider...Fear washing over their face...then it turns to pertified upon seeing this person emerge with a cricket bat taking aim at the spider and forgetting about the person in the car.... The person gulps...and then figures she'll take her chances with the spider and starts up the car.....
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Posted by MrVampire on 18-01-2010 at 01:56:
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Funnel web spiders (the most venomous spider on earth) will not just chase you it will jump up at you and sink its massive fangs (capable of penetrating fingernails or soft shoes) into your calf and inject its acidic, multiple toxin laced venom into your leg whereon you will experience nausea, vomiting, sweating, difficulty berating, twitching, disorientation, fluid accumulation on the lungs, coma then a horrible death either through low blood pressure, asphyxiation or swelling of the brain.
That would probably spoil your holidays.
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Posted by gatchamarie on 18-01-2010 at 15:13:
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Posted by Becky Rock on 18-01-2010 at 19:49:
Thanks for the info. Are they hairy or hard shelled? Just so I know what to avoid like the plague. 
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Posted by green on 18-01-2010 at 20:36:
They are nasty, no doubt about it. Of course more people have died due to a shark attack than a funnel web spider bite since they developed the antivenom...
It appears only the males are likely to aggressively attack, so if you do happen across one you have 50-50 chance of getting away!
Becky, there are some very detailed pictures available on the net if you are really interested in knowing what to look out for. Of course, we just tend to kill any 8 legged creatures we come across - saves the time of thinking 'Is that dangerous? Does it have a stripe? Oh, wait - it's Australia and it's a spider! Where's my shoe?'
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 18-01-2010 at 22:14:
Maybe that's why Galactor never attacked Australia! That, and the badass ANZACs who'd hand them their asses without even breaking a sweat.
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 19-01-2010 at 07:36:
Yeah all they need to do is introduce the mecha to local wildlife...Oh boy I see the Crocodile mecha coming from a mile away!!!!
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Posted by green on 19-01-2010 at 10:14:
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That would depend on their targets. I can imagine it now....
Ministerial Aide: "Oh, look. They've destroyed the Sydney Opera House. That's a shame."
Prime Minister: "That means work for our construction companies."
Aide: "There goes the bridge. The commuters aren't going to like that much."
Prime Minister: "The ferry companies will. More work for them."
Aide: "Oh, that's sad - that was the cricket grounds! We were doing so well too."
Prime Minister: "We'll beat the Poms next year, don't worry."
Aide: "Was that the brewery???"
Prime Minister: "OMG - NOT the brewery!!! Launch an all out attack!!!"
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Posted by Madilayn on 19-01-2010 at 11:19:
Green: love it!! Though - they might have a problem with the cricket ground going - especially since they also use it for football (all types) as well.
Oops - good job not attacking Brisbane - there is Suncorp Stadium (football - the cricket ground is at the Gabba - other side of town) and the XXXX Brewery next to it... Thank heavens Arnotts moved, or the Tim Tams could also have been threatened in one hit!
About a year ago, there was a discussion on Galactor and Australia on the BotP list. I had a plotpuppy and sent this in:
The truth is they came, they landed, they had a series of problems.
1. Mecha landed on a bull ant nest. Not immediately noticed until the ants made it inside. Goons covered in bites.
2. Reconasaince party sent outside and met some wildlife. One got kicked in the goolies by a kangaroo. Second one had a drop bear fall on his head. Third one was tragically killed when he inadvertently put his hand down a wombat hole and the wombat got frightened, sat on his hand and crushed it, then collapsed the burrow on the crushed hand and arm. Goon died of embarrasment as he couldn't bear to explain what had happened.
3. Goon found outisde dunny. Got bitten by the Red Back on the toilet seat.
4. Goon tried to pet snake. Silly goon.
5. Captain du Jour went swimming in a lovely billabong in the top end. Discovers that in Australia "Crocs" don't mean shoes...... Croc later had to be treated for indigestion.
6. Katse decided to leave Australia alone after he tried vegemite. Lesson learned: don't put it on your toast thickly. You only need a tiny scraping on it if you're a beginner. You need to be hardened to Vegemite to be able to put it on your toast at any level of thickness!
7. ON leaving, Katse ony just makes it out alive after making disparaging remarks about Australian sporting prowess. Mecha is severely damaged by accurately hit cricket balls and footy players going for the tackle and/or mark.
Galactor puts Australia on it's "do not got there" list.
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Posted by green on 19-01-2010 at 11:31:
Madilyn, I love it! So true!!!
I did think there might be a problem with the cricket ground, until I realised it isn't footy season yet! LOL And there are other grounds to play on.... 
It takes much longer to rebuild a brewery to get it just right, and the storehouses... OMG, not the reserves!!! Beer shortage - the horror, the HORROR!! 
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