Hugomarink Posted August 12, 2014 Posted August 12, 2014 things were not improved years later when i ran into her in the city, having heard she was pregnant. heavily so, it appeared. i asked when due, as one does. apparently a month earlier. DOH!!!!
perkinke Posted August 12, 2014 Posted August 12, 2014 A friend's uncle served in the Air Force and said that when deploying overseas they were always given a list of dangerous wildlife to avoid.....except Australia. They got a list of "safe" animals because it was shorter.
El Presidente Posted August 12, 2014 Posted August 12, 2014 fuzz, the list goes on and on. as for bull sharks, they are bastards. was watching an english doco on them and it started with shots on a river. was trying to work out where, as i knew i'd seen it before. then it dawned. the brizzy river outside my mate's place. there is a 'colony' that actually live about 80 k's up the brizzy river as they got trapped in a flood and when the water went down, they could not get back. apparently the two worst places on the planet for bull sharks - brizzy and cuba. Ken, I saw that Documentary, it was at Colleges Crossing less than 8km from your place and my old one. We use to go fishing for bull sharks there in the Canoe. Great fun. That is also where I saw a Stonefish caught. Great place for the council to spend millions on a family water playground
Ken Gargett Posted August 12, 2014 Author Posted August 12, 2014 Ken, I saw that Documentary, it was at Colleges Crossing less than 8km from your place and my old one. We use to go fishing for bull sharks there in the Canoe. Great fun. That is also where I saw a Stonefish caught. Great place for the council to spend millions on a family water playground do you mean the 'river monsters'? i think that one was up college's. the one i mean was a one-off, forget the name but about 4 years ago, which kicked off at yeronga, outside gus's place. i had great delight pointing it out to his wife. didn't take long before they had a pool installed. no more river swimming.
Fosgate Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Sharkweek on Discovery channel is going on right now and is a great reminder of why I only swim in pools and drink from clear glasses. I was shocked to find out evidence has been discovered bull sharks roam nearby where I live...in Minnesota! http://www.nokomiseast.org/yard/light/creeksharks.html
... Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Sharkweek on Discovery channel is going on right now and is a great reminder of why I only swim in pools and drink from clear glasses. I was shocked to find out evidence has been discovered bull sharks roam nearby where I live...in Minnesota! http://www.nokomiseast.org/yard/light/creeksharks.html The link you provided is an April fool's prank (last line below the article).
peanutpete Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Whilst great whites, crocs, the inland taipan, box jellyfish/irukandji, blue-ring octopi, and funnel web spiders get all the publicity as Australia's deadliest creatures, there are quite a few more that have the potential to kill you... European Honey Bee (you'd be surprised how many people die each year from bee stings) Bull shark (these buggers have been known to swin up freshwater estuaries and even the Cook River! I never thought anything could live in that cesspool of a river) Cone shells (one sting has enough venom to kill 15 people; more than 1000x stronger than morphine) Reef stonefish (the spines can easily pierce the rubber soles of your shoe) Yellow-bellied sea snake (5th deadliest venom of all snakes on the LD50 ranking) Australian Paralysis Tick (anaphylactic shock) Mulga snake (have been known to chew when biting to deliver up to 150mg of venom) Mouse spiders (their venom is closely related to the Sydney Funnel Web) **** now I know why there are so many Australians in London
potpest Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 **** now I know why there are so many Australians in LondonSurely it's because of the weather; it's just not grey enough in Aus
Fosgate Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Oh great, you mean now I have to check not only my shoes before I put them on but my car as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kizVFDdiBU0#t=267
CanuckSARTech Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 How do you guys even make it to your mailbox and back alive? Seriously, 9 out of 10 of the world's most dangerous everything lives in Australia. I'm happy to live in Maine where my biggest fears are freezing to death and getting over-powered by the wife. LOL. This. Awesome. Laughed. Hard.
Fuzz Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Oh great, you mean now I have to check not only my shoes before I put them on but my car as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kizVFDdiBU0#t=267 Just a youngster. Probably slithered into the engine bay to stay warm overnight.
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