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MrsDagboy

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

LetsFlyAway

ROFLMAO 2 U 2 (whatever that means)

MrsDagboy

ROFLMAO = Rolling on the floor laughing my a*se off.

Sorry, no offense, but your comments are quite amusing to me & that one in particular was very ironic. In our country "full of dangers" the chance of me even getting bitten by (let alone dying of) a spider/snake or any of the other creepy crawlies (maybe best if we leave things like sharks & crocs to another thread ) are probably one thousandth the chance of you dying in a car crash in the UK. You've probably got more chance of dying after eating meat in the UK than you are of dying of a spider bite. Somehow I think I would risk it .

I have lived here for most of my 39 years, most of it on acreage & rural properties (where creepy crawlies tend to be more common than in the cities & suburbs) & I have never seen a spider as big as a hand. Yeah, they do get big, but the chances of you seeing one that big are almost infinitesimal, unless its in a zoo or some sort of collection. I cant even remember the last time I saw a snake outside of a reptile park etc, most of the time they are so busy running away from you that you would be flat out catching one even if you chased it. Dagboy saw one at our house that we live at now (acreage property) last year & it was gone before he could even register what it was. I havent seen one for about 5 or 6 years at least.

Thats not to say you wont ever see spiders (which are a hell of alot more common than snakes), but the chance of them being dangerous/biting you/you dying are extremely, extremely remote.

Have fun in New Zealand, if you think that there arent any spiders there, Im afraid you are going to get a shock

Wol

I've come to this thread but late.

Couple of years ago Mrs Rog was doing some light gardening (perhaps wearing her fingers down?) when she had a painful itching on her arm.

An hour later it was all swole up, but not so badly that it worried her. She was doing some shopping later that evening when the checkout girl spotted the bump, went all funny and said she had a brown recluse bite and should hie to the quack asap.

Ten minutes on Google convinced us that was the right approach!

Luckily it appeared to have been a quick, glancing opportunistic nibble rather than a real bite and little venom had gone in.

It still took well over a month to stop hurting, though, and the area felt "hollow" as if the flesh under the skin had liquefied. Even after several months the marks appeared on and off.

I would not like to have a recluse give me a real chew!

ABCDiamond

I saw a program on TV about 6 months ago, or more, where Timber & Steel goods from NZ coming into OZ were being checked for redback spiders. I got the impression, from that program, that the redback came from NZ ?

MrsDagboy

Exactly ABC, they have both redbacks & white-tailed spiders as well as their own deadly one, the Katipo. In fact there are over 2000 species of spiders in New Zealand, maybe I had better not say anymore or lots of people will be burning their visas .

Spiders of New Zealand

DagBoy

Interestingly, I was lying on the lounge all morning recovering from our work Christmas do last night and was watching a programme on Animal Planet about Australia's deadly creatures.

It covered crocodiles (60 attacks in the last 100 years - half the victims survived), sharks, sydney funnel web, crown of thorns starfish, box jellyfish, blue ringed octopus, coastal taipan, fierce snake, sea snakes, redbacks etc.

Most of these hardly ever kill people because the anti venom has been developed and also people hardly ever come into contact and get bitten. The programme reckoned the most dangerous in terms of number of hospital cases caused per year was the redback.

They then put it into perspective and pointed out that the most dangerous thing in Australia is man (particularly if he is in a car).

There are more cars per square mile in the UK - so where is safer?

Pollyana

I'm very impressed you absorbed that lot after a good night out - obviously the red wine effect wore off quite quick??!!!

- that bit is certainly food for thought!!!

MrsDagboy

Polly, I heard him groaning a bit & telling the boys to be quiet while he was lying there .
Hes only just come back to life at about 4pm, he was sleeping til then!

tiredwithtwins

This should make you feel prepared for when you 'go'!!LOL!!
http://www.promolife.com/products/sunbeam.htm

happy shopping!!

sue

ps - I found this by doing a search 'sonic pest repellant' on the Australian yahoo search engine. will look for a british supplier for you!!

tiredwithtwins

Chunky, you will be releived to know there are HUNDREDS of suppliers in the uk, and plenty up north!!
did a jeeves search and it came up with 151, so that will keep you happy.
happy shopping....

sue

Chunky

sue, you are an angel.

Mr D , hope your night out was worth it.

Mr Rog, Scary stuff. Glad it's over.

I think the whole " problem " is that people generally only hear about the dangers ( or at least, they only digest the dangers ) when viewing these programs. After all, a program going on about safe and friendly animals doesn't draw the same audience as one where the critters can tear you limb from limb.

Pirahna's are another example, very rarely attack people but have a bad rap.

Paul.

Courtney

Hi there

I am Australian and for all the time I have lived in Oz I have only ever seen daddy long legs (which are harmless) and the Huntsman, which is I am sorry to say huge, black and hairy. But, they are also harmless, they will just give you a fright. You mainly see them out in a shed but may occassionally come inside. But, as far as anything else...snake etc...never seen one in my house!!!

Don't worry about it unless you are going to live in the outback?????

Courtney

Chunky

appologies,keyoardisgoosed.
severalkeysdo'twork.

hadareallygoodposttoo.

Paul.