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Love the flamethrower, hate the kittisman.It's just too damned cute, you know it has " HUGE SHARP TEEEEEEEETH THAT CAN RIIIIIP A MAN'S HEAD CLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAN OFFFFFFF !!!!! "
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I got stung on both my eyelids as a child. The nest was inside the outdoor stair rails and I put my hand in it Could not open my right eye for about 6 weeks. I still hate cockroaches more though. I have trained my 3 year old to swat them for me.
Queenie Originally posted by hevs We had a "european wasp in our lounge room the other day and no word of a lie it was an inch and a half long. A spray of mortien soon killed it though. Both of my kids have been stung here by wasps and never were in the UK!:confused: |
What about the Fire Ants:scared:
Lots in Brisbane now and well known for causing anaphylactic reactions (this is what kills most people who die from bites and stings). G |
Originally posted by Pollyana Twas Phoenix with the hairsprayed cockroach!!! Its when you get one of these you have to worry...... |
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I recently received the following e-mail and when I saw the topic on spiders, I knew I just had to post it here:
This is a true story and its source was the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service in Adelaide. A bloke and his family were on holidays in the United States and went to Mexico for a week. An avid cactus fan, the man bought a one-metre high, rare and expensive cactus there. On arrival back home Australian Customs said it must be quarantined for 3 months. He finally got his cactus home. Planted it in his backyard, and over time it grew to about 2 metres. One evening while watering his garden after a warm spring day, he gave the cactus a light spray. He was amazed to see the plant shiver all over, he gave it another spray and it shivered again. He was puzzled so he rang the council who put him on to the state gardens people. After a few transfers he got the state's foremost cactus expert who asked him many questions. How Tall is it? Has it flowered? etc. Finally he asked the most disturbing question. "Is your family in the house?" The bloke answered yes. The cactus expert said get out of the house NOW, get on to the front nature strip and wait for me, I will be there in 20 minutes. Fifteen minutes later, 2 fire trucks, 2 police cars and an ambulance came screaming around the corner. A fireman got out and asked "Are you the bloke with the cactus?" I am, he said. A guy jumped out of the fire truck wearing what looked like a space suit, a breathing cylinder and mask attached to what looked like a scuba backpack with a large hose attached. He headed for the backyard and turned a flame-thrower on the cactus spraying it up and down. After a few minutes the flame-thrower man stopped, the cactus stood smoking and spitting, half the fence was burnt and parts of the gardens were well and truly scorched. Just then the cactus expert appeared and laid a calming hand on the bloke's shoulder. "What the hell's going on? he says. "Let me show you" says the cactus man. He went over to the cactus and picked away a crusty bit, the cactus was almost entirely hollow and filled with tiger striped bird-eating tarantula spiders, each about the size of two hand spans. The story was that this type of spider lays eggs in this type of cactus and they hatch and live in it as they grow to full size. When full size they release themselves. The cactus just explodes and about 150 dinner plate sized hairy spiders are flung from it, dispersing everywhere. They had been ready to pop. The aftermath was that the house and the adjoining houses had to be vacated and fumigated, police tape was put up outside the whole area and no one was allowed in for two weeks. And here's what one of the spiders looks like sitting on a full size dinner plate. |
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here's another, I'm sure it's a cload of rubbish but still scary
They run 10 mph, jump three feet, are a nocturnal spider, so only come out at night unless they are in shade. When they bite you, you are injected with Novocain so you go numb instantly. You don't even know you are bitten when you are sleeping, so you wake up with part of your leg or arm missing because it has been gnawing on it all night long. If you are walking around and you bump something that is casting a shadow over it, and the sun makes contact with it, you better run. It will instantlyrun for your shadow, and scream the whole time it is chasing you. PS. The one on the bottom is eating the one on the top. These are Spiders found daily in IRAQ by troops. Imagine waking up and seeing one of these in your tent!! |
STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY GOOSEBUMPS HAVE GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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3000 Huntsmen waiting on Lucy stepping off the plane in Adelaide. :D
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Originally posted by CRAZYboutOZ I recently received the following e-mail and when I saw the topic on spiders, I knew I just had to post it here: This is a true story and its source was the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service in Adelaide. A bloke and his family were on holidays in the United States and went to Mexico for a week. An avid cactus fan, the man bought a one-metre high, rare and expensive cactus there. On arrival back home Australian Customs said it must be quarantined for 3 months. He finally got his cactus home. Planted it in his backyard, and over time it grew to about 2 metres. One evening while watering his garden after a warm spring day, he gave the cactus a light spray. He was amazed to see the plant shiver all over, he gave it another spray and it shivered again. He was puzzled so he rang the council who put him on to the state gardens people. After a few transfers he got the state's foremost cactus expert who asked him many questions. How Tall is it? Has it flowered? etc. Finally he asked the most disturbing question. "Is your family in the house?" The bloke answered yes. The cactus expert said get out of the house NOW, get on to the front nature strip and wait for me, I will be there in 20 minutes. Fifteen minutes later, 2 fire trucks, 2 police cars and an ambulance came screaming around the corner. A fireman got out and asked "Are you the bloke with the cactus?" I am, he said. A guy jumped out of the fire truck wearing what looked like a space suit, a breathing cylinder and mask attached to what looked like a scuba backpack with a large hose attached. He headed for the backyard and turned a flame-thrower on the cactus spraying it up and down. After a few minutes the flame-thrower man stopped, the cactus stood smoking and spitting, half the fence was burnt and parts of the gardens were well and truly scorched. Just then the cactus expert appeared and laid a calming hand on the bloke's shoulder. "What the hell's going on? he says. "Let me show you" says the cactus man. He went over to the cactus and picked away a crusty bit, the cactus was almost entirely hollow and filled with tiger striped bird-eating tarantula spiders, each about the size of two hand spans. The story was that this type of spider lays eggs in this type of cactus and they hatch and live in it as they grow to full size. When full size they release themselves. The cactus just explodes and about 150 dinner plate sized hairy spiders are flung from it, dispersing everywhere. They had been ready to pop. The aftermath was that the house and the adjoining houses had to be vacated and fumigated, police tape was put up outside the whole area and no one was allowed in for two weeks. And here's what one of the spiders looks like sitting on a full size dinner plate. Flippen' 'eck!! :scared: That thing's so big you could put a lead on it and take it for a walk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whilst I'm posting I have a question. On an earlier post HiddenPaw mentioned about huntsmen walking across the windscreen of your car. There have been other posts in the past that mention this but has anyone actually had that happen to them? My arachnophobia isn't getting any better. D D |
Originally posted by DollyDaydream Flippen' 'eck!! :scared: That thing's so big you could put a lead on it and take it for a walk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whilst I'm posting I have a question. On an earlier post HiddenPaw mentioned about huntsmen walking across the windscreen of your car. There have been other posts in the past that mention this but has anyone actually had that happen to them? My arachnophobia isn't getting any better. D D Luckily both times she was just driving out the driveway but second time she nearly took the neighbours fence with her. Since neighbours cut down all there bushes that used to overhang our driveway its been no problem. She still always checks behind the sun visor though when she gets in her car. :scared: |
Originally posted by DollyDaydream Flippen' 'eck!! :scared: My arachnophobia isn't getting any better. D D Mine either! ANd this isnt helping. But its like car crash syndrome...you just HAVE to look! |
Originally posted by DollyDaydream Flippen' 'eck!! :scared: That thing's so big you could put a lead on it and take it for a walk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whilst I'm posting I have a question. On an earlier post HiddenPaw mentioned about huntsmen walking across the windscreen of your car. There have been other posts in the past that mention this but has anyone actually had that happen to them? My arachnophobia isn't getting any better. D D Kala. |
Originally posted by Bordy Not me Dolly but my wife has had it happen to her TWICE. Luckily both times she was just driving out the driveway but second time she nearly took the neighbours fence with her. Since neighbours cut down all there bushes that used to overhang our driveway its been no problem. She still always checks behind the sun visor though when she gets in her car. :scared: MEMO TO SELF: HACK DOWN ALL TREES AND BUSHES NEAR MY HOUSE IN ADELAIDE. |
Originally posted by Bordy Not me Dolly but my wife has had it happen to her TWICE. Luckily both times she was just driving out the driveway but second time she nearly took the neighbours fence with her. Since neighbours cut down all there bushes that used to overhang our driveway its been no problem. She still always checks behind the sun visor though when she gets in her car. :scared: MEMO TO SELF: HACK DOWN ALL TREES AND BUSHES NEAR MY HOUSE IN ADELAIDE. |
Re: Spiders in Australia ???
Originally posted by Bix Don't meddle with wasps nests. Very dangerous :eek: There are usually hundreds in every nest and they can kill :scared: Call in an expert. Cos Kala would never have worked that out for herself Bix:rolleyes: |
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