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Chris Ball Feb 27th 2009 1:55 pm
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Mosquitos are responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other creature so no need to panic unless malaria comes to OZ.

mohogony Feb 27th 2009 5:31 pm
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Originally Posted by CosmicBertie (Post 7330796)
Its because the wildlife is pushed in your face. All you have to do is switch on the TV and you see 'Australias Deadlist Destinations' (which is all about the deadly wildlife) or Steve Erwin (RIP) banging on about dangerous snakes/spiders or something about Man of War jellyfish.

It _is_ a matter of perspective, however, i'd still blame the media :D
Those shows are all set in the middle of the Queenland or Northern territory outback and tropics where few people live or ever go, l don't know why so many Poms seem to think Suburbia and peoples backyards are crawling with all those creatures. Saying Australias a deadly destination is stupid when all the wildlife only kills around 10 people a year compared to 1,600 in car accidents

johnnyx0 Feb 27th 2009 5:48 pm
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Originally Posted by DOUGIE AN LOUISE (Post 7327686)
Now this i can vouch for ! when we were in Oz years ago my parents of course warned us of the "things that bite" in great depth but not once did any of them or my 'Local' family tell of the Dumping :eek::eek:

And boy did i learn the hard way on a beach in Moolabar :thumbdown:
Yep, I did the same and went head first into a sandbank. For a while I just lay in the surf thinking my neck was broke! I broke a finger as well, but couldn't feel any pain at first from there. Then I limped off to a chiropractors a few blocks away from the beach, went in wearing my wet shorts and carrying my board.... After he clicked and crunched my spine back into place, I felt great - although I still have the fractured finger, that's never healed.

The other thing everyone should be educated on is avoiding rips and how to get out of them...

Zambia Feb 27th 2009 6:16 pm
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True give me anything but cockroaches I hate those little cucking fritters :frown:

mohogony Feb 27th 2009 7:24 pm
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Originally Posted by johnnyx0 (Post 7331446)
Yep, I did the same and went head first into a sandbank. For a while I just lay in the surf thinking my neck was broke! I broke a finger as well, but couldn't feel any pain at first from there. Then I limped off to a chiropractors a few blocks away from the beach, went in wearing my wet shorts and carrying my board.... After he clicked and crunched my spine back into place, I felt great - although I still have the fractured finger, that's never healed.

The other thing everyone should be educated on is avoiding rips and how to get out of them...
People get parylised by being dumped in waves and people drown in the ocean all the time but it never or hardly ever makes the news as it happens so often but if someone gets attacked by a shark its headline news all around the country.

flanagaj Feb 27th 2009 10:57 pm
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Spiders are great and I don't understand why people fear them. I can't wait to get to Aus and get myself a resident huntsman in the house to keep the flies and cockroaches at bay :)

Boo2008 Feb 28th 2009 6:09 am
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Originally Posted by flanagaj (Post 7331838)
Spiders are great and I don't understand why people fear them. I can't wait to get to Aus and get myself a resident huntsman in the house to keep the flies and cockroaches at bay :)
Excuse me - are you p*ssed????

:p

mohogony Feb 28th 2009 6:59 am
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Spiders no more want to attack humans then a mouse would want to attack a tiger, its pity much suicide considering we are thousands of times larger then them. They only bite people in self defence when attacked first.

MartinLuther Feb 28th 2009 7:56 am
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I reckon the creepy crawlie your most likely to get bitten by is an ant. Not the tiny ones but in my locale it's bull ants and jumping jacks. The latter being right little bastards.


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