Australia or Canada?
Sep 3rd 2009 | 4:39 am
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Here's the one for spiders:
Excerpt from Australian Museum Spider Facts
How many dangerous spider bites occur in Australia each year? Has anyone died from a bite recently?
There have been no deaths in Australia from a confirmed spider bite since 1979. An effective antivenom for Redback Spiders was introduced in 1956, and one for funnel-web spiders in 1980. These are the only two spiders that have caused deaths in Australia in the past.
Excerpt from Australian Museum Spider Facts
How many dangerous spider bites occur in Australia each year? Has anyone died from a bite recently?
There have been no deaths in Australia from a confirmed spider bite since 1979. An effective antivenom for Redback Spiders was introduced in 1956, and one for funnel-web spiders in 1980. These are the only two spiders that have caused deaths in Australia in the past.
Sep 3rd 2009 | 4:43 am
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The fact is....you have to look at the rationality of your fears. Have you ever seen how humans can be torn apart in car accidents? Do you still drive a car on public roads?
How many people are killed annually by sharks/spiders/box jelly fish etc. compared to vehicle accidents?
I grew up in the bush in Australia. We respect our fauna and, we still live very full lives.
Now living in Africa, and here there is one very innocuous little insect called the 'anopheles mosquito'....now, the she of this species has killed millions. You learn to cope....and live.
How many people are killed annually by sharks/spiders/box jelly fish etc. compared to vehicle accidents?
I grew up in the bush in Australia. We respect our fauna and, we still live very full lives.
Now living in Africa, and here there is one very innocuous little insect called the 'anopheles mosquito'....now, the she of this species has killed millions. You learn to cope....and live.
Sep 3rd 2009 | 4:47 am
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Sep 3rd 2009 | 5:06 am
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quite, just read about a young girl 18yrs in UK who has killed her best friend, the front seat passenger, when the car crashed. all drunk. very very tragic. only last week i stopped a car with, 8 yes 8 people in it, this little old ponticrap thing. i royally bollocked him. still did not get it.
Sep 3rd 2009 | 5:13 am
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quite, just read about a young girl 18yrs in UK who has killed her best friend, the front seat passenger, when the car crashed. all drunk. very very tragic. only last week i stopped a car with, 8 yes 8 people in it, this little old ponticrap thing. i royally bollocked him. still did not get it.
Sep 3rd 2009 | 5:33 am
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they are not just pissed alan, the most pissed i have ever come across, quite amazing they can't actually speak but still drive. also always loads of open booze in the car, another first for me, they do actually drink and drive.
Sep 3rd 2009 | 9:51 am
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Sep 3rd 2009 | 9:55 am
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Sep 3rd 2009 | 11:42 am
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from the link.
so if it were not for the anti venom, 250 prospective fatalities per year.
Sep 3rd 2009 | 11:47 am
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that because your figures were bollox by any chance.
On average around 5 or 6 bites require anti-venom treatment each year in Australia.
thats just for the funnel. its quite clear since anti venom in 1956 its solved the problem of them killing, as long as you can get to it quick enough i suppose, but they are biting people. lots of people every year all over australia.
why is this such an issue to accept, i am not saying canada or the UK for that matter is better or safer, they both have their issues, be it bears, wasps or whatever. These things do exist in aus though, they are prevalent and they do bite people.
On average around 5 or 6 bites require anti-venom treatment each year in Australia.
thats just for the funnel. its quite clear since anti venom in 1956 its solved the problem of them killing, as long as you can get to it quick enough i suppose, but they are biting people. lots of people every year all over australia.
why is this such an issue to accept, i am not saying canada or the UK for that matter is better or safer, they both have their issues, be it bears, wasps or whatever. These things do exist in aus though, they are prevalent and they do bite people.
