A typical night in an Aussie shed... pics!

[daveinzambia]

Until you've seen a 5+ metre 1000kg croc close up, I'm not sure I'd agree

We have a few shark attacks of course, and most of the world's venomous snakes are Aussies:
http://www.avru.org/general/general_mostvenom.html

The funnel web is a nasty little ******.

But really, for scary small creatures, not sure you can go past the blue ringed octopus. Get a dose from that little sucker and you're history.

Amazing how we're all still here really


Those tyre hernias are a PITA. That's one reason why I like our plastic bank notes - handy for putting inside tyres that have a slash - good enough to get you home.

Did a first aid course for work with a whole section on bites and stings

after they had gone through snakes, spiders, jellyfish, stone fish, blue ringed octopus even centipedes they finally got to the one dangerous animal we used to have in UK. the european wasp. about as deadly as a peanut.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Did a first aid course for work with a whole section on bites and stings

after they had gone through snakes, spiders, jellyfish, stone fish, blue ringed octopus even centipedes they finally got to the one dangerous animal we used to have in UK. the european wasp. about as deadly as a peanut.

well a peanut can be pretty deadly for someone with a nut allergy if not treated asap.

 

[Boeing]

I lived in oz for 6 months. I saw more transvestites than I did spiders like that. equally freaky however.

 

[craig1985]

Until you've seen a 5+ metre 1000kg croc close up, I'm not sure I'd agree

We have a few shark attacks of course, and most of the world's venomous snakes are Aussies:
http://www.avru.org/general/general_mostvenom.html

The funnel web is a nasty little ******.

But really, for scary small creatures, not sure you can go past the blue ringed octopus. Get a dose from that little sucker and you're history.

Amazing how we're all still here really


Those tyre hernias are a PITA. That's one reason why I like our plastic bank notes - handy for putting inside tyres that have a slash - good enough to get you home.

Not sure what's like in Sydney, but here in the canals and rivers on the Gold Coast Bull Sharks are quite common and are very easy to catch at night (I have never tried but then I've never lived next to a canal or a river and I don't go fishing).

Oh and the there is the Irukandji Jellyfish (Box Jellyfish), they are not to be messed with.

 

[craig1985]

I lived in oz for 6 months. I saw more transvestites than I did spiders like that. equally freaky however.

Did you live in between Oxford Street and King's Cross in Sydney?

 

[Martin318is]

Well I'm not sure about the North but down here in Southern England we can get housespiders(cardinal I think) about 4 or 5 inches across for a big one.
They run so fast as well which can be kind of disconcerting. They give me the creeps anyway.

oh yeah, I remember my first sighting of one of those. It came through living room door while I was watching tv and by the time I started to sit up it was through the centre of the room and heading out the far door! man they can move.

Gotta say that yes there are some bad spiders in Australia but they were NOTHING compared to the quantity of spiders per metre you can get in England. Around or village near Luton the hedges had THOUSANDS of spiders in them

 

[auscyclefan94]

I lived in oz for 6 months. I saw more transvestites than I did spiders like that. equally freaky however.

Did you live in between Oxford Street and King's Cross in Sydney?

There are probably p plenty up your way in and around Surfers. Found that area a little trashy tbh. There are also plenty of tranvestites around StKilda.

 

[craig1985]

There are probably p plenty up your way in and around Surfers. Found that area a little trashy tbh. There are also plenty of tranvestites around StKilda.

TBH I never go there for a night out. It's costs $38 each way just for a cab fare to get in there from I live

 

[ihatehills]

Cycling is much safer than swimming . . .

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/fears-of-more-great-white-attacks-20111023-1me8w.html

 

[mewmewmew13]

Not sure what's like in Sydney, but here in the canals and rivers on the Gold Coast Bull Sharks are quite common and are very easy to catch at night (I have never tried but then I've never lived next to a canal or a river and I don't go fishing).

Oh and the there is the Irukandji Jellyfish (Box Jellyfish), they are not to be messed with.

I saw a documentary on these and it scared the daylights out of me then. Saw it again and still freaked me out! The scientists studying them had on full wetsuits with gloves, footies & masks etc, but one of them got stung when she was pulling her glove off and the irukandji was on her wetsuit...excrutiating pain in waves for a couple of weeks! yikes

There is no way I would go in the water down under....or wherever they are spotted...now in Floridian waters as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish

 

[auscyclefan94]

TBH I never go there for a night out. It's costs $38 each way just for a cab fare to get in there from I live

Went on a holiday there a few years ago, imo Surfers has become a very trashy place with a lot of lunatic, drunk, young people.

 

[craig1985]

You only go there to try and score for the night.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I for one love spiders, i think they are fascinating.

 

[laziali]

As if the thought of 20 million BMC riding, Cadel crazy ACFs was not enough, this looks like a more than enough reason to avoid Australia. Austria too. The spellings are too close for comfort.

Same country, no?

 

[laziali]

We have big mofo white pointer sharks too - one has taken 3 swimmers off the Perth beaches in the last month or two.

 

[rickshaw]

Very Interesting!!

I like snakes. Spiders not so much. Giant spiders not at all.

Snakes are cool. I caught a rubber boa a couple of weeks ago.

You can divide humans into "snake people" and "spider people". For the most part, if you hate snakes, spiders won't be a big deal. If you hate spiders, chances are snakes are your friends. This is a universal human condition with a range of reaction intensity.

Me, if I see a spider, I'm not afraid, but I don't like it and would just as soon crush it. See a snake and I want to get closer and check it out.

you might want to add Asturias to that list......

 

[L'arriviste]

You can divide humans into "snake people" and "spider people". For the most part, if you hate snakes, spiders won't be a big deal. If you hate spiders, chances are snakes are your friends. This is a universal human condition with a range of reaction intensity.

Me, if I see a spider, I'm not afraid, but I don't like it and would just as soon crush it. See a snake and I want to get closer and check it out.

you might want to add Asturias to that list......

Um, not applicable to me! I'm absolutely terrified of both!

 

[datalore]

You can divide humans into "snake people" and "spider people". For the most part, if you hate snakes, spiders won't be a big deal. If you hate spiders, chances are snakes are your friends. This is a universal human condition with a range of reaction intensity.

Any non-anecdotal evidence for this? It's true in my case. I can't stand spiders, but snakes don't really bother me.

 

[rickshaw]

wish I did

Any non-anecdotal evidence for this? It's true in my case. I can't stand spiders, but snakes don't really bother me.

I learned this so long ago I can't remember the source. See for yourself, ask people you know. Collect the data. I had a waitress employee once who trembled in fear because someone had seen a snake outside our front door, but grabbed spiders bare handed. Examples (data) are many, collect your own.

 

[Martin318is]

I learned this so long ago I can't remember the source. See for yourself, ask people you know. Collect the data. I had a waitress employee once who trembled in fear because someone had seen a snake outside our front door, but grabbed spiders bare handed. Examples (data) are many, collect your own.

Add me tot he camp that has no trouble with either of them (provided I can see them!) a spider on the hand is a lot less scary to me than one that just disappeared under the sofa.

Personally the one that freaks me out is flying sharks!

 

[daveinzambia]

You can divide humans into "snake people" and "spider people". For the most part, if you hate snakes, spiders won't be a big deal. If you hate spiders, chances are snakes are your friends. This is a universal human condition with a range of reaction intensity.

Me, if I see a spider, I'm not afraid, but I don't like it and would just as soon crush it. See a snake and I want to get closer and check it out.

you might want to add Asturias to that list......

Used to be true for me, think because we have loads of harmless spiders in Uk / zambia and either no snakes (UK) or dangerous ones (Zambia). so spiders were not an issue but snakes creep me out. Now i live in Oz and spiders scare me too. never quite sure which ones will kill me. When we moved here every time my son saw a picture of spider in a book i would give him a little pinch. wanted him to equate spiders and pain. does not seem to have had much affect as he is not scared of spiders and loves snakes.

 

[simo1733]

Um, not applicable to me! I'm absolutely terrified of both!

I'm not scared of snakes or spiders but I'm scared of dog's.I had a paper round as a kid.

 

[usedtobefast]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vudA72hibg&feature=related

"spiders and snakes" it was a big hit a long time ago...

 

[L'arriviste]

I'm not scared of snakes or spiders but I'm scared of dog's.I had a paper round as a kid.

So did I. And I'm also scared of dogs: I got bitten quite badly by one when trying to deliver an enormous Sunday edition into the tiniest box. Didn't get any justice though. I wanted to return the favour by biting the owner.

 

[sublimit]

oh yeah, I remember my first sighting of one of those. It came through living room door while I was watching tv and by the time I started to sit up it was through the centre of the room and heading out the far door! man they can move.

Gotta say that yes there are some bad spiders in Australia but they were NOTHING compared to the quantity of spiders per metre you can get in England. Around or village near Luton the hedges had THOUSANDS of spiders in them

Yeah I think they enjoy the humid atmosphere we can get in Southern England, they kind of thrive despite the cool temperature most of the time.

The giant housepiders we get in Britain can move quickly when not lurking in a sprawling, messy funnel type web. According to wiki they run faster than any spider anywhere. I was surprised to find that they're confined to North West Europe because I thought they were worldwide.