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2017/04/19 10:22:19
Subject: Re:Australia continues to horrify the world
No no no, now that we have let natural selection cook for a few centuries, time for the Spazz Emprah to found the first Thunder Warriors Legion.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I had a gator eat my golf ball once. He didn't even say thank you.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I hate the human nature in me that looks at the pics...cringe...and enjoy it the same time....and think three rds to kill a camel spider....that looks to a MOAB strike
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New ginormous spider story from QLD, land of ginormous spiders.
WARNING for arachnofeebs.
Spoiler:
It has begun! Get the Wingmaster with full load birdshot. We're in it for the species people!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2017/07/26 22:42:54
Subject: Re:Australia continues to horrify the world
I'm not that bothered by spiders, but would draw the line at that! Bloody hell
Stayed with relatives once in Melbourne, and they had a Huntsman sitting in the window (nothing like that size, but significantly bigger than anything you would get here in the UK). I asked if it bothered them but they didn't mind them, as they get rid of vermin.
Was also fascinating to see some of the insects up in the rain forests in the north by Mackay. One thing that sticks in the mind was a termite colony up in the trees, and an ant colony that was on the ground nearby. The ants were sending an 'invasion force' to the termites nest. The size of some of the ants were ridiculous, way, way bigger than the termites, but the termites were firing a glue at the ants which would eventually slow them down and make them stick to the ground. Pretty mad!
Yeah, there are also predatory green ants up that way (they build their nests in trees, using leaves to form the outer shell). FNQ (Far North Queensland, the part of it from Mackay north to the pointy end) has no shortage of dangerous or just plain painful natives. I'm going to be in Townsville in September.
They have a painful sting, and the stinging also makes them release attack hormones, which trigger other ants nearby to join in. Best defence against them is an insect repellent which does keep them away.
So you have to watch the trees for ants as well as drop bears.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
2017/08/01 00:45:32
Subject: Re:Australia continues to horrify the world
i RATHER DANCE NAKED ON TOP OF A FIRE ANT COLONY THEN DEAL WITH THAT EVIL...EVIL SOB IN THE WINDOW THAT MAKES THE ONES IN MIST SEEM HUGGABLE
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Was going to small cap but....I think I leave my post like it is
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djones520 wrote: See... you guys give up all your guns, and now nature has returned to eat all of your souls.
That right there is why I own a 12 gauge that fires 3.5" shells.
Sorry, dude, but when the spiders are as big as the one pictured above, nothing less than chemical or incendiary weapons will make me feel safe.
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2017/08/01 02:52:28
Subject: Re:Australia continues to horrify the world
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djones520 wrote: See... you guys give up all your guns, and now nature has returned to eat all of your souls.
That right there is why I own a 12 gauge that fires 3.5" shells.
Sorry, dude, but when the spiders are as big as the one pictured above, nothing less than chemical or incendiary weapons will make me feel safe.
Just gotta fill the shells with a little gasoline jello. Instant incendiary shells.
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Jihadin wrote: Shotgun a little to damn close to it...ICBM.....
now you see why NK wants nukes.they are afraid!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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Just Tony wrote: So how does that thing compare to the Goliath bird eater? Size wise, I mean?
It's a little larger, but more due to longer legs. Tarantula tend to have shorter legs but larger bodies in comparison.
They have bird-eating tarantulas up in the pointy end - but they tend to prey on the smaller birds (like budgies) - but the golden orb weaver also goes for them, because they get caught in their webs.
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It depends how you qualify "biggest." By leg span? Not by a mile. But by weight/volume? Much more compelling.
Fun fact, the Goliath Bird Eating Spider very rarely eats birds, but the first European biologist to observe one just happened to encounter one doing just that.
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I think once spiders get past a certain size (say a couple of inches), then the key statistic is not their size, but how far away they are. 9,400 miles feels about right.
The thing is with Huntsmans is that they get their name from hunting, which means they hide well, can go extremely flat and are very fast for the size! i've squealed like a schoolgirl on more than one occasion when trying to coax one out of my home he's let go and flung himself from the wall all 8 legs whirling like a windmill as he hefts his hairy little body off the carpet and scampers towards the nearest dresser! trying to stand on one leg on the nearest chair, shut your eyes and still see where he went is hard work, and if you do lose him then you simply CAN'T sleep at night since you know he'll be in your shoe, behind your curtain, on the toaster, on your lampshade or telling his identical mates to pop over and have a laugh at this fellow!
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nerdfest09 wrote: The thing is with Huntsmans is that they get their name from hunting, which means they hide well, can go extremely flat and are very fast for the size! i've squealed like a schoolgirl on more than one occasion when trying to coax one out of my home he's let go and flung himself from the wall all 8 legs whirling like a windmill as he hefts his hairy little body off the carpet and scampers towards the nearest dresser! trying to stand on one leg on the nearest chair, shut your eyes and still see where he went is hard work, and if you do lose him then you simply CAN'T sleep at night since you know he'll be in your shoe, behind your curtain, on the toaster, on your lampshade or telling his identical mates to pop over and have a laugh at this fellow!
I would so violate every weapon safety rules with a shotgun, M4, .45, 155mm....
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Just Tony wrote: Okay, I was under the understanding that the Goliath was the largest species on the planet, apparently not.
Largest species overall, perhaps, but individuals of other species can and do get to the same size or larger when they have access to the right conditions (around here, though, it just means they get picked off by certain birds when they get too big. )
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Just Tony wrote: Okay, I was under the understanding that the Goliath was the largest species on the planet, apparently not.
By weight they are. Other species have larger leg-spans, but the Goliath is the heaviest and most massive.
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An Australian teenager is recovering in hospital after being bitten by multiple "mite-sized sea critters".
Sam Kanizay, 16, found his feet and ankles covered in blood after soaking his legs in Melbourne's Brighton Beach on Saturday evening.
Jarrod Kanizay said his son arrived home with what "looked like a war injury" and that his legs would not stop bleeding.
The family are seeking expert opinion to identify the flesh-eating bugs.
Marine biologists have said they were likely to have been sea fleas, tiny scavenging marine animals.
After a tiring football game on Saturday evening, the 16-year-old decided to soak his legs in the cold bay near his home.
He stood still waist-deep in the dark cold water for about half an hour and didn't feel a thing but returned home "bleeding profusely".
"It looked like a war injury... like a grenade attack. It was really bloody," Mr Kanizay told BBC News.
"We got him in the shower but as soon as we did that the blood kept re-appearing," said Mr Kanizay.
"It wasn't clotting at all. It just kept bleeding and bleeding."
After two local hospitals could not identify the cause of the multiple pin-prick injuries, the Melbourne father decided to investigate and went back to the beach.
"I collected these strange creatures from the same spot last night by trapping them in a net and standing in the water myself," he said.
"We got thousands of these little mite-type bugs and they've been sent on to experts."
Mr Kanizay said he hoped the sandy-coloured mites would not scar his son, and he is expected to make a full recovery.
"We are just waiting on the experts to tell us what they are and how they behave and why this happened."
Marine biologist Dr Genefor Walker-Smith, who saw some of the samples, told Australia's Herald Sun newspaper that the bugs were probably lysianassid amphipods, or sea fleas.
"It's possible he disturbed a feeding group but they are generally not out there waiting to attack like piranhas," she said.
Experts have said such cases are very rare and that there is no reason for alarm.
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An Australian teenager is recovering in hospital after being bitten by multiple "mite-sized sea critters".
Sam Kanizay, 16, found his feet and ankles covered in blood after soaking his legs in Melbourne's Brighton Beach on Saturday evening.
Jarrod Kanizay said his son arrived home with what "looked like a war injury" and that his legs would not stop bleeding.
The family are seeking expert opinion to identify the flesh-eating bugs.
Marine biologists have said they were likely to have been sea fleas, tiny scavenging marine animals.
After a tiring football game on Saturday evening, the 16-year-old decided to soak his legs in the cold bay near his home.
He stood still waist-deep in the dark cold water for about half an hour and didn't feel a thing but returned home "bleeding profusely".
"It looked like a war injury... like a grenade attack. It was really bloody," Mr Kanizay told BBC News.
"We got him in the shower but as soon as we did that the blood kept re-appearing," said Mr Kanizay.
"It wasn't clotting at all. It just kept bleeding and bleeding."
After two local hospitals could not identify the cause of the multiple pin-prick injuries, the Melbourne father decided to investigate and went back to the beach.
"I collected these strange creatures from the same spot last night by trapping them in a net and standing in the water myself," he said.
"We got thousands of these little mite-type bugs and they've been sent on to experts."
Mr Kanizay said he hoped the sandy-coloured mites would not scar his son, and he is expected to make a full recovery.
"We are just waiting on the experts to tell us what they are and how they behave and why this happened."
Marine biologist Dr Genefor Walker-Smith, who saw some of the samples, told Australia's Herald Sun newspaper that the bugs were probably lysianassid amphipods, or sea fleas.
"It's possible he disturbed a feeding group but they are generally not out there waiting to attack like piranhas," she said.
Experts have said such cases are very rare and that there is no reason for alarm.
Australia : where the sea will eat you.
Damn. I just finished reading that article whilst on a break at work. Thoroughly disturbing. Certainly more disturbing than the pictures of Huntsmen. Spiders I can cope with, any size. But the thought of being eaten alive by 1000's of tiny flesh eating mites?
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