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The Great State of Texas

Hornet's?hornet's kill tarantulas here.

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 Frazzled wrote:
I guess there's a benefit to fire ants after all. They'll murderize any insect.


There's a budget to spend about $100m up in Queensland trying to eradicate fire ants, and most people believe it won't be anywhere near enough.

“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”

Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. 
   
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 sebster wrote:
 Frazzled wrote:
I guess there's a benefit to fire ants after all. They'll murderize any insect.


There's a budget to spend about $100m up in Queensland trying to eradicate fire ants, and most people believe it won't be anywhere near enough.


$100m to eradicate fire ants? Seems awful low.
   
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 Dreadwinter wrote:
$100m to eradicate fire ants? Seems awful low.


Because at this point they're a recent invasive, they haven't set up the spread of colonies that make eradication near impossible. We're acting now, because we've seen the cost to the US in failing to act quickly. Even with all that estimates of the cost of eradication keeps climbing.

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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”

Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. 
   
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 sebster wrote:
 Dreadwinter wrote:
$100m to eradicate fire ants? Seems awful low.


Because at this point they're a recent invasive, they haven't set up the spread of colonies that make eradication near impossible. We're acting now, because we've seen the cost to the US in failing to act quickly. Even with all that estimates of the cost of eradication keeps climbing.


Yeah, I mean you guys should definitely over fund that. The money you save from not having ants will completely eclipse the money you spend to get rid of them. They are not an animal but a force of nature and should never be underestimated.

Nuke it from orbit. It is the only way.
   
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The Great State of Texas

 sebster wrote:
 Dreadwinter wrote:
$100m to eradicate fire ants? Seems awful low.


Because at this point they're a recent invasive, they haven't set up the spread of colonies that make eradication near impossible. We're acting now, because we've seen the cost to the US in failing to act quickly. Even with all that estimates of the cost of eradication keeps climbing.


You have a Doe's chance in hell. Your weak protected domestic industry er animals are no match for a super predator international corporation er species. Any species that drinks tequila out of the skulls of their victims like they do is unstoppable. Kiss your spiders good bye.!

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 Frazzled wrote:
Any species that drinks tequila out of the skulls of their victims like they do is unstoppable.


Wait, if that's true, shouldn't we all be speaking Spanish and celebrating the victory of Pancho Villa over all mankind?


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West Michigan, deep in Whitebread, USA

There really is a benefit to living here in Michigan, where things like Fire Ants and Killer Bees can't migrate here because the winters would kill them all.

Unfortunately we still do have Brown Recluses, but at least we have barely any snakes, and only one of those breeds is poisonous, and they are even rare.



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The Great State of Texas

 BaronIveagh wrote:
 Frazzled wrote:
Any species that drinks tequila out of the skulls of their victims like they do is unstoppable.


Wait, if that's true, shouldn't we all be speaking Spanish and celebrating the victory of Pancho Villa over all mankind?


You do now. Where do you think Texas came from, Gringo?

-"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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 Frazzled wrote:

You do now. Where do you think Texas came from, Gringo?


Frazz, you do know who Pancho Villa was, right? I'm not talking about Santa Anna and as far as i know, neither of us is speaking Spanish atm.


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The Great State of Texas

 BaronIveagh wrote:
 Frazzled wrote:

You do now. Where do you think Texas came from, Gringo?


Frazz, you do know who Pancho Villa was, right? I'm not talking about Santa Anna and as far as i know, neither of us is speaking Spanish atm.


Consider in he killed a relative of mine, yeah I kind of do.
Mexican bandit/revolutionary. Texas was created by Mexican bandits/revolutionaries. Viva tequila!

-"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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 ProwlerPC wrote:
The bowl in the back of the cupboard comment gave me a sudden stress spike and cold sweat. I actually don't mind spiders but a huge fething spider darting out of the bowl and down my arm like greased lighting when picked up would result in Flanders style scream followed a shattered jagged bowl piece stabbing everywhere. Not sure why, all these picks look cool and I once spent a full day on a wiki trip about Australia's critters, but the thought of such an unexpected ambush like that....whole town needs to be burned just in case there is another. Can't be complacent about these matters.


I think everyone's like that, its a primordial fear/reaction that has stayed with mammals since the early years of life on earth. But I've had large and small critters accidentally land on me quite a few times already. Its like rollercoasters and skydiving, you fear it simply for the sake of fearing it. Once you learn to relax a bit, you'll find that most of these critters are quite harmless, and you can even calm them down. I played around with spiders and roaches before...although I sterilized and washed my hands afterwards.

We had to put up a sticky trap for a rat that was chewing through some boxes of cereal, grain, and coffee beans a few months back. Luckily, I was awake when it got trapped, I put on some work gloves, a mask, and goggles and tried to soothe the critter, obviously it was far from calm, and i didn't expect it to be, but after it got over its flight or fight instinct, i applied oil and slowly eased it out of the glue, put it in an old cage i had for a hamster, and warmed it up a bit, gave it a sunflower seed, and kicked it out of the house. I placed a few more traps around the house for the next several days, but the rat learned its lesson. It wasn't scared of me any longer, and probably became someone else's problem. Of course, I had to sterilize everything afterwards. Why go through all that hassle you ask? I don't know why, but I find it immensely satisfying to play with small critters, and if I can't, like in the case of the rat then just observe it for a bit, before releasing it. I find it hard to just casually swat a spider and end its existence now that I've met a few of them. I'm not an insectologist, but from what I've observed about spiders, roaches, and other bugs, while I doubt they have complex brain functions relative to dogs, cats, and horses, I think they do have consciousness. It seems evident in their behaviors and reactions when I interact with them.

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The Great State of Texas

 LumenPraebeo wrote:
 ProwlerPC wrote:
The bowl in the back of the cupboard comment gave me a sudden stress spike and cold sweat. I actually don't mind spiders but a huge fething spider darting out of the bowl and down my arm like greased lighting when picked up would result in Flanders style scream followed a shattered jagged bowl piece stabbing everywhere. Not sure why, all these picks look cool and I once spent a full day on a wiki trip about Australia's critters, but the thought of such an unexpected ambush like that....whole town needs to be burned just in case there is another. Can't be complacent about these matters.


I think everyone's like that, its a primordial fear/reaction that has stayed with mammals since the early years of life on earth. But I've had large and small critters accidentally land on me quite a few times already. Its like rollercoasters and skydiving, you fear it simply for the sake of fearing it. Once you learn to relax a bit, you'll find that most of these critters are quite harmless, and you can even calm them down. I played around with spiders and roaches before...although I sterilized and washed my hands afterwards.

We had to put up a sticky trap for a rat that was chewing through some boxes of cereal, grain, and coffee beans a few months back. Luckily, I was awake when it got trapped, I put on some work gloves, a mask, and goggles and tried to soothe the critter, obviously it was far from calm, and i didn't expect it to be, but after it got over its flight or fight instinct, i applied oil and slowly eased it out of the glue, put it in an old cage i had for a hamster, and warmed it up a bit, gave it a sunflower seed, and kicked it out of the house. I placed a few more traps around the house for the next several days, but the rat learned its lesson. It wasn't scared of me any longer, and probably became someone else's problem. Of course, I had to sterilize everything afterwards. Why go through all that hassle you ask? I don't know why, but I find it immensely satisfying to play with small critters, and if I can't, like in the case of the rat then just observe it for a bit, before releasing it. I find it hard to just casually swat a spider and end its existence now that I've met a few of them. I'm not an insectologist, but from what I've observed about spiders, roaches, and other bugs, while I doubt they have complex brain functions relative to dogs, cats, and horses, I think they do have consciousness. It seems evident in their behaviors and reactions when I interact with them.


That's cool.

Scorpion s and mosquitoes can all die in a fire though.

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I hope pests have a consciousness and feelings.

I want them to fear me when I’m destroying their species.

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New York City

 Nostromodamus wrote:
I hope pests have a consciousness and feelings.

I want them to fear me when I’m destroying their species.


You don't have to worry about them not fearing you. All animals fear man.

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Seneca Nation of Indians

 LumenPraebeo wrote:

You don't have to worry about them not fearing you. All animals fear man.


And the moment they don't, well, man IS tasty...


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 LumenPraebeo wrote:
. All animals fear man.

Except for my cat, who will destroy us all. When she feels like it.

 
   
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Burtucky, Michigan

 AegisGrimm wrote:
There really is a benefit to living here in Michigan, where things like Fire Ants and Killer Bees can't migrate here because the winters would kill them all.

Unfortunately we still do have Brown Recluses, but at least we have barely any snakes, and only one of those breeds is poisonous, and they are even rare.



The brutal winters are one of many reasons I like this state.
   
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Norwalk, Connecticut

I like Michigan for the Atwater brewery. Hey, please tell me they didn’t discontinue the double chocolate ale out of there. My local said it was discontinued according to distributor. Asking a native Michigan-er might get me a better answer.

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Burtucky, Michigan

Michigander.

I honestly havnt seen that but then again I havnt looked for it. You might be in luck though because I have a memory of seeing some chocolate ales around. If I think of it Ill look around this weekend for some
   
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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/03/13/massive-6-inch-hairy-spider-saved-from-mind-blowing-australian-flood.html

It really does sound like something from a horror movie: a giant spider larger than a man’s hand, which makes loud hissing sounds and has powerful long venomous fangs.

While many people would run the other way when face-to-face with such an enormous arachnid, a group of North Queensland locals did the opposite and saved the terrifying creature when it was found dangling for dear life on a branch overhanging flooded water.

The spider is believed to be a whistling spider (Australian tarantula) — the name relates to the sound they make when feeling threatened. They are also known as bird-eating spiders.

Found in the warmer and more arid regions of Australia, the largest species can grow a body length of 2 inches and a leg span of 4 inches, with powerful fangs 0.4 inches long.

“They are large to very large grey or brown spiders that are very hairy with two finger-like spinnerets at the end of the body. Thick hair pads on their legs and ‘feet’ allow these spiders to easily climb glass or smooth plastic walls,” explained Queensland Museum.

The habitat of the whistling spider ranges from sandy deserts to rainforests, with the creature constructing long, silk-lined burrows surrounded by loose strands of web to give advanced warnings of approaching prey or danger.

Despite being dubbed the “bird-eating spider”, the tarantula rarely eats birds — the bulk of the diet comprises insects, lizards, frogs, and other spiders.

Tarantulas can be quite aggressive if mishandled and even though their fangs are long and robust, they are not deadly to humans.

“Their bite is quickly fatal to dogs and cats, but only one report of serious illness from a bite to a human has occurred,” explained Queensland Museum.

The female bird-eating spider spends most of her life in her burrow, although will exit during early spring and summer when the males approaches to mate.

Females lay around fifty eggs into a 1-inch diameter sack, which is stored in the burrow and protected by a tough cover of silk. Although, the female will often secure the sack between her palps and fang tips to take it with her when she leaves to hunt.

Sadly male tarantulas usually die after mating at around five years of age, while females can live up to 30 years.

The spider captured on camera over the weekend was found perched precariously on a flimsy twig in a desperate attempt to stay away from the Herbert river in Halifax, near Ingham, engorged following a week of torrential rain in that section of Australia.

In the past four days, the sheer amount of rainfall has seen the region between Townsville and Cairns declared a disaster zone by the state government. Queensland’s north west is suffering through the worst flooding since 2009.

The area close to Halifax has seen more than 500mm of rain since March 1.

Andrew Gilberto uploaded the video of the spider, which was spotted close to Halifax’s Spar supermarket.

Channel 9 reported that the locals, clearly with a soft spot for the creature, plucked the branch from above the river with the spider attached.

It was then placed on an avocado tree in the town center away from the flooded waters; but significantly closer to humans.

It’s not the only critter spotted in the floodwaters. Video has also been uploaded of snakes in the river while a crocodile lunged at a car.

It comes as a group of Year 6 students who had been isolated by floodwaters were today being flown out in an evacuation timed to beat more wet weather expected, reported the Courier Mail.

More than 70 students and staff had been trapped at the Echo Creek adventure park near Tully since last Monday.

The first group of the staged rescue was flown out before noon.

The Bureau of Meteorology says the weekend’s heavy rain is now easing, however there are signs a cyclone may be forming off the state’s far north coast. This could have devastating effects on already damage-stricken regions.

This story originally appeared in news.com.au.


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..well this changes everything !

... although... would explain a few things...

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So neighbors is good actors acting as bad actors?

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... you shut your mouth !




.. oh.

actually...




The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
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Spoiler:
 reds8n wrote:




..well this changes everything !

... although... would explain a few things...


The funny part is that this is about a thousand times more believable than the Flat Earth theory as a whole.

I feel betrayed that Kylie Minogue and Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) duped me so terribly.

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Canterbury

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43779187


Doctors in Australia have called for urgent research into why a flesh-eating ulcer has become a "worsening epidemic" in the state of Victoria.

Local cases of Buruli ulcer, a skin disease most commonly found in Africa, have surged by 400% in the last four years, experts say.

Infections have also become more severe and spread to new areas.

Doctors do not know how to prevent the disease, which is caused by bacteria that breaks down tissue.

A record 275 new infections were recorded the state last year, marking a 51% increase on 2016.

Infectious diseases expert Dr Daniel O'Brien said cases of the Buruli ulcer, or Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, had become "frighteningly more common and also more severe" in the region.

It was unclear why the ulcer, typically found in tropical areas, had emerged in the temperate climate of Victoria, he said.

What is the Buruli ulcer?
A skin disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.
The bacteria emits toxins that destroy skin cells, small blood vessels and the fat under the skin, leading to ulcers forming and skin loss.
The ulcer gets bigger with time and can lead to permanent disfigurement or disability.
Usually affects limbs but can also be found on the face and body.
Doctors do not know how the disease is transmitted to humans but it's believed to arise from the environment and soil.
There are also theories that mosquitoes can carry the bacteria.
Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, doctors have called for government funding to research the disease and its causes.

"No one understands what's happening and what's driving this epidemic," Dr O'Brien, a co-author, told the BBC.

"We can offer clues but not definitive advice. It's a mystery."

He said some theories involved factors such as rainfall, soil type and wildlife. Last year, authorities found traces of the bacteria in local possum faeces.
"The problem is, we don't have the time to sit around and pontificate about it - the epidemic has reached frightening proportions," he said.

The ulcers are difficult to treat and patients often experience a recovery period of between six and 12 months. Many people also have to undergo reconstructive surgery, Dr O'Brien added.

Schoolgirl recounts gruelling ulcer recovery
Victorian health authorities say they have spent more than A$1m (£550,000; $780,000) on researching the disease, and have started education campaigns to raise awareness about it.

Until a few years ago, infections were more commonly reported from tropical regions in Queensland with occasional cases in other states.

The disease is more commonly found in rural West Africa, Central Africa, New Guinea, Latin America and tropical regions of Asia.

In the developing world, the disease is associated with wetlands and stagnant water, however in Australia cases have largely been reported from coastal regions.





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We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
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Spoiler:






looks like Australia is going to go to war with Switzerland.




The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
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 reds8n wrote:




..well this changes everything !

... although... would explain a few things...



Srsly?
The USA couldn't hide one of their presidents getting a gobbie from an intern, and another one doing the naked fandango with a porn star.
Why do they think anyone could manage to keep Australia nothing more than a fairy tale?


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I think I'd rather have all the Huntsmen spiders...


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https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/blog/2018/06/05/horse-rider-arrested-logan/



A 51-year-old woman has been charged after allegedly riding a horse to a Logan bottle shop while more than four times the legal alcohol limit last night.

Officers from Springwood attended a tavern on Wembley Road at Logan Central around 11:30pm in relation to a woman refusing to leave the licensed premises.

Upon arriving at the business, the woman allegedly rode the horse through the drive through section of the tavern and appeared heavily intoxicated.

The woman was arrested and transported to Logan Central Police Station, where she allegedly provided a positive BAC of 0.226 per cent.

Officers walked the horse back to Logan Central Police Station whilst the female was processed before council workers assisted in walking the horse back to a Marsden address.

The 51-year-old woman was charged with being in charge of a horse whilst under the influence of liquor.

She is due to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on June 26.

Police want to remind the public that drink driving does not just mean a vehicle, it can include a horse.



The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
 
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