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 ingtaer wrote:
NZ is safe in that regard, we only have a couple of bity species of spider and they are not particularly viscous or common (or large). For freaky "oh my god what the hell is that?" we have Weta. They are pretty terrifying when you stumble across one unexpectedly.

Spoiler:

Omg its eating a carrot!

I can handle grass hoppers...as long as they don't try nibbling my fingers I think I handle that.

Send a convict to a penal colony and he just learns to be a better con.

Or in this case he learns how to live with giant ass spiders!

Goddammit Australia...

Gorilla warfare in Australia

I hope that turns into a comic book series

What began as one woman's fight against injustice has turned into a crusade! Guerilla COP fights the darkness of the modern inner-city crime lords of Australia! Swinging from lamp post to lamp post she patrols the nights streets, prowling for miscreants, evil and drop bears.

By day an ordinary woman battling the same struggles and trials that beset us all; by night the crime fighting vigilante!

Cop gets bitten by a mutant Gorilla that escapes from a science lab, turning her into a Weregorilla. She transforms whenever she eats a Banana and uses her powers to fight crime. However the transformation method means she has to be careful in public about what she eats. Later she gets a few sidekicks. "Roo-Ben", a little kid who has Kangaroo powers, and another Cop who ends up being a Werekoala. They fight various villians including Saltie-Joe and THE WOMBAT!

 Grey Templar wrote:
Cop gets bitten by a mutant Gorilla that escapes from a science lab, turning her into a Weregorilla. She transforms whenever she eats a Banana and uses her powers to fight crime. However the transformation method means she has to be careful in public about what she eats. Later she gets a few sidekicks. "Roo-Ben", a little kid who has Kangaroo powers, and another Cop who ends up being a Werekoala. They fight various villians including Saltie-Joe and THE WOMBAT!

So basically tuesday for the aussies?

SamusDrake wrote:

 ingtaer wrote:
NZ is safe in that regard, we only have a couple of bity species of spider and they are not particularly viscous or common (or large). For freaky "oh my god what the hell is that?" we have Weta. They are pretty terrifying when you stumble across one unexpectedly.

Spoiler:

Omg its eating a carrot!

I can handle grass hoppers...as long as they don't try nibbling my fingers I think I handle that.

I've seen pictures and videos of Wetas. Do they bite when you pick them up? (Honest question, I really have no clue.)

 Cothonian wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:

 ingtaer wrote:
NZ is safe in that regard, we only have a couple of bity species of spider and they are not particularly viscous or common (or large). For freaky "oh my god what the hell is that?" we have Weta. They are pretty terrifying when you stumble across one unexpectedly.

Spoiler:

Omg its eating a carrot!

I can handle grass hoppers...as long as they don't try nibbling my fingers I think I handle that.

I've seen pictures and videos of Wetas. Do they bite when you pick them up? (Honest question, I really have no clue.)

Not that I am aware of, their original predators were all avian so their evolved defence is to stick their back legs in the air to make it hard to eat them;


I imagine they could give a nasty nip though.

World's Largest Bee Rediscovered...

Not in Australia.

I thought this would be of interest to giant insect fans, who naturally congregate within an Australian arthropod horror thread.

That is one big bee!

Speaking of horror, Queensland launches emoji number plates;
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47301316

Oh dear.

Just the thing that nobody had been asking for!
Unless you can change them at will, I don't see the point...

Print out a load of poo emojis, and stick 'em on the plates of that pickup taking up two spaces in the car park.

How do the Cops call in your license plate?

"Dispatch, I'm 410 with a brown Escalade. Plate is Poo-Poo-Unicorn"

I would assume that they just read the letters and numbers on the plate that make up the actual registration number.

The emoji is an additional image, not a replacement for the vehicle registration.

Ok, thats way different than anything in the US. In the US, custom plate characters and letters are a replacement for what you would normally have as your plate. So if someone got a custom plate that was "LUVPUPS" or "#YOLO", the actual legal license tag is "LUVPUPS" or "#YOLO".

 Grey Templar wrote:
Ok, thats way different than anything in the US. In the US, custom plate characters and letters are a replacement for what you would normally have as your plate. So if someone got a custom plate that was "LUVPUPS" or "#YOLO", the actual legal license tag is "LUVPUPS" or "#YOLO".

Yes, we have those as well, although ours are confined to letters and numbers. These are not those - there are various custom plates that have images sports team badges and other such stuff alongside the normal letters and/or numbers. The emojis are that latter kind.

..but why would you think to drink... no, no.

Some things are best left unanswered.

 ingtaer wrote:
Speaking of horror, Queensland launches emoji number plates;
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47301316

Oh dear.

Lol, that actually is one of the most horrifying things posted in this thread so far

They have to put 'for external use only' on shampoo anymore; unless you explicitly say "DO NOT DRINK" on anything remotely drinkable some idiot's going to drink it just so they can sue you over it.

 reds8n wrote:

Spoiler:

..but why would you think to drink... no, no.

Some things are best left unanswered.

One of my local shopping malls has 'Do not drink' signs, but only on every second toilet...


I can only assume the others are OK to drink from.

When I become dictator of the world, I will ban warning lables unless they are phrased in a sarcastic and condescending manner.

 insaniak wrote:

 reds8n wrote:

Spoiler:

..but why would you think to drink... no, no.

Some things are best left unanswered.

One of my local shopping malls has 'Do not drink' signs, but only on every second toilet...


I can only assume the others are OK to drink from.

In high class establishments the sign will read "potable" or "not potable".

This is Australia. I'm not sure we have high class establishments...

 Grey Templar wrote:
When I become dictator of the world, I will ban warning lables unless they are phrased in a sarcastic and condescending manner.

"ONLY COMMIE REBEL SCUM DRINK TOILET WATER, DON'T LET THEM WIN, REPORT ODD DRINKING ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY"

 KingCracker wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
When I become dictator of the world, I will ban warning lables unless they are phrased in a sarcastic and condescending manner.

"ONLY COMMIE REBEL SCUM DRINK TOILET WATER, DON'T LET THEM WIN, REPORT ODD DRINKING ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY"

Truly you are an exemplary citizen.

Just covering my bases for the inevitable take over

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/redback-spider-snake-australia-eastern-brown-deadly-venom-a8811046.html

The bit I find really creepy is the matter of fact 'oh, yeah, spiders lifting larger animals into the air and devouring them is just a thing that happens.'

Whoever wins WE LOSE!

Redback spiders don't grow particularly large.

It's a BABY snake. Yes, an Eastern brown that will probably still produce enough venom to kill an adult human, but still a baby. It's tiny. Maybe 8" long.