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It's a Huntsman, like the other one with the mouse.
Unlike the Funnel webs, which are ambush predators, the huntsmen are endurance predators - they actually outrun their prey normally.
They'll hare off after them like a fething eight legged cheetah - but fortunately, aren't harmful to humans. They CAN bite you if you annoy them, but mostly, they try to avoid you.
The one with the mouse is also a FNQ (Far Noth Queensland, the pointy bit on the north east) breed (which are known to be bigger - golden orb weavers are also up that end).
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
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... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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gorgon wrote: Koalas suggest that Australia isn't the deathworld people make it out to be.
Don't trust them and their cute cuddliness. They are trying to lure you into their habitat. And as soon as you get there, you will inevitably fall prey to poisonous critters, man-eating crocodiles or one of the many other threats in Australia. Then the Koalas will gather and laugh at your suffering.
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They are tricksy. They're just waiting for you to get close then WHAM not only do they bite your head off but they give your corpse a VD as a final insult.
Australia, where the Flora says feth YOU with a beer in each hand.
-"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: They are tricksy. They're just waiting for you to get close then WHAM not only do they bite your head off but they give your corpse a VD as a final insult.
Australia, where the Flora says feth YOU with a beer in each hand.
Awesome, aren't european mice a huge problem in Australia, along with a litany of other invasive species? Glad their super crazy predators are adapting.
gorgon wrote: Koalas suggest that Australia isn't the deathworld people make it out to be.
Never trust a continent that has venomous animals specifically equipped to kill primates]! Funnel web spiders for some reason has venom tailored to hurt us worse than anything else.
gorgon wrote: Koalas suggest that Australia isn't the deathworld people make it out to be.
Never trust a continent that has venomous animals specifically equipped to kill primates]! Funnel web spiders for some reason has venom tailored to hurt us worse than anything else.
That's the trap. Its a deathworld but one that hunts humans.
Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
gorgon wrote: Koalas suggest that Australia isn't the deathworld people make it out to be.
Never trust a continent that has venomous animals specifically equipped to kill primates]! Funnel web spiders for some reason has venom tailored to hurt us worse than anything else.
"Flying foxes" are primates, too. They're the other animal the funnel web venom works really well on.
Also, we're not "native" to the continent (funnel webs pre-date us by a few thousands of years, and so did those bats).
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BigWaaagh wrote: Hey, Koalas always get a pass on cuteness alone. That, and the fact that they smell nice because they eat Eucalyptus.
They also smell quite strongly of eucalypt scented urine. They're also not disposed to being friendly (those claws they use to climb trees can also dish out nasty wounds if you rile one up - and they aren't as docile as you might think.)
I suppose it could be considered pleasant if you have children (because new parents often have that "new kid" smell - that curious mix of various bodily fluids and sour milk).
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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.
There was some theorising that Flying Foxes were primate related-it is not widely accepted, there's more evidence against then for. I can't find a single linking of atracotoxin to megachiroptera.
There's no real widely accepted reason why they're so lethal to us.
My $0.02, which since 1992 has rounded to nothing. Take with salt.
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Farseer Anath'lan wrote: There was some theorising that Flying Foxes were primate related-it is not widely accepted, there's more evidence against then for. I can't find a single linking of atracotoxin to megachiroptera.
There's no real widely accepted reason why they're so lethal to us.
Nuke it from orbit! We have to sacrifice Australia to save humanity! 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!
Farseer Anath'lan wrote: There was some theorising that Flying Foxes were primate related-it is not widely accepted, there's more evidence against then for. I can't find a single linking of atracotoxin to megachiroptera.
There's no real widely accepted reason why they're so lethal to us.
Nuke it from orbit! We have to sacrifice Australia to save humanity! We're in it for the species people!
Please, while I understand the desire to nuke it, look at what’s crawling out of their non-radioactive wasteland. Toss some nukes over there, and they are just going to crank it up to 11.
Kill it with fire, or orbital kinetic weapons. But something less likely to spawn some Armageddon monster then nukes.
This doesn't work. It just brings stuff we don't know about out of the woodwork.
You don't want to know what lives in the woodwork.
My $0.02, which since 1992 has rounded to nothing. Take with salt.
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Farseer Anath'lan wrote: There was some theorising that Flying Foxes were primate related-it is not widely accepted, there's more evidence against then for. I can't find a single linking of atracotoxin to megachiroptera.
There's no real widely accepted reason why they're so lethal to us.
Nuke it from orbit! We have to sacrifice Australia to save humanity! We're in it for the species people!
Please, while I understand the desire to nuke it, look at what’s crawling out of their non-radioactive wasteland. Toss some nukes over there, and they are just going to crank it up to 11.
Kill it with fire, or orbital kinetic weapons. But something less likely to spawn some Armageddon monster then nukes.
Australia and nuclear mutants. Not even Godzilla could protect us.
Spiders size of tanks with probbly flame throwers, or bio cannons.
Nope... Nope.. Nope...
Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
Ratius wrote: This showed up on our work yammer feed a few months back. Yes its in Oz again.....
What kind of spider is it?
[aus] It looks like a small one, mate. [/aus]
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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Farseer Anath'lan wrote: There was some theorising that Flying Foxes were primate related-it is not widely accepted, there's more evidence against then for. I can't find a single linking of atracotoxin to megachiroptera.
There's no real widely accepted reason why they're so lethal to us.
Nuke it from orbit! We have to sacrifice Australia to save humanity! We're in it for the species people!
Please, while I understand the desire to nuke it, look at what’s crawling out of their non-radioactive wasteland. Toss some nukes over there, and they are just going to crank it up to 11.
Kill it with fire, or orbital kinetic weapons. But something less likely to spawn some Armageddon monster then nukes.
Prudent planning. To the kinetic weapons lab people! We need to get Thor's Hammer operating immediately! We need mass drivers now!
-"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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