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pibbur
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I get my adrenaline fix in other ways.
Harvesting Box jellies? Riding bears or similar sized carnivores? Watching debates in the US. Senate?
I get my adrenaline fix in other ways.
Why? I probably see no more spiders than you do!!
But you have the dreaded funnel web spider down there. Those are known to kill, plus they're aggressive.
But there is no need to panic. Nobody has died from a Sydney Funnel-web Spider bite since an antivenom was introduced in 1984.
Before the introduction of the antivenom the rate of human deaths following a Funnel-web spider bite was less than one every three years, and these fatalities typically took a day or more. There is enough time to administer the antivenom.
(90% of the people bitten never develop symptoms that would warrant the use of antivenom.)
It is interesting to know that the venom of the Sydney Funnel-web Spider is particularly effective in humans. It doesn't affect other mammals, for example cats or dogs, anywhere near as much...
... Why people have these weird ideas about our supposedly deadly wildlife is beyond me. ...
I'll gladly report that when I visited I was not threatened by any dangerous animals, unfortunately.
The insect that I hate more than any other are cockroaches. Like spiders they are cursed by being disgusting in appearance but thats where the similarities end. A spider is not really "bad" or "evil", it just is. A cockroach is pure evil. A spider sets up shop in a corner and eats bugs. A roach invades your home, hides in your stuff and steals your food, it probably even wants you dead.
The insect that I hate more than any other are cockroaches. Like spiders they are cursed by being disgusting in appearance but thats where the similarities end. A spider is not really "bad" or "evil", it just is. A cockroach is pure evil. A spider sets up shop in a corner and eats bugs. A roach invades your home, hides in your stuff and steals your food, it probably even wants you dead.
But have you felt one, bumping in to your body? They're the dangerous one. According to that half of Australias population that makes "Dangerous animals" shows.
They also tend to pee on you as well!
That was good practice, actually, since we had a major pharaoh ant infestation in the building we live in now, a couple of years ago — those critters are harmless but it's *really* disgusting to slice bread and discover after the first bite that the slice, and the entire bread, is full of those little fucks.
But you have the dreaded funnel web spider down there. Those are known to kill, plus they're aggressive. And they're scary looking. :
Hehe, there was a (partly animated) comedy movie about cockroaches. Forgot the name though. They were living together with a guy in his appartement. Could talk too. Some pretty disgusting scenes in there, even though they looked kinda cute. Might be something for a funny movie evening.The insect that I hate more than any other are cockroaches.
When I was living in Ukraine for a year, there were plenty of roaches around the house. I reached an accommodation of sorts with then — they don't eat my food, I don't ride their bicycles.