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Freakin unbelievable!
Today's news in OZ

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Farm sized web

I will struggle to suppess the panic (and shriek like a girl) next time I walk into a web in the bush ... that image will be top of mind.

I love Australian movies and they have produced some great actors. But, with all the weird natural sh-t you have down under I've always wondered why Australia didn't get a jump on the horror films of the 50s and 60s.

We've got more things that'll kill, sting, bite, poison, make you sick, rip you to pieces, eat you than anywhere else.
But, I wouldn't want to come up against a bear in Canada/America though.

I like Bears Keith.They're a very cool creature but I wouldn't like to get into a hug with one .

I REALLY don't like snakes,spiders ,sharks,sea snakes, or Crocs here and REALLY don't want get close to them.

I guess bears are better.

I was thinking about selling everything and moving to Oz if the next election goes wrong, but maybe not with critters like that. If you scroll down, there's another video of a pair of "cute" koalas trying to eat some bloke and a 'roo tossing a fisherman into the pond.

Come on down Ed.You'll love it.
You don't run into any trouble with those creatures.More chance of being hit by lightning.
You nearly certainly wont even see any unless you go looking.

Did we mention how common it is to be hit by lightening? Seriously!

I imagine most anywhere you're a LOT more likely to be killed by lightning than by a snake (or spider).

Speaking of bears ! Keith, did you have anything to do with this kidnapping ???

Nellysford, VA - A small town in Nelson County is pleading for the safe return of their beloved 'Nelly May.'

The black and white, 1,350 pound fixture has been held for ransom since last Saturday.

The only clue -- a ransom note left by a group calling themselves the Bear Brigades. They say they'll hold onto Nelly May until bears are treated as equals. And the town just hopes their demands are met soon.

"Last Saturday morning on my way into work it was like, where's the cow?" Bill Chiricos exclaimed from his Nellysford pizza shop.

Dick Carroll, a realtor at the Wintergreen Real Estate Company says the 250 gallon fuel tank- turned- cow is hard to miss.

"Nelly has a wonderful disposition with a great, round robust belly, two of the most fantastic ears you would ever want to see, and the brownest, wettest nose you'd ever want to nuzzle up to," Carroll joked.

For years, Nelly May greeted drivers on Route 151. Now pictures and posters are pleading for her safe return.

"You go by and you look at the cow and the eyes follow you. It's really weird," Chirico explained.

On Monday, Tommy Stafford discovered a ransom note on the doorstep of Nelson County Life Magazine, where he works as a publisher. In it, the "Bear Brigade" demands a list of stipulations that the publisher suspects is poking fun at a policy enacted a few years ago. It got rid of bird feeders, put locks on dumpsters, and put up signs asking people not to feed the bears.

"Give us what we're asking for and only then will you see your precious Nelly May again," Stafford read from the note.

Life without Nelly May is just too hard to fathom, so the town won't give up until she's returned.

"Bring her home, we are concerned!" Carroll exclaimed.

Everyone is taking Nelly May's disappearance with a sense of humor. She belongs to the Nelson Farmers Cooperative and members are confident she'll be safely returned.

If you have any information on her whereabouts you're asked to call Tim Hess at 434-325-0545.

That's pretty interesting indeed. A part of what I do for a day job includes spider ID. Meaning once, twice a week during the season I'll find a container on my desk with a whatizzit inside. The vast majority are harmless creatures. We do have the occasional poisonous hobo (aggressive house) or black widow. Hobos can be nasty, giving a painful ulcerating bite, while the black widows are shy given the choice. The orb weavers like the one shown tend to be late summer spiders. They are my personal favourites and usually have large colourful abdomens and hunt from a strategically placed web.

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Last June, we were driving from Sydney to Adelaide with a stopover in Mildura. I remember, as we got closer to Mildura (after dark) that the road was overrun with these little "sucide" mice. There was no way to avoid running them over. My wife, a Thai national, was freaking out seeing them running all over the road.
Ir was pretty wild.

Turns out the whole area was being overrun by the little buggers, so I guess we did our part in helping to tamp down the mouse population explosion.

I love going down'unda...

You are one of the enlightened people then Ed.
But until you've been to Queensland you haven't seen the best.

In a TV show called ANZACS about the first world war,these blokes were sewing the "Australia" shoulder patch on their uniforms and Paul Hogan says


"What's this Australia business?I'm from Queensland"

We have an incredible abundance of spider species here in Arkansas, and many of them are very colorful and fascinating. Fortunately, only a couple species are dangerous, the black widow and the brown recluse are ones you really don't want to have bite you. We have tarantulas here as well, but they are more intimidating by their appearance and size than they are in reality, and they aren't aggressive at all unless they get backed into a situation. In any case, I get the willies when I happen to walk into a web regardless of what species wove it.

While stationed in Hawaii, I had occasion to be introduced to the cane spider. HUGE, but I never heard of anyone being bitten by one. In Iraq, I saw pictures of camel spiders on the interweb (pun intended) which really aren't even spiders, BTW, but I never saw one in person.

There are many living things that will kill or harm you, but if you simply don't molest them, you'll usually make out just fine.