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Australia's Wildlife

Mackman · 2010-01-21 08:06:06

Has anyone thats over here in Ozzy-land ever sat down and pondered about how dangerous this country is? Just from nature im talking about here. I recently read Bill Bryson's book "Down Under", and it was after reading it that i actually thought about it. There are so many animals and insects that can seriously injure/kill…

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#32 25-01-2010 10:56pm
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Its not the bacteria, the venom causes very mild necrosis (localised skin death), which can get infected due to the dead tissue.
As far as I know, the Wolf spider bite does the same thing.
All the pictures you see around the internet are actually of a brown recluse bite in the USA. Even those are still unproven that its anything to do with the venom itself. I would assume they let a minor bite get infected.

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#33 25-01-2010 10:59pm
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The_B_Man wrote: »

pfft, ya big girls! Spiders arent scary! Look at this cute fella:
Cute baby spider having his afternoon snack

heres a list of spider in Oz.
List of spiders in Australia

Thats a finch, a teency little bird, the spider got lucky and the photographer made the spider look bigger than it was from a closeup.

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