Re: [Epic] Disadvantages of Oz

From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain <aebrain_at_...>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:01:01 +1000

Doug Veal wrote:

> Ahhhh.... this post brought a tear to my eye...
>
> You forgot death adders and brown snakes.

No I didn't, they're mentioned in the list...

> You forgot Wolf Spiders and Whitetail Spiders (gotta love a spider whose
> bite makes your skin rot away)

AFAIK it's still not been decided which of these two - or both - or a
third party - is responsible for the galloping necrosis syndrome.
 
> and I know :
> one person bitten by a redback
> one person bitten by a taipan (luckily didn't get though his boot)

LUCKY!!!!

> one person who ran like hell from a 6 meter croc
> and several US soldiers on exercise whose gear was rifled by a drop bear

Good to hear that last, the old DB is getting rarer, and will soon be on
the endangered species list if this goes on much longer. Agro has a
special interest in Drop Bears, the last time they made their appearance
on this list (about 14 months ago) we had a long e-mail chat about them.

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