Re: [Epic] Disadvantages of Oz

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:57:21 +0100 (MET)

At 08:01 PM 23/3/98 +1000, you wrote:
>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!!!!
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>> 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,


It's true - as a sporting shooter you have to be reasonably careful out
there. Never go with less than three in your party just in case something
goes wrong and you need one person to stay with the injured party while the
other goes for help...

Agro



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