Things to love about Australia

[Upgraydd]

So this happened 

Spider v Snake

You've got to love a country were the spiders capture then try to eat the snakes.

[paulr]

7 out of 10 most deadly animals, droughts, sand storms, bush fires...

And still Australians haven't got the hint that it's not a great place to live

[getagrip]

7 out of 10 most deadly animals, droughts, sand storms, bush fires...

And still Australians haven't got the hint that it's not a great place to live

Makes you wonder why they're so damned happy all the time.

[FierceKitty]

Have you heard why Australian racehorses run so fast?

They've heard about what happened to the sheep!

[Techno]

But isn't the type of animal that kills the most folk in Oz, per year, the horse ?
Or is it the camel ?....Can't remember.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Look it up in that invaluable reference book, Things that Can Kill you Painfully in Australia, vol. iv.

(Nicked from Mr Bryson. Unlike Terry Pratchett, I acknowledge my plagiarisms!)

[Luddite]

Makes you wonder why they're so damned happy all the time.

Pot.

That and they live in paradise.

[getagrip]

Pot.

That and they live in paradise.

Paradise? Hmm,  where the spiders eat snakes

[Luddite]

20 million people living in a country the size of Europe.  You never have to see a spider or a snake if you don't want to!   Except Huntsmans of course.   They just invite themselves in and sit on your sofa reading the newspaper.

[FierceKitty]

Remember that most of that size is uninhabitable, however.

[Westmarcher]

Look it up in that invaluable reference book, Things that Can Kill you Painfully in Australia, vol. iv.

(oh! and there's jellyfish and shaaks too)

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Lousy Beer
Dangerous snakes and spiders
bush fires
neigbhours
home and away

Whats to like.....

IanS

[getagrip]

Lousy Beer
Dangerous snakes and spiders
bush fires
neigbhours
home and away

Whats to like.....

IanS

And Australians 

[Upgraydd]

Have you heard why Australian racehorses run so fast?

They've heard about what happened to the sheep!

We were taught at School that that's why the Kangaroos jump so high 

20 million people living in a country the size of Europe.  You never have to see a spider or a snake if you don't want to!   Except Huntsmans of course.   They just invite themselves in and sit on your sofa reading the newspaper.

If only that were true, I came near to treading on a black snake in the carpark at work recently, and last year we had a large Brown snake in the backyard, I almost stepped on it when playing football with the kids, and this is in the suburbs .

That's another thing to love about Australia; the way we name animals. A snaked that is Brown in colour is called a brown snake, if tis is black with a red underbelly it's called a Red Belly Black snake...and I'm sure that those are the latin terms.

[Techno]

Don't forget the most dangerous creature of all.....The Drop Bear !!! 

Cheers - Phil