Andrew,
Are you suggesting a TOPE-event with a theme of "poisonous wild-life with
focal lengths shorter than 35mm"??? And no, mother-in-laws do *not*
count.... ;)
--thomas
(who's sitting in his office, and just feeling the small hairs on the back
of his neck rise...)
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, andrew fildes wrote:
> >andrew fildes wrote:
> >>-- snip --
> > Now would you care to guess
> >> what the most dangerous animal in Australia is (the one that kills more
> >> than any other in any given year)?
> >> AndrewF
> >
> >The Funnel web spider. Makes our black widow and brown recluse look
> >like amateurs.
> >
> >Jerry Liles
>
> Nasty bugger, very aggressive but doesn't kill too many, especially since
> an anti-venene was developed. We have a close relative of the black widow -
> the redback, which was only moderately unpleasant (notorious for hiding
> under outdoor toilet seats) but there's some evidence that they have cross
> bred with black widow tourists down at the docks and the hybrids are now
> significantly unpleasant.
> Not as poisonous as the little blue ringed octopus or the cone shell,
> neither of which is the most dangerous critter in terms of victims. Keep
> guessing. This is one I challenge people with when their eco-paranoia gets
> out of hand!
> AndrewF
>
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