Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter our couple of bitey spider types are not aggressive. The worst of them (funnel webs) are not widespread either. The more common, our redback is related to the black widow, I believe. Almost never fatal and incidents are extremely rare. Now our snakes do have some talent. We do have a high proportion of those with the most toxic venom. The variation of brown snake common in many areas has about the most toxic venom of any on the planet, gram for gram. However, factors like delivery quantity and efficiency and the species attitude to life in general do ameliorate the danger. Crocs and sharks do chomp on a few unfortunates on occasion. To put it all in perspective, lightning and bee stings (not at the same time) kill more people. I'd rather come across an eastern brown in my backyard (and I have) than someone with chemically induced bad attitude and a 9mm! Cheers Hoppy The weather is here, wish you were beautiful -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Klein, Peter A Sent: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 03:27 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: RE: [Leica] But I'm not ready!!!! Hoppy: Too much information. Thank you for sharing. :-) In our defense (defence), in Seattle we don't have common spiders with the toxicity of cobras, and we can swim in creeks without being eaten by a croc. ........ --Peter Hoppy wrote: > Peter and Greg, it's 86F/30C and sunny here in Brisbane, Australia. The > swimming pool is sparkling and cool. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information