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Originally Posted by Koala77
As it's your thread Gazelle I hope my post will not be classified a a hijack, but I thought this might interest you.....
Here are some things for you to ponder.
Australia has approximately 130 land-dwelling snakes, 70 of which are venomous. Of those 70, 25 snakes are capable of causing death and these rank amongst the most dangerous of the venomous snakes in the world.
The Red-back Spider and the Funnel-Web are our 2 venomous spiders, while other nasties are the Australian Paralysis Tick, The Box Jellyfish, Blue-ringed Octopus, Puffer Toadfish, Stonefish, Blue Bottle or Portuguese Man-o-War and the Coneshell.
When should we expect to see you here in Australia Gazelle?  |
Hijack? Hijack? I've hijacked my own thread. Nothing more fun to do than THAT! (ok, actually I can think of several things that are much more fun to do, but you know what I mean)
No!!! I really DO want to go to Australia sometime.
Actually, snakes fascinate me. And I love salt water fishies and the like, having had a salt water aquarium for quite some time. Don't like jellyfish or man-o-war, however. A lot of snakes in Australia don't envenom on the first bite. Still, I wouldn't want to get bitten in the first place. Why tempt fate?
Snakes in Australia are being studied by scientists to see if the effect of their venom can be of benefit to humans. For example, they've found that snake venom targets only certain cells, so its action would be beneficial to killing cancer cells. They want to find out the action so that they can duplicate the substance artificially.
Have you ever seen the movie Duma? It's pretty cool. You learn a bit about cheetahs and their habitat. Rabbit Proof Fence was really good also.