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scottishcelts · #41 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 12:59 PM

avoided it like the plague baby, i've tortured myself enough over the past few weeks with spi***s (can't bear to say their name any more), so i'm not peeking for a while!!!

It's those dastardly huntsmen and wolf you know whats that get to me!!!

aaaaarrrrrggghhhhh....................

Baby75 · #42 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by scottishcelts

avoided it like the plague baby, i've tortured myself enough over the past few weeks with spi***s (can't bear to say their name any more), so i'm not peeking for a while!!!

It's those dastardly huntsmen and wolf you know whats that get to me!!!

aaaaarrrrrggghhhhh....................

Is not the huntsman you want to worry about that funnel web is horrible with big fangs stop reading now for the horror of it be warned

(when its bites you have to pull it off as it fangs are so long )

but!!!!! there are very few bites every year and no one has died as they have the antivenin's so don't worry ok

scottishcelts · #43 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby75

Is not the huntsman you want to worry about that funnel web is horrible with big fangs stop reading now for the horror of it be warned

(when its bites you have to pull it off as it fangs are so long )

but!!!!! there are very few bites every year and no one has died as they have the antivenin's so don't worry ok

Yeah av read a bit about those beggars, apparently if you get bitten by one the whole ordeal is horrific, as they keep on biting and as you say you have to pull them off, only if it happens to me you won't have to worry about pulling the bloody thing off - i'll already have died of shock!!!

As far as pulling them off, i think i'll pass and invent myself a spider gun.

Tiffani · #44 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 03:20 PM

well, after reading this thread along with some other bits and pieces about the "wildlife" in Australia, I must announce that I have finally had the dream that i knew was coming, and that I fear will be recurring...

I dreamed that I was bitten by a poisonous snake in the middle of Melbourne LOL (I know that's about as likely as a rattlesnake crawling up into my office to take a chunk out of my leg right now). And what's weird is that I'm not really afraid of snakes; it's the spiders that really freak me out.

Really looking forward to life in Oz hehehe! (actually I am!)

scottishcelts · #45 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tiffani

well, after reading this thread along with some other bits and pieces about the "wildlife" in Australia, I must announce that I have finally had the dream that i knew was coming, and that I fear will be recurring...

I dreamed that I was bitten by a poisonous snake in the middle of Melbourne LOL (I know that's about as likely as a rattlesnake crawling up into my office to take a chunk out of my leg right now). And what's weird is that I'm not really afraid of snakes; it's the spiders that really freak me out.

Really looking forward to life in Oz hehehe! (actually I am!)

Hi Tiffani, yeah i too am totally freaking out about the spiders, i think it's the overall size of them isn't it and the size of those fangs!! horrific stuff, you don't see any fangs on uk spiders (well not that i've noticed anyway) but i'm terrified of our version of 'big' spiders, heaven knows how i'm going to cope in Oz.

Where abouts are you off to in Oz? We are off to Brisbane and can't wait, despite the beastie worries!!

Baby75 · #46 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tiffani

well, after reading this thread along with some other bits and pieces about the "wildlife" in Australia, I must announce that I have finally had the dream that i knew was coming, and that I fear will be recurring...

I dreamed that I was bitten by a poisonous snake in the middle of Melbourne LOL (I know that's about as likely as a rattlesnake crawling up into my office to take a chunk out of my leg right now). And what's weird is that I'm not really afraid of snakes; it's the spiders that really freak me out.

Really looking forward to life in Oz hehehe! (actually I am!)

your a bona fide member now

you know i don't mind any spiders here but the thoughts of finding one of those in my bed room or my lads rooms and ild be a mess but i know that the chances are very unlikely not going to stop me going though

Baby75 · #47 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 03:47 PM

does any one want to see a huge spider climbing on my brothers face! i have a picture some were !

scottishcelts · #48 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 03:50 PM

go on then baby - send it to me then! i'm surprised you haven't sent it my way before!!!

Tiffani · #49 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 05:45 PM

celts: we'll be in Melbourne. We're moving out there in late January. Can't wait! There are definitely fangs on American spiders (well, some of them) and a few of them can be fatal, but there's still something about Australian fauna that can be really disturbing LOL

Thanks baby LOL I feel right at home

pominNoosa · #50 (**permalink**) 7th December 2007, 07:39 PM

I once found myself sitting next to a huntsman spider in Noosa National Park - I was on the toilet and it was sitting on the sanitary bin. Since I was in mid wee there was no escape. The scream I let out was small and silent...!!!

Don't have much of a spider problem in the house (touching a lot of wood right now!), although know they're all watching me with a million billion eyes from the garden. Was a bit freaked out by the first snake I saw in our new countryside garden but have got myself up to speed on which ones are totally harmless and which ones to run away from very quickly, shouting aaaarrrrghhhh!!!

Becky