paintballer Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 They feel like pubes when you touch them...sticky.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 ^ ---Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 They feel like pubes when you touch them...sticky.... Â Laughing so hard....can barely type......oh jeez.... Â Even so, I'd still hold a Koala bear or Tarantula just because I never have. Hell, I'd let the spider crawl around on my shoulder (AFTER it was de-fanged and sans venom of course). Â The wombat is a cute little guy. Reminds me of a pug in a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Just for the record, Koalas are the nastiest bitches you could ever imagine. They may look cute and cuddly, but they'd no sooner claw your face off. Â No, the coolest Australian animal by far is the Kookaburra. Â Cameron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted November 2, 2008 Author Share Posted November 2, 2008 ^Same. Â I think I still have a scar on my chest from where the Koala decided to become one with me during our 1996 Xmas Card picture!!! Â Those things have scary claws!!! Â (Although I'd gladly take about 500 Koalas to one of those spiders!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sound Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 OMG. Seriously, i have lived here for what, 14 years? And i have never seen a spider of that size in my life. And yes, i have travelled around, even to Cairns were this photo was taken. And i don't think that that is the place you would be going anyway for a TPR trip. I'm assuming that it's a joke that you wouldn't go to Australia because of the wildlife, because that is a terrible reason. Â BTW, the cutest Australian animal to hold/look at is by far the wombat. Nuts to those lazy Koalas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilinjo Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Crikey, the most dangerous Australian animal is: Taz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joz Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 No joke, when I was a kid, we used to have a Sausage Dog that we used to take for a walk in bushland up the road from my place. Well, it didn't get eaten by a Goldern Orb Spider, but it did once pick a fight with a Koala. Needless to say it was a mighty victory to the Koala. Our Dog was fine, so feel free to picture in your mind a Sausage Dog and a Koala at war  As for the old Golden Orb Spider: I went to school in the middle of a rainforest valley and they were all over the place. Completely harmless, and in fact you barely ever saw the buggers move, almost always just sitting in their webs, which had an ever so subtle golden tint to them. At our school though we often got Red Belly Black Snakes, and spiders that looked as though they couldn't hold their own weight anymore, so spiders that minded their own business in the webs didn't really worry us  On a related side note: Bird Eating Spider  And since this is a theme park site...  At the park I worked at, radio code for an animal in park was a 10-10, and radio code for a snake was a "10-10 without legs"  *edit* wow, first post. Didn't realise I'd been lurking all this time and hadn't posted yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Ditto on koalas, they are nastier than a rattle snake with hemmaroids, seriously cranky critters. Â Kookaburra's are mostly OK but during mating season, along with magpies, they will do dive attacks and possibly take out an eye if you walk in their turf. To top it off they like to laugh loudly at 5.00 am. Â Also we have jurassic park size crocodiles just waiting to devour tourists, aggressive monstrous lethally venomous snakes that can rear up and get you from 20 metres away. Â To top it off we have the funnel web spider which has fangs as big as a snake and when it gets wet, like to go into houses, I have found them in clothes piles in the bathroom on occasion, they rear up and attack when cornered. Â So come on down under, why so scared? The friendly funnel web spider, as lethal as it looks and twice as mean. Not popular as a pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I'd worry about Velociraptors. They did in Muldoon after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Raptors were too scared to live in our continent. Â Australia is so badass, we are like Chuck Norris if he was a country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 ^ LMAO! Ok, you win! Good one and I still plan on visiting Australia one day. Animals aside, it looks like a great place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADCHEEZ Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 ^^^ That Picture is going to give me nightmares for the next 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 ...No love for 'roos? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 ^The kangaroos will tear you to pieces if you mess with them, they especially like maiming young children, bring a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrooper Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Okay. After reading this post, I went to youtube to find a video of a kangaroo kicking the crap out of a guy that I remembered seeing once. But this was the first video I found. Apparently, kangaroos are dangerous and quite obnoxious. Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hejsb-VgPgI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Hey, I figured if those damned koalas (yes, I've had a few experiences of my own) got their own cut of the cute, let's have the other half of the "things the entire world thinks live in Australia" make an appearance. Â Dan "If I ever have any real questions about Australia, I'd just ask Mr. Silver anyway!" Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I hate you. All. I'm off to Spider-Land in March.... Eeeek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Man, in that shot of the spider eating the bird, where does the spider stop and the bird begin? Â This reminds me of a song... Â People raise birds Spiders eat birds People eat spiders It's the circle of life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 ^Relax, the whole spider and creepy animal thing is just a bit of a misconception, somewhat perpetuated by Aussies who get a laugh out of scaring people. A lot of these creatures only live in wilderness and bushland areas, you and wont likely encounter them in towns and cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 ^^^ You will have a wonderful time, Ed. When and where will you be going? I'll be in Melbourne in late March for about 2 weeks. Â To prepare, be sure to read this wonderful article written by Douglas Adams. Very funny stuff.. Â Cameron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilinjo Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hey, Kangaroos are nice. (especially chargrilled medium rare with a nice redcurrant sauce) Â What other country gets to eat their coat of arms? (Kangaroo and Emu) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 ^Right on, I don't see Americans eating Eagles or the Poms eating Lions, another reason we are so badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 ^Well, thanks to Ben Franklin, America's national bird was almost the turkey, so needless to say there would've been a patriotic/ethical dilemma every Thanksgiving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash80 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Haha, that Douglas Adams article was awesome, thanks for that! Â Personally I hate spiders and it would be one of the only things putting me off visiting Oz (aswell as box jellyfish), although I'd love to visit someday. It's not so much the really big ones that would put me off, more the really poisonous ones like the funnel web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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