Wildlife - What else have I got in store???

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Wildlife - What else have I got in store???
Topic Started: 12 Sep 2004, 02:11 AM (1,191 Views)
AussieDreamer	12 Sep 2004, 02:11 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 759 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: 8 September 2004	As you know we've either looking at SA or Victoria to move to, so now I know what to expect in SA what extra little treats do I have to look forward to in Victoria? Any extra crawlies that I have to take into account? :yikes: Sasha :)



stewie	12 Sep 2004, 02:23 AM Post #2
Member Posts: 32 Group: Members Member #39 Joined: 10 September 2004	AussieDreamer Sep 12 2004, 02:11 AM As you know we've either looking at SA or Victoria to move to, so now I know what to expect in SA what extra little treats do I have to look forward to in Victoria? Any extra crawlies that I have to take into account? :yikes: Sasha :) Got a feeling they're all the same :eye popping: But you can identify the Vic ones cos the number plates are different :devil:



Kangaroo	12 Sep 2004, 06:53 PM Post #3
Newbie Posts: 3 Group: Members Member #51 Joined: 12 September 2004	Huntsman spiders (big hairy ones), most of the black mamba's snake relatives live in Victoria, but won't bug you unless you keep heaps of garbage behind your house :med smiley: Nothing out of the ordinary in the sea, thank goodness.



AussieDreamer	12 Sep 2004, 08:47 PM Post #4
Administrator Posts: 759 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: 8 September 2004	Nice to know thanks people ;) Sasha :)



stewie	12 Sep 2004, 09:03 PM Post #5
Member Posts: 32 Group: Members Member #39 Joined: 10 September 2004	Kangaroo Sep 12 2004, 06:53 PM Huntsman spiders (big hairy ones), most of the black mamba's snake relatives live in Victoria, but won't bug you unless you keep heaps of garbage behind your house :med smiley: Nothing out of the ordinary in the sea, thank goodness. Last time we were in Melbourne staying at our daughter's house, I discovered a Huntsman just sat looking at me on the lounge room wall. Of course, being a ruffy tuffy, male I wasn't bothered ;) Just ran for my daughter's fiance to come and sort it out. I stood behind him while he despatched it :D :D Big things aren't they? "It won't kill you", he said. "No, but it could wrestle me to the ground and give me a good beating", I said :blink:



zapprabbit	13 Sep 2004, 04:00 AM Post #6
Newbie Posts: 6 Group: Members Member #47 Joined: 11 September 2004	I have been told to watch out for the white tale spiders, there bite can be very bad (rotting flesh etc) Not sure if this is true or just a drop bear story! :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :darkside: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:



Bordy	13 Sep 2004, 05:50 AM Post #7
Administrator Posts: 4,688 Group: Admin Member #3 Joined: 8 September 2004 Migration Status Citizen My Location Ferntree Gully	Yeah whitetails are thought to be nasty little buggers although recent reports say there not as bad as people first thought. I still don't fancy getting bitten by one though. 5 years here Ive been bitten once by a huntsman so not doing to bad. :D



mezza586	15 Sep 2004, 03:22 AM Post #8
Moderator Posts: 273 Group: Members Member #27 Joined: 10 September 2004	zapprabbit Sep 13 2004, 04:00 AM I have been told to watch out for the white tale spiders, there bite can be very bad (rotting flesh etc) Not sure if this is true or just a drop bear story! :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :darkside: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: Such spiders exist but I have never seen one, nor do I know anyone who has been bitten. Meryl



Fenton	9 May 2007, 06:02 AM Post #9
Elite Member Posts: 786 Group: Members Member #1,380 Joined: 4 May 2007 Migration Status Temporary Resident	My wife was bitten twice by a whitetail some years back and had to spend 52 hours in a hyperbaric chamber( the sort they put deepsea divers in when they had the bends) Saw a few whitetails while living in Flemington, and we had a redback invasion while we were living in Point Cook



dolly	11 May 2007, 12:26 AM Post #10
Elite Member Posts: 852 Group: Members Member #1,142 Joined: 2 February 2007 Migration Status Permanent Resident My Location Altona	Bordy Sep 13 2004, 05:50 AM Yeah whitetails are thought to be nasty little buggers although recent reports say there not as bad as people first thought. I still don't fancy getting bitten by one though. 5 years here Ive been bitten once by a huntsman so not doing to bad. :D :o Huntsmen bite as well :o they're not just happy being so big they scare the life out of you :(


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