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Australia’s most painful creatures

submitted by paul_neri to Australia 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 21:41:36 ago (+11/-0)     (www.abc.net.au)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-26/stings-venoms-bites-ranked/103319874

Reply: Time: 2024-01-25 03:00:30
From User: @iSnark
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[ - ] iSnark 3 points 18 hours ago (+3/-0)
The correct answer is New Zealand! (They don't arachnids the size of tyres!)


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[ - ] iSnark 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 22:46:05 ago (+2/-0)

My favorite quote from the article:

“Intense local pain is the key thing here,” Professor Fry says. “It’s basically like putting your [genitals] onto a welding torch.”


Well SIGN me up for THAT! NOOOOO Thank You!

[ - ] webofslime 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 21:47:22 ago (+2/-0)

And the answer is: everything in Australia.

He put the box jellyfish at number 5, the stonefish at number 4, and the Hemsworth brothers at number 3.

Coming in at #2, the Sydney Funnel Web Spider, followed by the Queensland "Sawtoothed" Vagina.

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 21:51:56 ago (+2/-0)

I can verify that the Tasmanian jack-jumper is a nasty piece of work. You could be working in the garden and not realise you'd disturbed their nest until they were half way up your leg at which point you frantically take all your clothes off!

[ - ] iSnark 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 22:32:15 ago (+2/-0)*

[ - ] RevengeOfNeri 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 23:49:05 ago (+2/-0)

You forgot, at #1 - listening to or reading from P Neri

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 26, 2024 00:07:49 ago (+1/-1)

I'll pay that.

[ - ] paul_neri [op] -1 points 1.3 yearsJan 26, 2024 00:08:59 ago (+0/-1)

Cynabuns speaking: "yes paul can be a dreadful pain. It's like he has no self-awareness!".

[ - ] Oldguynewname 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 22:42:23 ago (+1/-1)

Cassowary my guy. These are feather velicoraptors.

They can gut you! They have that jurassic park raptor claw, no joke.

[ - ] HelenHighwater 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 26, 2024 08:58:48 ago (+1/-0)

Do plants next. Love those clips of people purposely touching the gympie gympie

[ - ] 9000timesempty 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 26, 2024 06:55:00 ago (+1/-0)

"It kills its prey by digesting them to death, and it really, really hurts to be digested to death.”

[ - ] boekanier 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 26, 2024 01:28:36 ago (+1/-0)

Luckily where I am we don't have all those vermin. The worst thing that can happen to us is being bitten by a mosquito in the summer. But as is known, this is not fatal.

[ - ] RevengeOfNeri 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 26, 2024 02:09:13 ago (+1/-0)

Could catch Ross River from one, not fatal but fairly debilitating

[ - ] 2Drunk 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 22:42:12 ago (+1/-0)

[ - ] iSnark 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 23:00:21 ago (+1/-0)

That should be the VOAT version of the RickRoll

[ - ] Oldguynewname 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 25, 2024 22:39:33 ago (+1/-1)

Dude...I lived in Australia from April 07 to Oct 09.

In Kenmore (suburb of QLD) and I got to see these things! Saw this spider that bit sideways. Not like a normal spider.

And bit through fucking steel toes.

Sae this video on there version of PBS, was filmed at the gold coast.

"Bloke" got hit by a box jelly on his face. They are small by the way, they got his ass out the water and he was screaming.

Hooked up a heart monitor to him, dude was a flatline.

Screamed for maybe 20 more seconds and stopped.