Great white sharks, crocodiles, snakes, spiders, jellyfish, and kangaroos. All of these things are good at killing other things, and Australia seems to have the most deadly species of each. We've been warned about brown snakes and red-back spiders around Campus. Apparently, a brown snake will chase you down instead of slither away if you come across one, and a red-back spider (a close relative of the Black Widow) will hospitalize you for a while. If you should, god forbid, decide to go for a swim, be wary of crocodiles, jellyfish and octopuses (octopi? octopus'?) which will bite, sting, and squirt you into into the emergency room. Seemingly harmless kangaroos will charge at you if you're unfortunate enough to tick them off, which is a problem because they occasionally hop through the residential part of campus. And not to mention the drop bears.... geez.
No wonder Steve Irwin always had something to do down here.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
There's always something waiting to kill you in Australia
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Good to hear from yah brother. Keep holding it down down under, and watch out for those stingrays...They come when you least expect it!
P.S. - I want your site.
have you read bill bryson's In a Sunburned Country? He gives a very humorous description of all of the things that call kill you...if not kill you, then atleast hospitalize you for a few days. it's worth the time to read.
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