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The perils of garden life in OZ

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Silver Tabby

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21-02-2019, 09:44 AM

Re: The perils of garden life in OZ

Originally Posted by Tiffany ->

Nephew got bitten by a Funnel Web, when out in the garden barefoot. He must have trodden on it. He was rushed to hospital & luckily recovered, but neither boys went barefoot any more.

Ouch - nasty!

summer

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21-02-2019, 09:47 AM

Re: The perils of garden life in OZ

Originally Posted by Bruce ->

They eat different foods. A Kookaburra is a type of kingfisher - eats spiders, lizards as well as fish. A Noisy Miner eats nectar, fruit etc. Noisy Miners are quite aggressive they stand up to the invasive Indian Mynah

Ok thankyou Bruce

Bruce

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21-02-2019, 11:10 AM

Re: The perils of garden life in OZ

Originally Posted by Tiffany ->

Nephew got bitten by a Funnel Web, when out in the garden barefoot. He must have trodden on it. He was rushed to hospital & luckily recovered, but neither boys went barefoot any more.

No one has died from a spider bite in Australia since the antivenin was invented in the 50s (I think it was the 50s). there are only a couple of spiders that are dangerous the Redback and the Funnel Web. There is a common garden spider called a White Tail which is suspected of causing flesh necrosis but that is a subject of controversy

My garden is full of Redbacks they don't trouble me I don't trouble them, they have lived in my garage door for nearly 40 years (I know because their egg pods are very visible) - BTW the first reaction of a doctor to a spider bite is usually to wait and see what happens.

gumbud

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21-02-2019, 12:09 PM

Re: The perils of garden life in OZ

Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->

Given the number of spiders etc., just waiting to strike - why is that man waling about bare foot? We should know these things.

we don't even know which country he's in?

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