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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
I am not sure but, having a moniker like "Legbreaker" isn't considered ummmmm, cuddly. In Norwegian this could be different? Shades of the Viking past perhaps?
As to Targan, well I am new here. So, call him cuddly. I will watch from over here a ways off........... quite a ways off.
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Hmmm, so that must mean that I am one of the "f***in lethal monsters" then?
On a serious note:
Yes we do have some dangerous ant species but they're about the same danger as some ants found in other parts of the world. One particularly noteworthy ant is the "
bulldog ant" AKA inch ant because it's about an inch long and also jumper ants. They have a potent venom that feels as though it burns (I've been stung once - once was enough).
Spiders, we have the Redback which is very closely related to the North American Black Widow spider but I think the one which gains the most notoriety is the
Sydney funnel-web spider but it hasn't scored any fatalities since the antivenom was developed.
Don't get me started on snakes, we had one at my workplace just a few weeks ago. It was more afraid of us than us afraid of it which is damned good because it was in the carpark under the cars. It was about 1.5m long and we're pretty sure it was a
dugite because we've had baby dugites inside the building in the past.
And don't forget the platypus, looks funny but it also looks furry and cuddly... oh except for the spurs on the back legs. They don't actually do much except for the males who produce a toxin that will kill animals up to dog size and cause excruciating pain in humans (that can leave the victim incapacitated).
Oh and we also have a large population of feral cats. These are domestic cats that have been quite literally dumped in the bush and left to die - except some of them lived and some even thrived. I've seen two feral cats that were almost as big as a Labrador dog. They have no fear of dogs or humans let alone anything in the bush and they will happily climb trees to catch birds, fight off snakes and attack sheep and even young calves if the cow isn't around.