Happy St Patricks Day!

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Originally Posted by Targan

Here in Perth is common for suburban back yards to contain a variety of deadly beasties, mostly snakes and spiders. Actually its mostly the snakes that are deadly around here (red back spiders usually won't kill an adult human). Over east they have funnelweb spiders that will kill you dead. Most Australians are aware of the dangers of snakes in back yard wood piles and sheds. Nasty way to go.

Now mountain lions, wow, that's a whole other deal. Cool and a bit concerning at the same time. Same goes for bears. I think bears seem like pretty impressive creatures but I wouldn't like to be attacked by one. You have some scary fauna in the CONUS.

Wild pigs over here are called razorbacks and they can get pretty darned big. Over the years a few people have been killed by male red kangaroos, they can disembowel you if you're not careful.

Ugh, I'd be afraid to visit Australia with the poisonous snakes and such, I hope the hospitals have anti-venin. I know we have our share, here in Pennsylvania, we have timber rattlers although they are more in rural areas, also we have copperhead snakes. My friend had a pet copperhead himself. Spiders, well, of course you have the Black Widow but some do say they are overrated unless you are really allergic to them. There are Brown Recluse Spiders, but they usually do not live up here, it is too cold although sometimes they can hitch a ride from the South in the warmer parts of the year. They have nasty bites and I've seen personally on what they can do when one of my co-workers showed me his bite.

BTW, Mom's side, German and Swedish although my grandmother said we might have Irish in us somewhere but I cannot confirm that. Dad's side, Russian, Russian Jew and Serbian, my last name is Serbian in origin.

Chuck M.