Goddammit! Time we waged a War on Bees. Them thar honey lovin' varmints.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
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Goddammit! Time we waged a War on Bees. Them thar honey lovin' varmints.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
With a very cool nurse yesterday. Had a running watch on. She was a diver and surfer from Portland Vic. We chatted about Abalone, seals and of course or GREAT WHITES [thumbsupbig]Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferret
She had been snorkeling with seals in a tinny with three others all day. Kelp fowled the propeller so she jumped into clear it. Her mates started yelling loud enough she could her it underwater! When she surfaced her mates pulled her straight into the boat. Her cool GREAT WHITE was at least 4 metres long and swam quietly with them for more than 30 minutes watching them.
She mentioned the big black eye seemed almost dead :)
She has swam with whale sharks and much less dramatic fish. My 6 metre tiger shark yarn of a Warship new Newcastle NSW was funny as I didn't even hit the water[biggrin][biggrin] RIP the pilot of course!
A few of the other medical crew had jaw dropping moments while we had fun chatting[thumbsupbig][thumbsupbig][thumbsupbig]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn676-fLq7I
I'm disappointed the museum has been a little lax with its fact checking.Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
Of all the people who have heeded my advice re Vegimite, none have been irritated by native drop bears.
given the disease thats killing bees around the country, we wont have any left soonQuote:
Originally Posted by DieselLSE
Varroa destructor - Wikipedia
I guess you could choke on him...Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
You seem to have forgotten about bats, complete with Hendra virus and Australian Lyssa virus.
A bloke died recently after being bitten by a bat. Apparently lyssa virus.
NSW man dies from rabies-like lyssavirus after bat bite - ABC News
Yep, A whole four people have succumbed, according to that article. But I've never trusted bats, or flying foxes. But bats just make my point. On the South American continent they have vampires...
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Three species of vampire bats that are native to Central and South America. These include the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi)
I have to defend the bees as two of my ancestors were very involved in bee-keeping and both wrote books about the subject. I suspect that those people were actually killed by their immune systems over reacting to bee venom and probably could have been saved by an epi-pen.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
...and now we have fire ants!! It seems the jury is out on whether Echidnas will eat them.
Koalas platypus and echidnas on fire ant menu says federal environment department
Uncovering the secrets of echidnas: diggings and conservation | Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland
'Additionally, the project will explore whether echidnas can consume fire ants, drawing parallels with other ant-eating species, such as armadillos, which have been observed feeding on fire ants in their native habitats.'
