Flora and Fauna
Well, let's be honest; this is all fauna, but adding the flora bit makes for a nicer title!
Living in the UK, about the only animal you really have to worry about is being bitten by a dog or trampled by a cow or a horse. The only indigenous, venomous creature we have is the adder, which is very rare now. But once I move to Australia, I have to contend with some of the most venomous creatures known to man.
Like this fella:
This is a Tiger snake; according to Wikipedia, the fifth most venomous snake in the world. Apparently Mrs Paulky's cats once caught and killed one of these in her Mum's back yard. Which is where I have stayed and will be staying. I never saw any snakes whilst I was there, but...
Next up is another snake, the Dugite, another deadly poisonous critter I hope never to become acquainted with!
I'm starting to think I may never leave the house!
But if I don't then there's always the chance I could run into one of these beasties:
This is a red back spider, a relative of the black widow and equally deadly. These tend to be more outside than in, and I'm told you never pull a garden chair forward in WA without checking that there isn't one of these creatures there first.
And this is just the stuff that can kill you! There's also the Huntsman spider, which, whilst not deadly poisonous, is bloody big.
Thank God none of the flora can kill you! Well, as far as I know...
Living in the UK, about the only animal you really have to worry about is being bitten by a dog or trampled by a cow or a horse. The only indigenous, venomous creature we have is the adder, which is very rare now. But once I move to Australia, I have to contend with some of the most venomous creatures known to man.
Like this fella:
This is a Tiger snake; according to Wikipedia, the fifth most venomous snake in the world. Apparently Mrs Paulky's cats once caught and killed one of these in her Mum's back yard. Which is where I have stayed and will be staying. I never saw any snakes whilst I was there, but...
Next up is another snake, the Dugite, another deadly poisonous critter I hope never to become acquainted with!
I'm starting to think I may never leave the house!But if I don't then there's always the chance I could run into one of these beasties:
This is a red back spider, a relative of the black widow and equally deadly. These tend to be more outside than in, and I'm told you never pull a garden chair forward in WA without checking that there isn't one of these creatures there first.
And this is just the stuff that can kill you! There's also the Huntsman spider, which, whilst not deadly poisonous, is bloody big.
Thank God none of the flora can kill you! Well, as far as I know...
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