On May 11, 5:50=A0pm, n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Nick Maclaren) wrote:
> In article
<b5899ae6-d584-4ae7-a2b0-e053ac66b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,Des Higgins <dazzhigg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> |>
> |> > |> Wolf spiders (genus Pardosa from Lycosidae) are small (body
about
> |> > |> small or medium finger nail size) and dark and run around.
=3DA0Th=
ey catc=3D
> |> h
> |> > |> prey on foot so to speak and you seem them all over when the
soil =
is
> |> > |> open. =3DA0They run very fast and the females often carry bags
of =
eggs
> |> > |> attached to their rear ends. =3DA0You do not get them much
indoors=
..
> |> >
> |> > The ones in my childhood were body about walnut size, and you did
get=
> |> > them indoors. =A0Scary but harmless - unlike the s****s and
scorpions=
!
> |>
> |> I take it from this, you were brought up in a zoo or Australia?
>
> Nope. =A0Try Africa :-)
Ooops :-)
They probably do not get scorpions in Oz.
Anyway, you get good spiders in Africa too, I am told.
>
> |> It is very hard to have a sensible conversation about venomous
animals
> |> with Australians in the room. =A0They are apt to interject with
> |> statements like:
> |> "the ones back home are the size of a dog and will take your leg off
> |> clean at the knee as soon as they look at you."
>
> Indeed. =A0They do have a point that they do have some seriously
venomous
> animals, though not as much so as they often make out. =A0However,
> compared with many Merkins, who think their cuddly little wildlife is
> dangerous, they are paragons of rationality.
>
> Of course, the Little Englanders who get paranoid about even the most
> harmless creatures (such as vipers and lynx) are beyond hope.
Vipers I can understand.
Small flies and Woodlice scare some people.
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
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