Australia-take your spiders back. We DON'T want them here

Post #1 ManOfWicklowTextileA lie has speed, but truth has endurance.

by ManOfWicklow Textile

Reading in the newspaper today that the UK is becoming overun with the Australian Redback Spider. They have now been spotted all over the country.
Has anyone from the Uk come across one ?
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Post #2 Dario_WesternUndies Only"Naked I came into the world, naked will I depart" - Job.

RE: Australia-take your spiders back. We DON'T want them here

by Dario_WesternTextile

Whilst Red-back spiders are poisonous, if you get bitten by one the venom is actually quite slow to register in the body (takes about 4 hours).
The most deadliest spider in the world is the Sydney Funnel-web spider. I've never come across one, but only the males are capable of killing people and they are very fast and bad-tempered critters. Australia can definitely do without them!
Here's a song about red-backs that was a hit in Australia in 1972:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3lF6pwuJwA&feature=related

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Post #3 ManOfWicklowUltra NudistA lie has speed, but truth has endurance.

RE: Australia-take your spiders back. We DON'T want them here

by ManOfWicklowTextile

Thank you dear Jackie, for all the information. You've made me think twice now about wanting to visit Australia.
Now I know why there are so many Australianslive inthe UK.
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Post #4 intuneTopless

RE: Australia-take your spiders back. We DON'T want them here

by intuneTextile

we have the worst spiders here is aus but we have the absolute best beachs in the world 2 get naked at so i guess that makes up 4 the spiders they cant swim at the beach.

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Post #5 curt44319Super NudistShips are safe in the harbor, but that's not why ships are built !

RE: Australia-take your spiders back. We DON'T want them here

by curt44319Textile

Well if we are talking about dangerous critters down here.....The 10 Most Dangerous Animals in AustraliaThe Box JellyfishThe TaipanSaltwater CrocodileBlue Ring OctopusStone FishRed Back SpiderBrown SnakeThe Tiger SnakeGreat White SharkFunnel Web SpiderSo pack your bags all come on down and visit us and our friendly creatures....

OK, I'll admit I *was* thinking about someday visiting Austraila, but
obviously I need to re-think it.

About the only thing worse would be inner city Americans !

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Post #6 uechin11Butt NakedAlways best dressed in my birthday suit.

RE: Australia-take your spiders back. We DON'T want them here

by uechin11Textile

No doubt, they live around us and sometimes come inside the house, usually loving cool and shady aspects, like behind the toilet seat and more common under the rims of pot plant containers. It' good not to be arachniphobic in Australia.

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