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Australia

Akhenaten said:
Lolly is spot-on about the Koalas. I've had lots of encounters with them out in the bush, and I'd have to say, if I had the choice of being attacked by a Koala or say, a Dingo, I'd take the Dingo. Koalas are all muscle, despite appearances, they have claws that a raptor would be proud of, and as mentioned, they'll bite you if they get the chance.

Having said all that though, they aren't normally aggressive, save for larger males who like to defend their patch, but you certainly wouldn't want to try and corner one. I guarantee it will get out of the corner, one way or another.
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If you are going to try it, at least be armed - a large club as a minimum.

Lucian said:
Sigh. Light-hearted humorous post not so humorous.
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I reckon you're fine as long as you're not posthumously light hearted.
 
Wildy said:
Meh. What would you prefer me to do? Write posts about SA?
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Well, yes.

A short biography of say, Wolf Blass, would be absolutely wonderful. I'll be more than happy to help out with the preparation and hosting of any pictures you might wish to include.

If you like you could perhaps prepare a draft/outline article that I could flesh out. It needn't be on South Australia if you'd rather do something else, but you would undoubtedly have much more local knowledge than I do, and anything you contribute would benefit from that.

One thing with which I have only a passing acquaintance but which you would, I believe, know very well, would be the contribution of the German people to your fine State. Herr Blass would be a good starting point, I reckon.

Cheers.
 
Wildy said:
Wolf Blass the wine or Wolf Blass the person?
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My apologies for being ambiguous. I've added some bolding to my original post to correct this shortcoming.


Akhenaten said:
Well, yes.

A short biography of say, Wolf Blass, would be absolutely wonderful. I'll be more than happy to help out with the preparation and hosting of any pictures you might wish to include.

If you like you could perhaps prepare a draft/outline article that I could flesh out. It needn't be on South Australia if you'd rather do something else, but you would undoubtedly have much more local knowledge than I do, and anything you contribute would benefit from that.

One thing with which I have only a passing acquaintance but which you would, I believe, know very well, would be the contribution of the German people to your fine State. Herr Blass would be a good starting point, I reckon.

Cheers.
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Please let me know if I can clarify further.
 
Akhenaten said:
My apologies for being ambiguous. I've added some bolding to my original post to correct this shortcoming.

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Please let me know if I can clarify further.
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That's what I get for not really paying attention. I'll send you a PM.
 
Lucian said:
Aww, who's a cute little numbat? How long before someone tells me it'll have your leg off if you give it half a chance?
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Not really a leg.

Numbats are much like (say) a ground dwelling vampire bat, or leach. The extraction of your blood will not cause too many problems, but removing them from your body prior to them completing their 'meal' invariably leads to medical complications and death in extreme instances.

The tongue of the numbat once having penetrated the skin, has the feature of being able to seek our major blood veins, acting as a straw, it redirects the food source from the body of the prey into their mouths.

The tongue itself has a number of properties that will cause severe infection and by removing the animal (say by pulling hard) will leave it inside ones vein, and the rasped features of the tongue also see it move up through the vein (much like say a grass seed) and without treatment can find its way into major organs.
Nasty!

Best to just allow the animal to finish feeding (an hour or so) and clean the wound with a little detol or other antisceptic

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A.A.Alfie said:
Not really a leg.

Numbats are much like (say) a ground dwelling vampire bat, or leach. The extraction of your blood will not cause too many problems, but removing them from your body prior to them completing their 'meal' invariably leads to medical complications and death in extreme instances.

The tongue of the numbat once having penetrated the skin, has the feature of being able to seek our major blood veins, acting as a straw, it redirects the food source from the body of the prey into their mouths.

The tongue itself has a number of properties that will cause severe infection and by removing the animal (say by pulling hard) will leave it inside ones vein, and the rasped features of the tongue also see it move up through the vein (much like say a grass seed) and without treatment can find its way into major organs.
Nasty!

Best to just allow the animal to finish feeding (an hour or so) and clean the wound with a little detol or other antisceptic

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=453&pictureid=2837[/qimg]
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Aww, who's a cute vampiric marsupial squirrel?
 
Akhenaten said:
:D

You're all mad!

Finally I have some company.
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We aren't mad.
Well, most of us voices aren't.
Except Bert. He wanted to vote for Angela Merkel.
DID NOT!

Errrrrrm, and now for something completely different...
 
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