thanks....but no surprises there.
Waves can kill you in Australia, some of the most dangerous waves in the world are around Australian beaches...
A friend of mine was just bitten by one a few weeks back, he ended up in hospital for a fortnight.Maybe you haven't seen this one the White Tailed spider it causes flesh rotting if it bites you.
Spider bite leaves man's leg rotting
One of these little devils bit me on the ear and put me in hospital for a week on a drip.
A friend of mine was just bitten by one a few weeks back, he ended up in hospital for a fortnight.
Apparently it wasn't the bit that did the damage. But the spider has some nasty bacteria on its legs. They reckon it dragged a leg across the bite and infected it. Poor bugger nearly died from it. Ended up they had to cut out a golf ball sized chunk of infection from his back, then 2 weeks of antibiotics to fix whats left. They said had he not came in he would have had 24 hours. he was very bloody crook. Luckily,,OK now and back at work.
You might as well say everything..lol
Wow, on your face.Lucky they didn't have to cut a chunk out like my friend. And yes I have heard the same about the reoccurring nature of the poison. Don't know if its true though.Yes mine was nowhere near as nasty as his . I was in hospital for a week on a drip . The left side of my face swelled up it was not very pleasant at all. I am not sure what they were pumping into me to get rid of the toxins but it made me want to rip the needle out of my hand, it felt like acid. Then they told me when you get bitten by one of them you can never really rid your body of the spider venom totally.
I have surfed Bells beach. I live about an hour from there. It is nuts. You walk down the beach once you reach the water line and it is like going down stairs. Freaky. I have only surfed about 2m which to me felt like a Tsunami, cant imaging the big stuff. Bells beach is an awesome but terrifying beach.
15" your brave, I always found it funny that from the beach, a 2m wave looked small, but when it bears down on you it always felt like 20m high. lolI've surfed Baja California, Equador, and southern California in the last 80s and early 90s, the roughest was in California, a cyclone a couple hundred miles off the coast stirred up the waves, I was thrown off a 15ft wave, crashed into my surfboard, broke it in half when I hit it lol...
I guess we just made it all up then. No nasties down here. Nothing to see.There are about 3 snake deaths a year in Australia.
List of fatal snake bites in Australia - Wikipedia
There have been no confirmed deaths from spider bites since 1979.
There are about 3 shark deaths a year.
About 280 more or less drown each year.
I guess we just made it all up then. No nasties down here. Nothing to see.
Oh by the way CB, we only have less than 3 croc deaths a year down hear too.
Make sure you give me a ring if you ever come to OZ, I will recommend a couple of nice spots for you to swim.
Only less than 3 per year, you should be fine.
Croc attacks: a new website with bite
Look, this bloke is playing catch with one. you'll be fine..I'll tell you where to swim.
I've heard most Northern rivers and oceans in OZ have playful ones like this.
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You might as well say everything..lol
I guess we just made it all up then. No nasties down here. Nothing to see.
Oh by the way CB, we only have less than 3 croc deaths a year down hear too.
Make sure you give me a ring if you ever come to OZ, I will recommend a couple of nice spots for you to swim.
Only less than 3 per year, you should be fine.
Croc attacks: a new website with bite
Look, this bloke is playing catch with one. you'll be fine..I'll tell you where to swim.
I've heard most Northern rivers and oceans in OZ have playful ones like this.
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I am sorry, but I just can't leave this alone.Australians only have a 0.0000125% chance of being eaten by a croc any given year. That is almost negligible.
If you know what to do when a croc bites down it is even less.