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[Rokk]

New Zealand is worse.

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I hate wetas with a passion.

Used to find one in the house at least once every 2-3 months. Normally in the closet or something.

They look big and slow but they can move quick if you're trying to kill them :|

 

[Log4Girlz]

I heard Australians have big mushrooms is that true?

 

[lastplayed]

New Zealand is worse.

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We also used to have

Such a shame they're both gone.

 

[Martian]

We also used to have

Such a shame they're both gone.

No way dude! That's awesome! What's that bird called? It's like the elephant of birds

 

[industrian]

We also used to have

Such a shame they're both gone.

They must have been delicious.

 

[lastplayed]

Oh yeah, it's a moa and Haast's Eagle.

 

[Log4Girlz]

No way dude! That's awesome! What's that bird called? It's like the elephant of birds

I think its a Kiwi.

 

[Rlan]

Because.

 

[Loofy]

We also used to have

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Such a shame they're both gone.[/QUOTE]That is crazy, a real life chocobo, and its main predator(apart from man) was an eagle!??!?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nklfm.jpg
(ostrich to the left)

 

[Daydream Sequence]

My wife is a Kiwi (New Zealand...think of it as a classy Australia) and she's quite tall. They just grow shit bigger down there, I guess. We haven't been back in years though, so I havent had my taste of big giant spiders in quite some time. Or beautiful beaches and clean cities.

 

[Loxley]

I feel an urge to post a Michelle Jenneke gif in every Australia thread now.

 

[Replicant]

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

There's a really cool thing here, big hole in the ground. Hundreds of animals from all different time periods have fallen down it and died. There's fossils on top of fossils.

 

[Aguirre]

i dont know, but they get the best fucking toyota land cruisers ever:

 

[vanty]

To be honest, I've lived in Australia my entire life and I've never seen a spider bigger than 2cm. I'm sure there's some indigenous species of spiders and insects in the remote regions that are larger, but no more than you'd expect from a country with a wider biological diversity.

You must be the only Aussie on GAF that hasn't seen dozens if not hundreds of huntsmans over the years, they're everywhere. A baby one (probably about 4cm) landed on my arm when I was winding out a hose just this morning. No problem, only moths freak me out ahah.

 

[Yagharek]

Australia is the Texas of the world.

Pffft. Texas is the Australia of America. Only with 1/10th the deadly creatures.

 

[Blastoise]

Big bellies as well.

 

[Trent Strong]

It's pretty big...I guess.

 

[strafer]

Nope.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Nope.

Oh please dude, don't tell me you wouldn't love to lay down on the silky, unspeakably soft field and go to sleep.

 

[dentoomw]

For some reason I thought of Big Kev when I read the thread title.

 

[Dead Man]

*Big stuff*

Because.

Yep.

 

[soundscream]

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Top 10 dangerous Australian spiders

 

[Plywood]

There's a really cool thing here, big hole in the ground. Hundreds of animals from all different time periods have fallen down it and died. There's fossils on top of fossils.

Does the hole have a name?

 

[Log4Girlz]

Does the hole have a name?

Goatse valley.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Top 10 dangerous Australian spiders

Huntsman is on the list?, bleh. We only have 7 "deadly" spiders then.

Does the hole have a name?

It does, I Googled it but couldn't find the right one.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0731_020731T_Vmegafauna.html

This might be the one. The deeper they dig, the further back they go. Pretty fascinating.

 

[Plywood]

It does, I Googled it but couldn't find the right one.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...megafauna.html

This might be the one. The deeper they dig, the further back they go. Pretty fascinating.

Good stuff, thanks.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Australia's three largest exports are coal, iron and fear.

 

[Maffis]

Goatse valley.

Almost googled that. Almost.

 

[NZNova]

It's pretty big...I guess.

THANK YOU. Can't believe how long this took. It's missing the big boot, but it's better than nothing.

 

[Nilaul]

Australia also have a killer 30 m plus jellyfish. Dont remember the name though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion's_mane_jellyfish

 

[Pandemic]

Everything's bigger in Australia!

My avatar is hotter, yum.

 

[Pandemic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_gigantism

To be honest, I've lived in Australia my entire life and I've never seen a spider bigger than 2cm. I'm sure there's some indigenous species of spiders and insects in the remote regions that are larger, but no more than you'd expect from a country with a wider biological diversity. There's also the fact that most of these spiders live in remote and uninhabited areas of Australia, which is of course the kind of areas tourists like to visit, so of course they come home with the impression that the entirety of Australia is covered with deadly, hideous species.

Completely agree.