Critters

Apparently I can send entries -- including pictures -- by emails. Such as this one. Makes it a lot easier to update this thing…if it works.

This is a picture of a Blue-tongued Skink. Found him in our garage last summer. Scared the crap out of me . I thought it was a large snake at first. Of course then I saw the legs. Not many snakes have legs, although those that do can be just as deadly as the sort found around here.

Strangely, and despite the fact that there are more venomous critters in this country than any other I've lived, we don't really dwell on it that much. Now. When we first got here, every spider was deadly. Turns out there are tons of spiders here that aren't, a few that are painful, and only one or two types that can kill you if you're not careful. The really big hairy ones that show up on your ceiling, above your bed, aren't dangerous, they're just pervs. Won't bite, and if they did it would just hurt a bit.

The one spider you have to look out for is the Sydney Funnel Web.

Nasty little jerks, and if THEY bite you, you best take some precautions, apply a pressure immobilization bandage and head to the nearest hospital.

Same treatment for snake bites, handily enough.

Anyway, There's enough beautiful stuff in this country to more than outweigh the few annoyances.