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Australia-take your spiders back. We DON`T want them here

Posted Nov 14, 2011

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ManOfWicklow
ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
Nov 14, 2011
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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  • DW
    Dario Western
    Dario Western
    Nov 14, 2011
    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:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3lF6pwuJwA&feature=related
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  • MA
    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Nov 15, 2011
    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 Australians live in the UK.

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  • IN
    intune
    intune
    Nov 17, 2011

    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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  • CO
    Curt, or Cowboy
    Curt, or Cowboy
    Nov 17, 2011
    [quote]Well if we are talking about dangerous critters down here.....



    The 10 Most Dangerous Animals in Australia

    The Box Jellyfish
    The Taipan
    Saltwater Crocodile
    Blue Ring Octopus
    Stone Fish
    Red Back Spider
    Brown Snake
    The Tiger Snake
    Great White Shark
    Funnel Web Spider

    So pack your bags all come on down and visit us and our friendly creatures....[/quote]


    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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  • GR
    Grant
    Grant
    Mar 2, 2012
    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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