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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Don't forget the Centipedes! Don't mess with them, nasty.
If you happen to go for a swim in a creek don't forget that
fresh water catfish have a venomous spine. If you step on one, to quote Lawson, "you know about it". Your foot will swell up like a football. Even a slight graze from one and "you know about it". Excruciating. I "knew about it" when the spine of one went straight through my volley's into my foot.
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The salt water ones are just as bad, got speared by a cobbler fish (salt water catfish) here once and spent several hours with my hand stuck in extremely hot water to kill the pain, that was after the shot at the hospital wore off. Must admit though been in Aus for 28 years, spent a lot of time in the bush, never had a snake have a go at me and only got bitten by a spider of unknown type once, all it caused was an itch and a large bruise which disappeared in a couple of days.
Bill