Comments by "Adrian McLean" (@adrianmclean9195) on "Absolute UNITS in Australia.." video.

  1. We have a spider, called the White tail It is normal size grey to black with a cigar shaped body. Sometimes it has a distinct white spot at the end of it's body. Sometimes they maybe all over the body. Like a redback, they vary greatly. BUT They are interesting because I don't think anyone yet has the true verdict on them - as I hear different stories about their toxicity and what causes it, even from a professor from the ANU - ( Australian National University ). I've been bitten twice. Once by the East Gippsland version and once in my hometown of Albury-Wodonga - where they are very common. I believe an Aboriginal Elder, had his legs amputated from below the knees, because of necrosis. They are quite creepy. They usually appear in your house at night, when it is quiet. They actually sense out living things' body heat to feast on. Like a leech, it injects a anesthetic so you don't know it is feeding on you. Very different to other spiders. Often, one of the family members would fall asleep in the lounge room and wake up in the middle of the night - and sure enough, there would be one right next to you. My father was actually bitten on his ankle above his sock line. Started to become necrotic. Had a biopsy. Confirmed and started antibiotic treatment. Was successful. In Gippsland mine was on the forearm. Large orangey ( similar colour to the fluid you produce if you get extreme sunburn ) circular welts. Pharmacist in Sale, gave me a cream and oral tablets, confirming it was a white tail spider bite. Took upto x3 months to completely disappear. My poor mum, was terrified that I would tell visitors that we had white tail spiders in the house. We could never find their nest. Roof cavities were surprisingly clean. On day one of my placement in Aged Care, all the nurses approached me and asked what was the marks on the back of my neck ??? I said I can't see the back of my neck. They got some mirrors and showed me. They were adamant it was a white tail spider bite. So being the best type of Aged Care facility attached to/as part of a public hospital, they marched me up to the hospital where it was confirmed and I was given Chlorsig ? antibiotic EYE gel, which works very well on these bites. Didn't take as long to heal. No feeling and no feeling of it happening. Some people claim that when they get sick in the future, the bite area flares up again. This can also happen with snake bites. When I went home that evening, I checked my bed and sure enough, under my pillows were TWO dead white tails. They were BOTH feeding on me during the night. Possibly because they were pregnant females. My body weight when turning must have crushed them. We eventually found their hiding/nesting spot, when cleaning the bathroom exhaust fans. Because of the humidity, they like to live inside the grille. And a giant pregnant female landed on my arm. If left untreated, it becomes necrotic and can spread and you can loose a limb. ANU Professor says it isn't actually the spider - but a specific bacteria that lives on their fangs, that enters your bloodstream, that causes the problem.?? So unlike other spiders going about their business, this one actually tracks you down to have a meal - 😂 It would be good to hear other people's experiences of this little bugger.
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  2. California also has a massive gold nugget and Hill End sits just behind Bathurst - an area that is full of copper and Gold mining over the years. Current "Cadia" gold mine employs a large section of the Cabonne, Orana, Central West, next to Orange - 1/2 an hour's drive west of Bathurst.
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  3.  @5lcalais1  No problem, thanks Adrian
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  4. The Groopers?, are gentle giants. Found in Sydney Harbour? Lots in the old Manly Aquarium. It's amazing how things under the sea are so docile and inquisitive as opposed to those on land. Very cool
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  5. The spider sitting on his hand, is a huntsman?, Pretty docile things. Not harmful to a human. Common Help keep insects away - usually disappear by themselves. The reason why you can't get rid of spiders is many, when born or in sacks, float on the wind and will repopulate an area you have just cleaned. Some can't be seen by the human eye . Red backs, can actually blow a bubble over their mouths to stop the ingestion of insecticides. Mortein actually had a spider spray specifically for red backs. A large house spider can look like a funnel web There are actually MANY types of funnel webs. Checkout the male and female versions of our Mouse spider. The one that is both bright red and blue is quite impressive An elderly lady in the Illawarra once opened her back door one morning and looked out down her steps into her back yard, and basically covering her back yard was a sea of these spiders just sitting there all looking at her - very famous photo - lol 😂
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  6. Yep, giant Centipedes are pretty creepy and poisonous. Big praying mantis, dragonflies, some awesome blue Murrumbidgee crayfish. Big rainbow trout in the Snowies. Horse flies.
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  7. Noticed your cool Native Australian artwork shirt your wearing 👍
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  8. And - lol 😂 - if you think huntsman's are big, check out the Golden Orb spiders - they can be absolutely massive - giant long skinny shiny black legs with golden joints.
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  9. I'm pretty sure, the spider holding the coin, is our most deadliest, and in the top x5 in the world. The big fangs, chunky body, but the rear body looks dull, whereas a funnel web is usually very shiny black ? Blue ring octopuses are tiny, they will display their blue rings when angry or threatened
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  10. No, it's not ours - it's from Hawaii. The Cane Toads. We introduced them to Australia to eat the Sugar cane beetle destroying the sugar cane crops. Worked, but now has become a huge disaster, and spread out all over northern Australia and slowly heading more south. They are poisonous. Our native animals have been decimated by the ugly things. If you see one, run over it and hear it pop. I presume that is what she is holding
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  11.  @LurkMoar101  okay, cool, thanks for that Adrian.
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  12. Yeah, a child visiting I think with family, in Bendigo, an inland Victorian regional town, famous for the gold rush and still mining it, accidentally tripped or something like that, on a rock sticking out on a path near the city centre near the Deborah gold mine ? She picked it up and it was a large nugget - this was relatively recent - can't remember the full story. Also a boy from Sydney was holidaying with his family along the Great Ocean Road, and photographing the Twelve apostles, when just at that time, the London bridge, collapsed in front of him. Pure luck His photo was the only capture of it happening.
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