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Rats in the Corner Country?

To: Tony Russell <>, 'michael wood' <>
Subject: Rats in the Corner Country?
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:13:32 +0930
I hate to say this but I've been up against more dangerous creatures.

As a buffalo shooter for a pet meat firm I once had to go into a wall of
speargrass to finish off an animal I had wounded  (my colleagues and I were
on foot and suddenly stumbled upon them.  Otherwise the buff would have been
dead).  I couldn't see the buffalo, and my male mates weren't going to let
me off the hook.  That was scary.

And then there was the time I had to scare away a buffalo with a spread of
horns that rivalled Charlie's (in Crocodile Dundee 1).  It was standing
beside my tent facing my specimen table and I was unarmed.  I had to creep
up on it, using the tent as a shield.  Then I jumped up and yelled "Boo"!
It ran.  And then there was the 4 hours I spent in the water with the
crocodiles trying to catch a snake so that I could win the trust of a
Larrkia elder.  And the  close calls with 3 m. King Browns.  Why the hell am
I writing about ants!
Denise


on 9/8/11 12:59 PM, Tony Russel at  wrote:

> Yes, ants can be terrible, so too are those huge centipedes.
> 
> Tony
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denise Goodfellow 
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 12:26 PM
> To: Tony Russell; 'michael wood'
> Cc: Birding Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rats in the Corner Country?
> 
> I woke up once near Kings Canyon to find myself surrounded by millions of
> ants!
> Denise
> 
> 
> on 9/8/11 10:47 AM, Tony Russel at  wrote:
> 
>> They'll get you wherever you sleep.  What about the big spiders that come
>> out at night in the donga ??  Munch munch.
>> 
>> Tony
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 
>>  On Behalf Of michael wood
>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 9:21 AM
>> To: 
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Rats in the Corner Country?
>> 
>> 
>> Hello All
>> With all things going to plan, I soon plan to be travelling north up
> through
>> the Birdsville Track and and then on to Mt. Isa. My only concern is the
>> rats. Has anyone had any recent bad experiences with inland rats in that
>> region? Are they, along with mice, in such numbers that they might start
>> chewing upon just about anything? I plan to be sleeping on the ground in
> my
>> swag for the few days through that area and the idea of them gnawing at my
>> toes whilst trying to sleep does not fill me with joy.
>> Regards,Michael 
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