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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