What if you lived in Australia?

[Estreeter]

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[Sir Honkers]

You'd be living in a place where science takes a backseat to political ideology.
On the plus side we now have a government which realises that the best way to deal with asylum seekers is not to tell the public anything and the best way to deal with Global Warming is not to have a science minister or an advisory body keeping the Government informed and hope the whole issue will just go away.

[deepsepia]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Tell that too the person staring a Great White in the eye

Great story I just heard

There are giant whale sharks off WA, and there was a company doing a business dropping Japanese tourists by helicopter in front of their path. They're harmless critters, and it's a once in a lifetime photo op, "Hiroshi with the whale shark".

Unfortunately, so I was told, once day they misjudged . . . And dropped Hiroshi in the path of a Great White.

I have no idea whether the story is true or not . . . But it's a good story.

[palo5]

Originally Posted by Brettro

Don't worry about the sharks,worry about the Dingo's instead, they eat sharks.
Oh and babies.

Dingos are cute

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by palo5

Dingos are cute

So are little devils

Unless you're road kill

I'm really hoping they find a cure, or someway of stopping their decline in numbers, due to facial tumour disease.

Unless you're unfortunate to have them live under your house (i've a concrete slab ground floor) .. You'd never know they're there. They do an excellent job of cleaning up road kill and a few pests.

[palo5]

Originally Posted by blondifan

So are little devils

From your link they seem like wolverines/Vielfrass, but the color is different

If that's true, it's best never to interrupt them when they're feeding, or they could seriously re-arrange your day, if you don't have a 12-gauge or an AK handy

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by palo5

From your link they seem like wolverines/Vielfrass, but the color is different

If that's true, it's best never to interrupt them when they're feeding, or they could seriously re-arrange your day, if you don't have a 12-gauge or an AK handy

You'll never believe this, but i may have had one screaming/screeching at me from a tree outside near my upstairs timber deck, shortly after making that post. (the young ones can climb trees)...
Either that or a possum.
Do possums 'scream'? [must find out] Edit: Google says they do and the sound's familiar!

Honestly I can only recall seeing one (devil) here, a healthy juvenile, not that long ago.
He stopped, then continued on unabated, thundering through the understory growth.
A friend who camped here by the river reported seeing one (him?) also.

They do have benefits for landowners, in that they clean up carrion, possums, etc. I've never knowingly lost sheep to them, back when i had sheep, although I suspect I may have lost a few lambs to Wedge Tailed Eagles (also protected).

We've got bigger things to worry about. I like 'em though.

[deepsepia]

Originally Posted by blondifan

You'll never believe this, but i may have had one screaming at me from a tree outside near my upstairs timber deck, shortly after making that post. (the young ones can climb trees)... Either that or a possum.
Do possums 'scream'? [must find out] Edit: Google says they do and the sound's .

Quolls make a nasty noise too, I've heard them a opulent of times at night . . . A wider range than devils, I heard them up in QLD.

[9876543210]

blondifan,

Originally Posted by blondifan

(i've a concrete slab ground floor) ..

Do you guys not have tornadoes over there? Most everyone around here have basements because of the darned tornadoes which show up more than they should.

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by 9876543210

blondifan,
Do you guys not have tornadoes over there? Most everyone around here have basements because of the darned tornadoes which show up more than they should.

No, but there are high winds and a thunderstorm happening as i type.
Stop putting the 'mocka's' on me
There was a damaging strong wind a few years ago that tore roofs off a couple of houses/barns and damaged trees in an isolated 'alley' effect. Weather patterns are becoming more extreme, quite possibly due to global warming, but it's probably best not to debate global warming here, as another thread exists for that.
I have seen photos of unusual dust and fire storms from mainland Australia.

Originally Posted by deepsepia

Quolls make a nasty noise too, I've heard them a opulent of times at night . . . A wider range than devils, I heard them up in QLD.

I was surprised to find in my previous wiki link to devils that it is believed that Tasmanian Devils are possibly descended from Quolls.