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On 21/08/2018 02:54, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Monday, August 20, 2018 at 12:12:19 AM UTC-5, Bod wrote: On 20/08/2018 06:08, Rod Speed wrote: Bod wrote Rod Speed wrote Bod wrote Rod Speed wrote Bod wrote Rod Speed wrote T wrote Rod Speed wrote Yep. Spiders and snakes don't run/slither up and bite you. Here in our Deep south, we have a very tiny spider called a chigger.Ā* It will crawl up your pant leg and bit you on the leg or higher.Ā* It leaves a nasty welt that itches like hell. You learn very quickly that you do not walk on the grass! That would be a pain in the arse. I walk around with bare feet in summer. Even today, you still see a few with bare feet walking around the CBD of Brisbane and Darwin, no thongs or shoes. We dont have any spiders like that. Ours lurk under stuff or in holes they dig in the dirt with some of them. We do have leeches that will latch onto you and ticks that latch onto animals like dogs etc. Australia has 70 different species of ticks, sixteen of which feed on humans as well. Sure, but those are rarely seen by humans. And they dont kill you. They can kill dogs. Nasty dangerous little creatures. Nope, just a nuisance for humans. Ticks can cause a very serious illness. One being Lyme disease, We dont have that here. but they can transmit several other diseases. Not here they dont. https://www.medicinenet.com/lyme_disease/article.htm Maybe not Lyme disease, No maybe about it. but you're a fool to treat a tick bite in Australia as simply a nuisance. We'll see... The East coast of Oz has the tick species that can cause paralysis. It can cause death and has done in Oz. Only in infants and before modern medicine. It doesnt anymore, even in infants. Ixodes holocyclus - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodes_holocyclus Ixodes holocyclus, commonly known as the Australian paralysis tick, is one of about 75 species of Australian tick fauna and is considered the most medically important. It can cause paralysis by injecting neurotoxins into its host. It is usually found in a 20-kilometre wide band following the eastern coastline of Australia. Only a problem for dogs etc now. Have it your way, Rod. You always want to have the last word, even when you're wrong. Here is a *2018* report: Tick Paralysis: Solving an Enigma - NCBI - NIH https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024606/ by R Pienaar - €ˇ2018 - €ˇRelated articles Published online 2018 May 14. doi: 10.3390/vetsci5020053 .... It is generally accepted that tick paralysis is caused by neurotoxins produced in the ..... Ixodes rubicundus can paralyze sheep, goats, antelope, cattle, dogs, and *humans* [39]. ..... Graham G.C. Tick paralysis in Australia caused by Ixodes holocyclus Neumann. -- Bod I wish everyone would edit the subject line started by Penis Peeler. snicker ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Wiener Monster Then why didn't you do it? -- Bod |
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