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Benedict Arnold

What are three things you know about Australia?

Extra credits if you don't mention kangaroos, the Harbour Bridge, or Sydney Opera House.

Posted - February 8, 2017
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  • You mean Malaysian flight 815?
      February 8, 2017 5:16 PM MST
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  • No. Oceanic Airlines. It was supposed to go from Sydney to LA.
    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 8, 2017 6:36 PM MST
      February 8, 2017 5:18 PM MST
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  • Strange ... I've never heard of them ...
      February 8, 2017 5:24 PM MST
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  • Ok.. I just got it ... Lost ... A blonde moment lol... Thanks to Mr Didge
      February 8, 2017 5:26 PM MST
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  • Did that Oceanic 815 really happen or was it just an episode of a TV show? I certainly never heard of it and I've never watched Lost. 

    I'm gonna keep an eye out for Nemo next time I get to the coast. :)
      February 8, 2017 5:24 PM MST
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  • It really happened on the TV show Lost. I'd think it would've been in all the papers there.
      February 8, 2017 7:31 PM MST
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  • I haven't seen Lost but I assume it's fiction.
      February 8, 2017 7:58 PM MST
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  • 3375
    Australia is home to some very dangerous jellyfish like these; https://www.planetdeadly.com/animals/dangerous-jellyfish.  

    1. Lion’s Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)
    2. Irukandji Jellyfish (Carukia barnesi)
    3. Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri)

    I have been watching a really good series about all your dangerous critters on Netflix.  Wow!






    This post was edited by PeaPod is just popping by at February 8, 2017 8:28 PM MST
      February 8, 2017 5:18 PM MST
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  • The box jellyfish are a problem, but only in the tropics and only when they're in season. Predators take most of them out but by the end of the season they've built up a deadly supply of venom. Not a nice way to die. 
      February 8, 2017 5:27 PM MST
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  • 3375
    The Irukandji sound really scary since it seems they are very small and not easy to see.  The segment they did on them gave me the shivers.
      February 8, 2017 5:31 PM MST
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  • I've heard about those but don't know much about them. 

    I once waded the length of Townsville Beach in the height of the jellyfish season. I'd only just arrived from away down south and completely forgot about them. It's better to be lucky than smart. 
      February 8, 2017 5:35 PM MST
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  • 3375
    I cannot imagine the terror of being stung and knowing you have to get to a hospital before it becomes fatal.  Yikes!  I don't think I could even put my feet in waters that had danger like that.
      February 8, 2017 7:14 PM MST
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  • It's OK as long as you know the seasons. I swam at the Barrier Reef during jellyfish season but they don't live that far from shore. 
      February 8, 2017 8:02 PM MST
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  • 3375
    You are very brave.
      February 8, 2017 8:08 PM MST
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  • 7792
    1. Everything there wants to kill you
    2. It's very hot in November
    3. Melbourne is a nice place, but only when it's not hot.
      February 8, 2017 5:21 PM MST
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  • November can be hot but isn't too bad. January/February are the bad months.  Apart from that, you're right. The nasties don't trouble the locals -- we're pretty much used to them -- but they're a source of worry for visitors. 
      February 8, 2017 5:25 PM MST
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  • You have funnel web spiders

    You eat something called vegemite....and....

    Nemo was found there!


      February 8, 2017 5:32 PM MST
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  • We have funnel web spiders in our back yard. We've worked out an agreement with them and try to stay out of each other's way. 

    Nice to hear from you, Angela. (You got a mention on Blurtit this morning.)
      February 8, 2017 5:33 PM MST
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  • I'd have an agreement with them too! They can put the hurts to you! I got a mention? 
      February 8, 2017 5:36 PM MST
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  • 3191
    Australia is a really, really big island...um, it is both a country and a continent.

    Off its coast is the largest living thing on earth, the Great Barrier Reef.

    For many years the British shipped convicts there to live in penal colonies. This post was edited by Bozette at February 8, 2017 8:08 PM MST
      February 8, 2017 5:53 PM MST
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  • Two of my great grandparents were convicts. Nasty time to be here.
      February 8, 2017 7:59 PM MST
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  • 5835
    More people are killed by horses than any of those deadly animals.
      February 8, 2017 7:02 PM MST
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  • I don't doubt it. It's not often we lose somebody that way. Crossing the streets is far deadlier.
      February 8, 2017 8:03 PM MST
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  • 5835


    That is an olive python, although some reports say it's a different species. But everybody agrees that the prey is a walleroo, not a cow as you probably assumed. A walleroo is bigger than a wallaby but smaller than a kangaroo. There are many species, but they tend to be about two to three feet tall and weigh 20 to 30 pounds or so. So that is a very big snake, but not ridiculously big.
      February 8, 2017 7:11 PM MST
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  • I'd hate him to grab ahold of me like that. :(
      February 8, 2017 8:00 PM MST
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