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    I Got Bitten By A Spider

    in The Bar

    Posted

    Hi guys

    Thanks for the feedback - Stevo ..... next one I find, I'll let you know!! You can have him!! Interesting breeding info there - does the female actually kill him or just keep him in the burrow, starving him to death? I think I'll go out with a brush & get rid of any invisible spider threads that may be hanging around!! Don't want a stream of them coming around .... we have had a stack of rain over the last 10 days! Saw a doco on guys going out bush to trap trapdoors .... some of the girls were huge!

    Hi Copafisher - Yeah, keep an eye out for the white tails ..... I think the other half was bitten by a white tail a couple of years ago - every now & then, his foot will still go red & itchy & the skin all peels off, yet again! Saw a doco on them a while back - the folk that have the extreme flesh eating reaction are very unlucky. A lady who was bitten & had a horrific reaction (like half her leg has disappeared!) is keeping a file on anyone who makes contact with her. Seems the poison can reactivate on a regular basis afterwards, hence the skin peeling again & again. Always looks red & angry, but it hasn't affected his triathlon training or competing! Amazing, really. Thank god you found the one in your boy's nappy!! If mine didn't like having its face massaged with water, imagine what a bit of poo would have done!! There is a Wauchope tree climbing one that is supposed to be the most dangerous of all!

    Sorry Arman - didn't mean to scare anyone ..... the photo really does make it look a lot bigger than it was! :( Top photo tho! :)

    Hi Colin - thanks for the handsup! I enjoy all aspects of FR, so, nice to know you enjoy my humble offerings! :) SO the moral of the story is to send out your moggy or furry friend first thing in the morning & train them to stick their noses into your shoes & other debris left outside overnight ..... then again, if they get bit & don't fall over, you still don't know if there is a spider lurking in there or not, after all??? Hmmmm, not sure that lot made sense at all, at all!!

    Just Be Aware, I guess??

    Cheerio

    Roberta

    yeah cool roberta! i have been told that they definatly kill the male as for eating him i think it is partial..to store the good stuff for birth! as they are non-placental!

    and rids his carcass for the other critters eg. ants. and notibly with the male i had i would tease him into striking with many different items eg. paddle pop sticks, matchsticks and rubber and paper.

    ..incredible power for weight! several deep marks in items! BUT it took minutes to get venom at the fang tips

    totally unlike funnels webs (atrax) which already pumped venom (copious amounts) to the fang tips on first strike

    which led me to believe that they may dry bite on most occations unless stimulated by a potential meal

    this may have been your good fortune as with others..the poor toddler was playing with it for a while apparently before found! CSL( commonwealth serum laborotory!) techs are still assesing the potency of

    this species, some have found it's components rather worring to humans! there are three known species currently of missulena. ( bradleyi, insignis and occatoria) and maybe more to come, and they are for sure more potent than your average (common trapdoor) to some they are real creepy :( but they serve there purpose in the big life picture! it is also strange that funnel webs as i prevously said have atraxatoxin

    because they do not need it. she eats the same thing as he does but he is many more times potent then she is! last couple of lines also from the readers digest!

    ..cheers!..stevo.. HAPPY FISHING!

    Calling All Golfers

    in The Bar

    Posted

    yep! love it ,always take the 19th hole with us so we get the added value of a 20th.

    always put several balls into those big wet bunkers..slice more than i hook

    and would be keen on a fishraider social as long as size (clubs) and bag limit (balls) did not apply! :biggrin2:

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    I Got Bitten By A Spider

    in The Bar

    Posted

    hi roberta,just a matter of interest, but i believe [correct me if i'm wrong raiders] that humans are just about the only mammals that are affected by the funnelwebs venom. mice,cats,possums ect are basically immune too it's bite...what a strange quirk of nature..bugger!! {ps roberta,although this is my first ever reply to any of your posts,i must say i always look forward to ,and never miss reading them.i think you [along with jewgaffer,pelican and others] make a wonderful contribution to this great website! regards,colin.

    hi colin! you are on the money, although they can and do show signs of general poisoning

    sometimes severe but its the very complex protein compounds found in atraxatoxin that knocks us

    on our butts!

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    I Got Bitten By A Spider

    in The Bar

    Posted · Edited by fishguts

    hey roberta! i have been a spider handler for more than 30 yrs not by occupation but by hobby

    and i am glad you are ok! i have kept lots of venomous species in containers to study

    and your beast is definatly a (missulena bradleyi) mouse...male and are rarely seen they

    need to turn up with a six pack and pizza tap outside the girls nest where she sits in a crevice

    lets the bloke down there, only to find she is suddenly on top of him..they mate but he never survives

    as he is trapped,unlike funnel webs (atrax) males, mouse spiders do not have spurs on there second

    font legs for holding back the girls legs while mating..this gives them a slim chance of survival(slim)

    a few years back a toddler went into a coma from the bite of a( missulena bradleyi).male..........

    i was thrilled last year when the wife rang up from work and asked me to come up and get a funnel web out of grounds only to find it was your beast..male.. i kept him alive

    for two months studying him..very aggressive but he went belly up.. ah well he was living on borrowed

    time anyway. how cool are they! it is very strange for body weight and volume these beasts can kill humans

    quicker than there prey!

    note i have just edited this as the spider that bit the toddler WAS a( bradleyi) the 19 mnth old girl was playing with it

    on the kitchen floor it bit her on the finger,she was vomiting in 15 minutes and uncontious 15 minutes later.

    there was no treatment at the time 1985 so spider experts in melbourne suggeted funnel web anti-venom,

    within 20 minutes there was dramatic changes and she opened her eyes 12 hrs later...lucky girl!

    this happened in gatton QLD! quotes from australias dangerous creatures..READERS DIGEST! fantastic book!

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    hey roberta! also note if you have found another i would get the exterminators in! although rarely

    seen they can plague in some areas as there young can travel on (gossamer) thin strands of silk web

    (airborne) and spread rapidly. funnel webs cant do this and are therefore localized!

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    Sub Forum Idea.

    in Community News and Info

    Posted

    Great idea mate !!

    Bloody HUGE job to set up though. So many catagories to list!

    I find that if I type in any problems or questions with my boat, the problem is usually sorted by other members pretty quickly. The issues with finding a problem with your boat, is that it often requires questions and answers between you and the members. This allows cluey members to slowly pinpoint the problem you actually have, as opposed to giving you generic answers that are so broad, you will waste more time hunting problems that dont exist. (like playing Dr House :wacko: )

    My 2 cents worth,

    Cheers,

    Stumpy :biggrin2:

    Wow, what a mature response- I had better go and take a nap!

    i agree with the dr house stuff stumpy! :wacko: all night calls from nurses!..PRICELESS!.. :thumbup:

    (love ya dear!...)

    but seriously, i.... wannajewy.... if you are that concerned with your boats integrety get regular

    pro services and you should not have any dramas!

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    People Are Such D!ckheads

    in Boating

    Posted · Edited by fishguts

    I think you guys will like this. From Tony Bishop, well known Auckland angling identity and former tackle shop owner.

    "Ed the lad and me made the long trip in the tinnie out to Takatu Point from the Sandspit. We set up a good berley trail and were beginning to catch some good fish.

    We heard the boat before we saw it. The roar of big diesels under plenty of revs. As it rounded the point we saw it was a 50 foot-plus gin palace, the flybridge littered with people.

    Suddenly the boat veered from its course and turned towards us. It passed not two or three boat lengths away and swung around us to a halt. The steep wake hit us full broadside and water slopped over the side. Enough water to put at least a foot or 18 inches in the bottom of the boat.

    Our tackle boxes crashed off the seats emptying hooks, sinkers etc into the bottom of the boat. We came very close to tipping out.

    "Catching any?" yelled the idiot on the wheel.

    i gave him the benefit of a short, sharp character reading, with some helpful hints on boat management near anchored small craft.

    "Should that boat have all the water in it?" asked one of the nearly bikini-clad bimbos adorning the owner, laughing enough to spill some of her gin. They departed giving us a one fingered wave goodbye.

    Ed and I bailed out the boat, carried on fishing and eventually made our way back to Sandspit.

    As we slowly meandered up the inlet, we spied the gin palace now sitting serenely and unattended at anchor.

    Ed and I slowly motored up to the boat and stuffed pillies and skipjack bait into every orifice we could find. A lot of bait into a lot of holes, nooks and crannies. We left this to percolate in the summer sun.

    'Waking' boats is unforgivable, and avoidable.

    ...pillies and skipjack - best served cold, and spiced with time :puke:

    yeah, good stuff!.....almost as good as i would of DONE!

    ..well done again......

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    Poddy Mullet Probs

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    hi youngy! in open...vast water they are always hard to get, try and find them landlocked...

    but they are buggers, i use the spring open mesh trap i have had it for three years and still going

    when you think you have rinsed it enough in fresh water....rinse it again!....i have had an illeagle

    catch in 5 mins sometimes, had to let them go....20 each only folks!...and 2 in an hour also :1prop:

    even though they were looking at ME!....mix your bread into a milk even if you have to strain it

    DO NOT FEED THEM... for that they must enter trap!. pour your mixture around your main food!

    ...but like others have said they are fish and very fickle!...a lot like the weather lately!.......

    ..good luck!..

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    Yarramundi Surprize

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    aren't you suppose to keep the bodies and throw away the heads! :1prop:

    ....weirdo's........he said with a sheepish grin!....... :074:

    ..it couldn't be a panther they cant keep up with a terry lamb!.................

    panthers in 2008.......we hope!........

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    Fishraider Webmaster

    in Community News and Info

    Posted

    I'll drink to that :)

    It should be written into the constitution...

    Forget public holidays, we need beer and fishing holidays :)

    Cheers

    Tony

    here here! i'll second that....and webmasters are an elusive bunch, like the quarry we stalk!...

    well done and thanks for keeping the tangles at bay!...

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

    Official Report From The Kingy Social

    in Social Events

    Posted

    hi all! went straight into middle harbour to find spot x, but found spot zed instead!

    one big blue swimmer, a 28 snapper :ranting2: and a good jacket, lost a swag of anchor rope and my

    big chain days before social, so i could not hold in the harbour main with the swell and wind...but

    still a great day on a fantastic bit of water!

    chefs did you right ROSS with a great feed, so thanks all for the input and thanks to my mate rick

    and his son bon for helping me with the drinks, swordies and johnno for a great chat and pushing me

    off the beach AGAIN!.....cya's next time..

    ..cheers!..stevo!..

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