Krish
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Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Chris wants to know if anyone got stung before not if you got stunk or stink or whatever! (LOL)
Box Jellyfish...Most venomous!
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Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Chris wants to know if anyone got stung before not if you got stunk or stink or whatever! (LOL)
Krish
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Hey...Is anyone here from Australia? If not it's probably because of where you live!(LOL) What in the world do you guys have going on down there? I just googled most venomous creatures and they showed the the sea snake which is deadly poisonous and guess where they are found???Hmmmm...Australia which has about 21 different species, and around the Great Barrier Reef, 14 species!
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
LOL!!! ohh man you are killing me :lol: :lol: :lol: sorry dood i meant stung.. oh boy my belly hurts :lol:
chris&barb
Reef-Geeks
i think the green sea snake is the nastiest. but they aren't aggressive at all.you really have to provoke them to get bitten
Krish
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Who would want to provoke a snake? They should get bitten IMO (LOL)
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
hmm i tell you who, humans hehehe.
chris&barb
Reef-Geeks
krish75 said:
whats that guys name? you know the crock hunter.he would
he's from Australia also. i'm beginning to think something is wrong with that place :lol:
Krish
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Yup...Crocodile Dundee was from there too! I still can't get over that Box Jelly fish though. I mean, if I didn't watch that program last night I would have never known something like that could be so lethal. It would have sucked to pay all that money to go there and find that out afterwards!
chris&barb
Reef-Geeks
did anyone mention cone shell snails yet!?
Krish
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Nope...What are they?
chris&barb
Reef-Geeks
they are snails that can take you out quick also from Australia
also from Australia
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
what !!! thats horrible !!
do you have any info on them Chris and barbie ?
do you have any info on them Chris and barbie ?
chris&barb
Reef-Geeks
or centuries members of the Conidae family have been collected for their unique and intricately designed shells. Only during the last few decades have Cone shells become an exciting area for scientific research.
Cone shells are marine snails and are found in reef environments throughout the world. They prey upon other marine organisms, immobilising them with unique venoms. There have been 30 recorded cases of human envenomation by fish-eating cone shells, in some cases fatal. Upon investigation it was found that the toxins in cone shell venoms possess pharmacological qualities that make them valuable tools in medical research.
Members of the Conidae family do not predate upon humans but will sting if disturbed. It is best to avoid contact with the cone shells completely, and collection of live specimens requires a permit.
If stung by a cone shell, obtain medical attention immediately (making note of a description of the cone shell if possible). If medical attention is unavailable and the victim becomes unconscious, observe their breathing constantly and apply assisted and artificial respiration when required until assistance can be found. In this way it may be possible to keep the victim alive while the body metabolises the conotoxins.
Conus textile on the prowl
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HMS Beagle's "Web Pick of the Day", October 12 (1998)
Sofcom Pick of the Net Award
Nominated for IndNet Best Contents Award (June,1998)
SciWeb - "Site of the Week", January 18 (1999)
Encarta Encyclopedia 1999 - referenced web link, January (1999)
Science 2000 - Net Link, SITE VISIT: "When Snails Attack" Science 288: 2279d, June (2000)
7MetaSearch.com rewarding TOP 10 awards to web sites appearing simultaneuously in the top 10 positions of all top-rated search engines, December (2001)
Scientific American 2005 , (April). "A Toxin Against Pain" by Gary Stix. This web page cited as "A prodigious resource for all things cone snail".
Credits:
Charmaine Griffiths (Placement student, University of Bath, UK) and
Dr. Bruce Livett (Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia)
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Cone shells are marine snails and are found in reef environments throughout the world. They prey upon other marine organisms, immobilising them with unique venoms. There have been 30 recorded cases of human envenomation by fish-eating cone shells, in some cases fatal. Upon investigation it was found that the toxins in cone shell venoms possess pharmacological qualities that make them valuable tools in medical research.
Members of the Conidae family do not predate upon humans but will sting if disturbed. It is best to avoid contact with the cone shells completely, and collection of live specimens requires a permit.
If stung by a cone shell, obtain medical attention immediately (making note of a description of the cone shell if possible). If medical attention is unavailable and the victim becomes unconscious, observe their breathing constantly and apply assisted and artificial respiration when required until assistance can be found. In this way it may be possible to keep the victim alive while the body metabolises the conotoxins.
Conus textile on the prowl
Click on image above for larger display
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Hall Of Fame
HMS Beagle's "Web Pick of the Day", October 12 (1998)
Sofcom Pick of the Net Award
Nominated for IndNet Best Contents Award (June,1998)
SciWeb - "Site of the Week", January 18 (1999)
Encarta Encyclopedia 1999 - referenced web link, January (1999)
Science 2000 - Net Link, SITE VISIT: "When Snails Attack" Science 288: 2279d, June (2000)
7MetaSearch.com rewarding TOP 10 awards to web sites appearing simultaneuously in the top 10 positions of all top-rated search engines, December (2001)
Scientific American 2005 , (April). "A Toxin Against Pain" by Gary Stix. This web page cited as "A prodigious resource for all things cone snail".
Credits:
Charmaine Griffiths (Placement student, University of Bath, UK) and
Dr. Bruce Livett (Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia)
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chris&barb
Reef-Geeks
that didnt work the way i wanted it to but the is some info in there,there should have been a pic also but?
chris&barb
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My2heartboys
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________________________________________________________________LarryB said:
Yeah, it is a--oh brother--my mind would go blank. It lays eggs like a bird or reptile, but nurses its young like a mammel. Initially thought to be a hoax animal by naturalists.
Anne
My2heartboys
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________________________________________________________________krish75 said:
It is my dream for my children to be able to do just that. But due to money going out for health reasons, I think they will have settle for whatever pitiful replica I can come up with.
Anne
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Irukandji jellyfish is the crazy little deadly sucker in australia. the egg laying mammal is the platypus.
My2heartboys
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Hey, don't forget they also have one of, if not two of, the world's cutest marsupials. The Koala and the 'roo. The Koala, if my memory serves me correctly, is on the endangered list and there are some species of 'roos that are on it as well.krish75 said:
I think I have seen just about every documentary done on those two species and I still can't get tired of them (although my husband has threatened me within an inch of my life if he has to watch "A Joey Named Jack" again--for about the 200-300th time
) ).Anne
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
wwouu thanks for the info chris and barbie that's amazing
