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Killer kangaroo, demon duck of doom roamed Outback
Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 3,751
07-15-2006 11:27
Based on the title alone, it was too good to pass up :)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060712/sc_nm/science_australia_fossils_dc;_ylt=AkEg55xx4twvn86lN0Y1SkR7hMgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
07-15-2006 12:01
Read it! Found it really neat!
Now- who wants to see Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter) wrestle one into submission? :D
Inigo Chamerberlin
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Join date: 13 May 2006
Posts: 448
07-15-2006 12:18
'Killer kangaroo, demon duck of doom roamed Outback'

TOLD 'em we'd be in strife if they let the beer run out - see what I meant?
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Sally Rosebud
the girl next door
Join date: 3 May 2005
Posts: 2,505
07-15-2006 14:38
:eek:

I had some demon ducks of doom once, but the dog got 'em. :(
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Alex Fitzsimmons
Resu Deretsiger
Join date: 28 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,605
07-15-2006 15:15
From: Tod69 Talamasca
Read it! Found it really neat!
Now- who wants to see Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter) wrestle one into submission? :D


Croikie, lookit that one! 'E's a big one, innit 'e?? Oh, look, now 'e's mad!

Let's 'ave a closer look!
Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
07-15-2006 21:40
First Olivia Newton John and now demon ducks! Australia never ceases to amaze.

~Ulrika~
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
07-16-2006 04:27
Heh, I just watched a National Geographic show on "Cane Toads" in Australia. Interesting! Didnt know it wasnt covered in cities like the USA. And has any Australian tried to use Cane Toad venom in large doses to kill someone?

Australia has some really neat animals! Extinct or otherwise. ;)
Shockwave Plasma
Mad Scientists Daughter
Join date: 28 Jan 2006
Posts: 34
07-16-2006 09:38
From: Tod69 Talamasca
Heh, I just watched a National Geographic show on "Cane Toads" in Australia. Interesting! Didnt know it wasnt covered in cities like the USA. And has any Australian tried to use Cane Toad venom in large doses to kill someone?


I don't know of the poison being used to kill anyone, but it's been reported in the papers that people have licked the toads to get high.

They have recently reached Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, and crocs have been found dead after eating cane toads.
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Fade Languish
I just build stuff...
Join date: 20 Oct 2005
Posts: 1,760
07-16-2006 09:54
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
First Olivia Newton John and now demon ducks! Australia never ceases to amaze.


Actually, you can blame the English for her, though I guess we shoulder some responsibilty for supporting her early career. Mostly, blame yourselves though, you're the ones who put her in a major movie.
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Inigo Chamerberlin
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07-16-2006 11:24
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
First Olivia Newton John and now demon ducks! Australia never ceases to amaze.

~Ulrika~


Terribly sorry and all that, we should never have given that Cook chap a compass, it would have avoided so much later difficulty.
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