GSXR_Boy
Very Well-Known Member
Really??? Get the snakes by entering through their ears??
ha ha
Really??? Get the snakes by entering through their ears??
Really??? Get the snakes by entering through their ears??
haha the same thing happened to me a few weeks ago , one of my not so bright mates reversed his car straight into a gutter on the side of the road, he must of taken out one of their nests when he did because as we were working out how to get it out i must of trod on it and before i noticed i had at least 50 ants moving up my leg and a fair few had already made it into my pants i did the same thing your friend did and jumped into one of those little green kiddies pools but they kept biting for a while still i have never had an allergic reaction to green ants but this time i did just went all swollenHell, a nest of green tree ants could take down a grown human (I'm not suggesting an instant death - but you'd be wishing it!).
A friend of mine walked into a green tree ants' nest and had to take a quick dip in the water to shake them off.
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is there cane toads in the area?
Most native ants, especially the black Iridomyremex spp you get in your garden,
I can remember being out herping south of Sydney as a lad and sitting down to rest my weary bones. Problem was I didn't look before I sat. I was wearing shorts and the bare area of my legs start to feel odd. I looked down to find I had parked my feet over a yellow bull joe nest and both legs were covered almost to the knees. With reflexes and speed that I was unaware I was capable of, I was on my feet and headed directly for the thickest piece of shrubbery at hand. After a bit of high leg lifting foootball training, including running backwards, I emerged onto the trail to inspect the damage. Thankfully ant free, other than a couple of decapitated heads that I had to prize the jaws open to remove. With both legs glowing red from what were only superficial scratches, I figured I got off lightly. Of course my mates found the whole episode highly entertaining and all but wet themselves laughing. I had to wait five minutes for one them to regain enough enough composure to ask if I was OK.
Needless to say, to this day I am still careful to check the ground if I stop when out bush.
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