Jim Sharkey wrote: >Though I do have a question. It's my understanding that a number of your more >obnoxious carnivores were hunted to extinction. I didn't think Oz was home to any >large predators? Or are the groaning worms scary enough to qualify? :-) > True - there's nothing big away from the water. Sharks and Crocs are the big (in size) predators. Even the remaining land based carnivores are rare now, as much due to feral introduced species as hunting (by both Aboriginal and European hunters). The critters that make Oz so dangerous are mostly snakes and spiders (and reef dwellers) - we have most of the top ten most poisonous of each. We also have some seriously cute stuff. My kids have pet water dragons that come when called, beg for food, enjoy petting and generally interact. They also bear an uncanny resemblance to the raptors in Jurassic Park... I actually named one of them Crichton, but that was because his camouflage was "disrupted" as though he'd been through the QM machine in "Timeline" too often.
Cheers Russell C.
