Topic: Men can be such idiots...
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Old 15-Jul-2004, 06:31 PM
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Default Re: Men can be such idiots...
Ed, imagine a grass hopper that (when full grown) has a body about 4 inches long (100mm in non imperial measurements) and has a set of jaws / pincers that are about 1/4 of an inch long (6mm).
And they bite.

The tree/ground weta is probably New Zealand's second most nasty NATIVE (not introduced like stoats and ferrets etc) creature after a single poisonous spider (related to the Australian 'Red Back').

Nasty nasty nasty vermin that (even thought they are a protected species) I have a lot of problems controlling tools around.... what ever I am using, be it a pair of hedge clippers, shovel or 1.5 tonne excavator the weta always seems to get in the way.

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