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Discover The Gympie-Gympie, The ‘Suicide Plant’ Hidden In The Australian Rainforest
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| November 7, 2023
| Leah Silverman
Posted on 12/18/2024 1:06:33 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: lee martell
Yes,until I read it was named after the town, I thought the Ozzies had named it that because it left you gympy/gimpy.
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posted on
12/18/2024 2:21:35 PM PST
by
CatHerd
(Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
To: Red Badger
There is also a fungus that is poisonous to the touch. Poison fire coral fungus, also known as Podostroma cornu-damae.
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posted on
12/18/2024 2:34:14 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: z3n
Looks like a hairless tarantula. (Those have somehow garnered a reputation far exceeding their actual danger...)
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posted on
12/18/2024 4:39:14 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger; Fred Nerks
[snip] Surprisingly, there are creatures that are able to eat the toxic bush. These include the nocturnal leaf-eating chrysomelid beetle and even a small marsupial known as the red-legged pademelon. [/snip]

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posted on
12/18/2024 6:38:49 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/19/2024 5:24:47 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
I think Australia fell from Outer Space.
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posted on
12/19/2024 7:11:12 AM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Jamestown1630
Technically, it did!.................
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posted on
12/19/2024 7:13:54 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Didn George Bernard Shaw write a play about Pademelon? /rimshot
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posted on
12/19/2024 9:54:16 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
It was a PIGmaleon................
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posted on
12/19/2024 9:59:15 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Well, he did write it with a *pen*.
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posted on
12/19/2024 10:02:04 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
12/19/2024 10:12:22 AM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
To: SunkenCiv
And she changed like a chameleon!...........
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posted on
12/19/2024 10:40:37 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: mmichaels1970
LOL!
*Hesitantly raises hand*
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posted on
12/19/2024 10:44:31 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
To: Red Badger
O, she's warm! If this be magic, let it be an art lawful as eating.
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posted on
12/19/2024 11:03:47 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/19/2024 11:23:15 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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posted on
12/19/2024 11:40:44 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Red Badger
Heh... Ed’s audience must love dogs. :^)
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posted on
12/19/2024 11:42:40 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
Pretty good special effects for 1967!...................
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posted on
12/19/2024 11:44:34 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
It was amusing how they were nailing the lyp-sinc, uh, lip-sync, but were also poking fun at it.
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posted on
12/19/2024 11:47:50 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
If it weren’t for the hot supermodel babes and the weird, tall bouncy deer dogs, I would never want to go to Australia.
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posted on
12/19/2024 11:50:12 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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