Yes and no.
Everyone is rightly scared of Funnelwebs - they are evil spidiferous cunts, those, but seem to shrug off most other stuff.
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Sun 10 Jun 2012, 1:18,
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More australians hurt themselves panicking over spiders than actually get hurt by spiders.
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Sun 10 Jun 2012, 1:26,
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& the sharks, jellyfish, crocodiles, snakes, fish, cone-shells, goannas, dingoes, oh and Maaahhlburnites.
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Sun 10 Jun 2012, 1:59,
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