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37 Pix That Prove Australia Is The Craziest Place on Earth

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If this is all true, I really need to visit!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/pic ... e-craziest
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That about sums up my experience there (well almost!).
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Some true, some photoshop, some bullsh!t..... :D
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John Martin wrote:some photoshop, some bullsh!t..... :D
Elaborate, please?
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I saw this the other day. I thought it was interesting. I, too, John would like to hear more about the photoshop/BS part.

The picture of Steve and Bindi Iriwin shows them holding alligators. And the video of the centipede catching the snake appears to be an American brown snake, Storeria dekayi.
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Nothing too outrageous in that - they are all possible though wording and some camera angles are a little exagerrated. Not sure Number10 with the shark on the golf course is legit (or in Australia) but its not completely impossible. Most of the stuff shown can occur in a number of countries - pythons eat gators and sharks swim alongside golf courses in Florida.
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I don't think any of that is particularly "crazy".
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Ooohhhh, don't you hate it when you get called out? :D After some research, I guess any of those could be factual. #2 I've seen in the past and was always under the impression it was deemed photoshopped, perhaps not. #10 just looks suspiciously like a photoshopped pic, but again it's probably true as I was able to find a couple of instances of bull sharks in golf course ponds. Same with #11. #29 is a bit off, as the box jellyfish is definitely a much more dangerous animal. That said, I'm outta here with a semi-tucked tail... :lol:
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#2 is definitely real. It was taken in the Kimberly i believe in the early 2000's, i dont thing the Olive Python was ably to lift the wallaby. Not sure about #10. #11 is quite common, i have seen it many times when fishing of the beach. #29, Irukandji are much more dangerous than Box Jellyfish. A bloke died last year after fishing from a container ship and an Irukandji came up his line (Stuck/entangled when winding in) and landed on his hand. Scary stuff.
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speedy, I was basing my jellyfish info on this (and other articles):

http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/ne ... r/1723743/

As for the surfing great white in the same frame as a human surfing, you have actually seen that scenario "many" times? That would make you a very fortunate individual in my eyes. I'm guessing you just meant seeing a great white that close to shore many times, but that would still be astronomically lucky. Sure some of the sightings weren't possibly dolphins, etc? ;)
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Sorry John, I always thought Irukandji were more dangerous.

I have seen great whites surfing waves. I have also seen sharks and surfers on the same wave, not necessarily great whites. The picture in question is not clearly a great white, it could be any number of things. The reason i have seen these things more often than most is that i am a fanatical fisherman, the sharks and I target the same thing. When i was a kid my old man and i would fish the beach sbout three times a week. We saw all sorts of amazing things.
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Sorry back atcha speedy, wasn't trying to elicit an apology. Just that the words "many times" in your statement got to me a bit... :D I do believe that you have no doubt seen some wild and wonderful things off Oz's coastline :thumb: .
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