There's always something waiting to kill you in Australia
Kangaroos on the run
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Kangaroos on the run
published: July 31 2007 04:47 AM updated:: August 12 2007 12:25 AM

Great white sharks, crocodiles, snakes, spiders, jellyfish and kangaroos. All of these things are good at killing other things, and Australia seems to have the most deadly species of each. We've been warned about brown snakes and red-back spiders around campus. Apparently, a brown snake will chase you down instead of slither away if you come across one, and a red-back spider (a close relative of the Black Widow) will hospitalize you for a while. If you should, god forbid, decide to go for a swim, be wary of crocodiles, jellyfish and octopuses (octopi? octopus'?) which will bite, sting and squirt you into into the emergency room. Seemingly harmless kangaroos will charge at you if you're unfortunate enough to tick them off, which is a problem because they occasionally hop through the residential part of campus.

No wonder Steve Irwin always had something to do down here.

Editor: Amanda Wills

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