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Archive for June, 2008

Introducing the mystery Stink Bug

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

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Following my previous post,  here is the full body.

Do you recognise this face?

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

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To whom or what does this face belong?

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The World’s Most Painful Plant

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

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Australians might be surprised to hear that many visiting travellers perceive the country as dangerous … a landscape teeming with deadly snakes and spiders and surrounded by crocodiles, sharks and jellyfish, but what of its floral dangers?

Gympie Gympie (Dendrocnide moroides) is arguably the world’s most painful plant.  Covered with hypodermic hairs on its leaves and stems, it can inject poison that causes extreme pain.

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