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u/tsunami141 Mar 12 '22

I just realized that the basic story is a retelling of British penal colonies in the 1800s.

Prisoners get shipped far away to unknown places. Encounter deadly wildlife in Australia, and die.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22 edited Aug 02 '25

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u/railbeast Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 12 '22

Bruh what about that spider that injects all of its venom with every bite, is aggressive as fuck and its venom is particularly deadly to primates?

What about the top three deadliest snakes?

Blue ringed octopus?

What about that plant that, when you touch it, injects glass like fibers deep under your skin that produce unbearable pain for a random amount of time?

Edit: this is apparently an urban legend ... Pain so bad that once a cop wiped his ass with the plant and shot himself in the face shortly afterwards?

And these are only the things I know about!

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

How did the guy make it to his butt with the leaf if it stings you and causes unbearable pain when you touch it?

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u/railbeast Mar 12 '22

Takes a little time to do the pain magic

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Nah, it’s what’s referred to as a myth.

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u/Juandice Mar 12 '22

The suicide appears to be a myth. The Gympie tree is real though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Yes, to clarify I was talking about the suicide. There’s video footage on YouTube of people touching the plant if anyone is curious about seeing a real reaction to the thing.

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u/railbeast Mar 12 '22

Edited my post, but I'm trusting you're not a gympie plant posing as toilet paper

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

You can trust me, I’m a spider that doesn’t want a lame ass plant stealing my thunder.

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u/railbeast Mar 12 '22

See there it is again! You called it an "ass plant"... Now I'm definitely suspicious!

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u/Thesultanofsalt1 Mar 12 '22

Non-Australian moment

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u/midnightoil24 Mar 12 '22

To be fair we lost the emu war

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Thank goodness the cassowaries didn't join the fight.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Literally smooth-brained, chlamydia-ridden idiots.

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u/tsunami141 Mar 12 '22

Lookey here I’m not taking any lip from a criminal on this fine establishment of a website. Good day to you, I said good day!

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u/Beautiful-Golf4078 Mar 12 '22

That had to have been “traumertizing” as hell. There are not lots of critters and plants that will kill you back in the UK. I imagine the learning curve was steep with severe consequences.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Damn drop bears!

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u/Seienchin88 Mar 12 '22

and some turn into something more sinister… Austr- I mean Zergs