onetrack Posted November 27 Posted November 27 I had my eyes tested on Saturday and they're fine - but I couldn't see those circles for love nor money. I had to find the image in a Reddit discussion, to see where they were. It was only when they were pointed out, that I could see them. But I have to move my face close to the screen to see them, sitting back at a normal distance, they totally disappear again.
red750 Posted November 27 Posted November 27 If you haven't spotted them yet, concentrate on the spot on any verticle as indicated by the red dot. The circles should appear as indicated. 1 1 1
nomadpete Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Thanks. Couldn't see it on the phone screen until I blew the pic up a lot. 1
ClintonB Posted November 27 Posted November 27 I can see them one line at a time, they take a bit to to show in each line to me. 1
Litespeed Posted December 3 Posted December 3 A ancient millipede was 5 metres long and 50 cm tall and a fast predator. That would scare the shit outta me. 2 1
pmccarthy Posted December 3 Posted December 3 I once had a cat run up me to get onto a veranda but I am told a goanna is worse. 1 1 1
onetrack Posted December 3 Posted December 3 Big goannas are utterly fearless of humans. We once found a 2.2M goanna walking through our small orchard next to the house in the wheatbelt. Approaching him made him stand up on his legs to make himself look more fearsome - and if you walked behind him, he would swish his tail sideways at terrific speed, trying to knock you over and eat you. The brother finally grabbed him by his tail and held him up for a photo, and he swung himself back and latched onto his boot with a bite like a croc. Once we got the photo, he put him down - but he wouldn't run away, he just stood there huffing and hissing, and raised up on his legs, and he finally decided he'd walk away slowly in his own time. They're fearsomely fast when killing snakes. 1 2
old man emu Posted December 4 Posted December 4 Isn't it amazing that when talk turns to dangerous Australian animals, all voice is given to snakes, Red Back spiders, Blue Ring octopus, crocs, sharks and other marine nasties, but the poor old goanna doesn't get a mention. We tell tourists to beware of Drop Bears while bushwalking, but nary a word about goannas. 1
Jerry_Atrick Posted December 4 Posted December 4 Maybe because statistically, you're more likely to be killed by a horse or cow: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-27/sharks-snakes-crocodiles-horses-australias-most-dangerous/10534786 1 1
pmccarthy Posted December 4 Posted December 4 A big yellow and black goanna is very scary up close, particularly if you are sitting on the ground (fishing) and turn around to see him right behind you stealing bait. 2
willedoo Posted December 4 Posted December 4 I saw Komodo Dragons in the Yogyakarta zoo and was surprised at how big they were. They were like a crocodile with a dinosaur head. When you see them up close it's not surprising they can kill and eat people. 2 1
ClintonB Posted December 4 Posted December 4 They are stinking things. I walked the island of Komodo on a cruise trip. The guides had big sticks and about 3 guides per group of 20 people to fight them off. The island was filthy from the human inhabitants too. Never heard of rubbish bins 2 1
willedoo Posted December 4 Posted December 4 I've had geckos living in the house almost since I built it in 1996. They live around 7 years so this lot would be the fourth generation living here. Someone told me the house geckos are the introduced Asian gecko, but I was always a bit dubious about that. A couple of nights ago I decided to google geckos and it turns out mine are dubious after all - they are natives called dubious dtella. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubious_dtella 2 2
willedoo Posted December 4 Posted December 4 Some observation of the dubious dtellas solved another mystery. What I often think is a rat making a noise is actually the dubious critters bashing an insect about. They get a bug in their mouth and bash it against something the same way a kookaburra does to break their food into smaller pieces. 3
old man emu Posted December 4 Posted December 4 I share my dwelling with Gehyra dubia. Thanks, willedoo for the info about how they deal with insects. Now I won't be concerned when I hear that noise coming from the walls. With the rain recently, the insect population has exploded and I'm wondering if the gecko population might also. The only thing I have against them is that they shit on the walls sometimes. 1 1
facthunter Posted December 4 Posted December 4 The ones that walk on the ceiling don't. You get them in Cairns. Nev
onetrack Posted December 5 Posted December 5 I was a bit surprised at the number of varieties of geckoes and skinks we have here in W.A. We often uncover the Marbled Gecko in the garden, they love hiding under leaf litter and fractures in tree bark. But the bloody crows make a regular effort to get the geckoes by sitting in our Jacaranda tree and ripping off chunks of bark to find the geckoes and eat them. SWMBO gets really annoyed about them doing this, she love the geckoes - the crows make a mess, too. We found we had to be careful setting jar-type traps for fruit flies in the citrus trees, especially the Mandarin tree. The geckoes love fruit flies and climb into the fruit fly jar traps, and can't get out, and drown in them. So we have to check the traps regularly and release any trapped geckoes. https://quollingaround.com/2018/06/11/dragons-and-devils-southwest-reptiles/ 1
willedoo Posted December 5 Posted December 5 6 hours ago, old man emu said: willedoo for the info about how they deal with insects. Now I won't be concerned when I hear that noise coming from the walls. What first got me curious is that the noise was a more regular tap,tap,tap type of sound as opposed to a rat chewing sound. I finally tracked them down on the fly screen making the noise while bashing a beetle. Another thing that had me fooled for a while was what I thought to be mouse poo turned out to be gecko poo. The gecko poo is very similar in size and colour to the mouse poo but has a small white tail on the end of it. My geckos don't poo much but when they are on the ceiling they excrete something, maybe gecko pee. Whatever it is, it leaves round whitish blotches on the timber floor. It bonds to the floor quite well and takes a bit of work with the mop to get it off. 2
facthunter Posted December 5 Posted December 5 Bat Pee ruins Paint and chrome and machined surfaces. Everything in my workshop has to be covered. THEY do consume Shiploads of Insects though. No Mossies. Nev 1
spacesailor Posted December 5 Posted December 5 Flying fox bats seem to aim for a car ! , Big dollop of stain . But I've never seen a ' near miss ' . spacesailor 1
old man emu Posted December 5 Posted December 5 5 hours ago, willedoo said: Another thing that had me fooled for a while was what I thought to be mouse poo turned out to be gecko poo. Thank you for that bit of scatology. I find those mouse-like droppings and I was fearing that I might be getting invaded by mice despite my efforts to seal ground level access points. I'll have to inspect these droppings and look for the white tail. Reptiles have a common alimentary and urinary exit point, don't they? Perhaps the white bit is dried urine. 1
willedoo Posted December 5 Posted December 5 43 minutes ago, old man emu said: Reptiles have a common alimentary and urinary exit point, don't they? Perhaps the white bit is dried urine. That's possible. The small round stains on the timber floor that I've put down to gecko excretions, possibly urine, is whitish in colour.
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