The Random thought thread

[onetrack]

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]

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.

 

[nomadpete]

Thanks.

Couldn't see it on the phone screen until I blew the pic up a lot.

[ClintonB]

I can see them one line at a time, they take a bit to to show in each line to me.

 

[ClintonB]

[Litespeed]

A ancient millipede was 5 metres long and 50 cm tall and a fast predator.

 

That would scare the shit outta me.

[pmccarthy]

I once had a cat run up me to get onto a veranda but I am told a goanna is worse.

[facthunter]

Never seen a cat try to get on a Goanna.  Nev

[onetrack]

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.

[old man emu]

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.

[Jerry_Atrick]

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

[pmccarthy]

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.

[willedoo]

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.