Nice to have a national symbol that does double-duty. Unfortunately, the bald eagle isn't good eating, even if it wasn't endangered.
Maple syrup's good, on the other hand, though I wouldn't try eating maple leaves.
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Nice to have a national symbol that does double-duty. Unfortunately, the bald eagle isn't good eating, even if it wasn't endangered.
Maple syrup's good, on the other hand, though I wouldn't try eating maple leaves.
I figure they are the australian equivalent of deer.
On the ticks, I got bit by one once as I was getting over chemo, the doctor gave me the treatment for Lyme just in case and then the test a month later when the antibodies would show up.
Also ticks only seem to bite under clothes so nudism is a way to avoid tick bites.
well ticks are really nasty if you're really unlucky - and might just as well be completely harmless(ish)... ... a good pic for removing this is
- if you feel and symptoms later you should really hurry to a doctor, but no real need to hurry before that unless you want to be 100% certain
- if you feel and symptoms later you should really hurry to a doctor, but no real need to hurry before that unless you want to be 100% certain
Haha, I've had worse.
Well I went to the doctor and he just gave me 2 pills that I took right away.
The only thing I noticed was muscle spazms but that might just be in my head, also I had a little rash on my arm that went away.
What an honour.
"Welcome to Lyme, CT: Home of the Disease"
Going to a doctor was definitely a smart move. It's probably going to be fine, but do continue to keep an eye on it. Ticks are really nasty little buggers.
While I know that's true, i thought you were being sarcastic in your earlier post...
Do roos taste like cow? I think I'd like to try it. I'm trying to think of the strangest animal I've ever eaten and I think it would either by alligator or rattle snake. Kangaroo would be right up there though. I did have a drink one time that included tobacco and gun powder...
Back on topic: Its pretty easy to get 40 ticks on you. When I was younger we would play in the woods and often times get several ticks at once. I'm not sure if they really live in "nests" but it sure seems as if its easy to walk through a nest and all of a sudden your leg is covered. It also seems as if they like to go for your creases (knees, arm pits, crotch area) or any warm and sweaty spot. Nasty boogers.
Not the right way to do it, but we always just yanked 'em out. Fortunately noone I know ever had any ill effects from it.
Back on topic: Its pretty easy to get 40 ticks on you. When I was younger we would play in the woods and often times get several ticks at once. I'm not sure if they really live in "nests" but it sure seems as if its easy to walk through a nest and all of a sudden your leg is covered. It also seems as if they like to go for your creases (knees, arm pits, crotch area) or any warm and sweaty spot. Nasty boogers.
Not the right way to do it, but we always just yanked 'em out. Fortunately noone I know ever had any ill effects from it.
Isn't there also a race track there?
Roo is similar to cow, but a little more 'gamey' - i think it's better and a good roo steak can give the best filet of cow a run for it's money.
<you made me hungry>
I hope its been tenderized by the road trains before
To the OP of the thread, I have been bitten by a few ticks before, the most common are the big fat grey ones, I normally just yank em out and hope for the best.(Apply some Iodine cream)
The ones to watch out for are the little red buggers, which give you tick bite fever, which gives you a cracking head-ache among other things, and sometime reoccurs.
I would recommend getting it checked out by a doc, as I have seen some animals with massive open infected wounds, due to tick bites.