Stories of a short, fat bastard.

Painted L H Ford Bridge pylons. Kids caught defacing with graffiti are given a community service order and handed over to a local Wirradgeri artist. He makes sure that if they are going to paint on walls then they are going to do it properly.


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Now goannas produce venom.

And bearded dragons are venomous too. Not only that, the venom contains crotamine which is found in rattlesnakes.

The good news is the lizards don't have the venom delivery system found in snakes and gila monsters. They'll give you a nasty nip but that's about it. With goannas I'm more worried about the claws on their feet, as anyone should be after visiting a mate in hospital with 100 stitches in their back and head after having a frightened goanna run up them.

Will everyone please stop finding dangerous Australian animals? Pretty soon the only safe animals will be some of the sheep.