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Australian  Flag Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... [read more]
Blog: Lizards are Venomous
Date: March 9th 2007

This information has turned my world completely upside down. The second largest Lizard (sub-species dragon) in the world, the Perente (pronounced PER-renhe) injects a nasty poison into your hand, whixch makes it swell up and bruise. I learnt this at work. Only in Alice Springs would a live snake show by the local reptile park be considered an education session. We saw all sorts of snakes ... read more







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