On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:32:32 +0800, "Neil Gerace"
wrote:


"Kereru" wrote in message
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"lumberjack" wrote in message
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Thought the following news item might be of interest ...


Spider cleared of causing flesh-eating ulcer

The white-tail spider, whose bite has been blamed for cases of
flesh-eating ulcers for decades, has been declared innocent following
methodical Australian research.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s926733.htm

Now I feel guilty, I have killed about 100 of the wee critters lately,
seems
it was unjustified.

I could be had up for arachnicide, hell.

Judy

The female of the species is more deadly than the male. - Old Jungle Saying

But Kipling thought of it first.

--
Brian Dooley

Wellington New Zealand