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AusCon-2009 is much more serious business / Rizzo thinks you're ok.
Eris:
Guys, don't be mean to the poor spider-fearing foreigner. The spiders will never get fed if you keep scaring them away!
Seriously though, big spiders aren't that big a deal, they're the harmless ones. It's the little ones that will fuck you up.
ViolentDove:
It's true.
And don't even get me started on platypuses.
They'll fuck you up.
Vendetagainst:
The males secrete an excrutiatingly painful venom, which is pretty awesome. Isn't it platypi though?
ViolentDove:
My gut response is that it's false latinisation, but that'll probably depend on who you talk to?
Maybe I'll look it up.
Edit: Yeah, the etymology is greek-derived latin, so platypi would be incorrect. Platypuses is generally accepted.
Vendetagainst:
Oh, it is. Good call.
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