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Australian Basenoters Beware! A Certain Snakebite Can Cause Permanent Olfactory Problems.

post #1 of 11
9/29/10 at 7:11pm
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The bite of the Red-Bellied Black Snake, native to the eastern coastal and contiguous eastern inland areas of Australia, while seldom fatal to humans, can cause just awful permanent olfactory problems including:

Cacosmia--Smelling something rotten that isn't really there
Anosmia--Loss of sense of smell
Phantosmia--Smelling something that really isn't there
Dysosmia--Smelling something differently than its real smell

--taken from the 'Sniff a poison' challenge by Chris Nickson
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post #2 of 11
9/29/10 at 7:16pm
Gosh, and he's so pretty!
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post #3 of 11
9/29/10 at 9:57pm
*must... resist... petting...*
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post #4 of 11
9/29/10 at 9:59pm
That *thing* up there ,sends shivers down my spine !
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post #5 of 11
9/30/10 at 4:02am
I'd sure as shit sooner be bitten by a red bellied black snake and lose my sense of smell, than by a taipan and lose my life!


Interesting, though.
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post #6 of 11
9/30/10 at 4:20am
How horrid ...
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post #7 of 11
9/30/10 at 7:54am
How does it do that? Does it attack the nerve center that controls smell?

What a horrid side effect.
I thinks smelling something rotten and phantom, all the time would make me very, very depressed.
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post #8 of 11
9/30/10 at 8:04am
I think this could be used in some high-stakes perfumista shell game. "One of these bags contains a sealed bottle of Djedi; the other two contain Red-Bellied Black Snakes. Reach in and see!"

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post #9 of 11
9/30/10 at 9:40am
Looks like my old girlfriend..........

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post #10 of 11
9/30/10 at 4:37pm
Thank God its native to the east coast! Another plus for living here in the west
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post #11 of 11
9/30/10 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by Craig View Post

Looks like my old girlfriend..........

And, dare I say it ... my old boyfried, too! If you know what I mean!

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Originally Posted by Sorcery of Scent View Post

Thank God its native to the east coast! Another plus for living here in the west

You best get your ass back home to good old, safe, rural Denmark,
it's even more save there ...
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