Critters

A couple of interesting critters up in the mountains this weekend. First up, a nice Eastern Blue-tongue lizard. These large skinks try to scare off predators by opening their mouths wide which are bright pink on the inside with a crazy blue tongue. Interesting strategy. Not sure how effective that would actually be though!

Eastern Blue-tongue

Secondly, a White-tailed Spider was roaming around the house one evening. These are nocturnal and interestingly hunt other spiders and, although smaller, they pack a pretty unpleasant and potentially dangerous bite.

White-tailed Spider

When we returned home there was a bit of a larger spider in our own living room. I don't have a picture though as we were too busy 'dealing with it', but we later measured it at just over 10 cm across. Not pleasant.