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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Aussie sharks are also poisonous/venomous aren't they? Probably, hell, they have trees that can kill you fifty feet...
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Oh yeah, exploding gum trees can be a bitch...
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On warm days vapourised eucalyptus oil rises above the bush to create the characteristic distant blue haze of the Australian landscape. Eucalyptus oil is highly flammable (trees have been known to explode) and bush fires can travel easily through the oil-rich air of the tree crowns. The dead bark and fallen branches are also flammable. Eucalypts are well adapted for periodic fires via lignotubers and epicormic buds under the bark.
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