• Question: what is the closest you have ever come to a dangerours creature and how did you feel?

    Asked by bubblesfish to Clare, Dave, Glo, Ozge, Sean on 22 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Clare Woulds

      Clare Woulds answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I’ve stood on the deck of a research ship looking down at sea snakes (very poisonous). It felt kind of creepy at first, but I knew they couldn’t get me, so I wasn’t really scared. One of my friends managed to catch one and pick it up by mistake. She wasn’t bitten, but I think she felt shaken up for the rest of the day!

    • Photo: Dave Sproson

      Dave Sproson answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I don’t think I’ve ever been too close to many dangerous animals. Though, when I lived in Africa I saw a few snakes at quite close quarters, and never felt very comfortable around them.

    • Photo: Gloeta Massie

      Gloeta Massie answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      Well – there was that time the sea urchin went through my foot. So – that was pretty close. And the time the jellyfish stuck to my chest stinging me all over – that was pretty close, too. But in terms of the REAL deadlies – about six inches. I was about six inches away from a textile cone snail – one of the deadliest animals on the planet. How did I feel, “OMG! Is that?!?! OH WOW!!! THAT’S A TEXTILE CONE SNAIL!!!! OH OH OH OH I CAN’T WAIT TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT!!!!’ in a nutshell. :0)

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