I've been working diligently on the pool. It's no longer the cloudy pond we inherited, with its chemistry all out of whack. It's pretty well perfect: chemistry spot on, and water clean and crystal clear. (And nice water temperatures too!)
Maybe that's why it's suddenly become attractive to uninvited guests! A heavily pregnant Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides) fell in the other day. Don't think she was planning a water birth for her offspring. She had to be fished out, and lived to tell the tale. We saw the slimmed-down version a few days later, and the baby blue-tongue too!
Not such a happy ending though for the Brown Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda jugulans) who was at the bottom of the pool this morning. She was past resuscitation. I was a bit careful when handling this one. At first glance it could have been a Funnelweb. These are notorious for their underwater frolics, and are said to be able to survive in the water quite happily. Their venom is of course rather deadly.
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