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Speaker 1: Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell show podcast. It's Australia.

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Speaker 1: There must be millions of stories waiting to be heard.

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Speaker 1: There's no country that has more dangerous animals than Australia,

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Speaker 1: whether they're waiting for us in the sea or on

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Speaker 1: you know, so chased by an animal. The reason I'm

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Speaker 1: doing this I've got a great email yesterday for one

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Speaker 1: of you. Christian. A friend of mine cycled around Australia

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Speaker 1: stories of animal if you've been changed by an animals

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Speaker 1: thirteen fifty five twenty two. In between all the fun lockdowns,

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Speaker 1: One of the handlers, you know, my wife said, oh,

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Speaker 4: Another time he knocked my grandfather into a water trough.

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Speaker 1: It's of course he would be called Bruce. It's Australia.

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Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell show podcast. Christian has a Great Wildlife part

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Speaker 1: just near Warnable called Warnable wildlife encounters where you can

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Speaker 1: for your stories of being chased by animals. Christian As kids,

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Speaker 1: Kangaroo was unfazed Christian and then grabbed her car keys

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, Christian. I walk home from work most afternoons

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Speaker 1: Australia a century. We can give it ten yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm good Dale, Welcome to a show. So an animal

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Speaker 1: Oh no, Nana on the loose, Nana on the run,

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Speaker 1: play for cash? How long?

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Speaker 2: Well, he just ended up tacking the tea in and

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Speaker 1: Have a good day. Same to you, Wayne, Thank you

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Speaker 1: very much. Same to you. Sounds a bit lame, didn't it.

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Speaker 3: Same to you what you just said.

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Speaker 1: You wouldn't put that in a card. Send you having birthday?

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Speaker 1: Same to you. Wayne, is on the line.

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Speaker 6: Now come on in Wayne, I'm on in Christen in time.

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Speaker 7: The next minute it just turned and came straight at

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Speaker 1: Not sho I want six inch puffer fish?

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Speaker 1: Come on, what's it going to nibble? You take like

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Speaker 1: a year to nibble a weight your foot and I'd

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Speaker 1: like giant balloons.

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Speaker 3: Like how fast was it swilling?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, So all my friends for the rest of the

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Speaker 6: weekend called me puffer.

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Speaker 1: God of course, do you know what, Wayne, you give

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Speaker 1: your nickname Puffer? This is how the best nicknames are

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Speaker 1: born out those stories, aren't they? Wing Wayne, great story, Puffa.

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