This is the Friends of History Debating Society in very chilly, New England,

with snow on the ground, cold weather not expected to break.

Jeremy Zakis, making me feel warmer, actually a little too warm,

in Torrid, Australia, from the west coast to the east coast,

has another problem that comes up when it's this hot,

and that is the extremely venomous creatures called eastern brown snakes, seek a shelter from the heat.

And last week, I believe, we had to deal with them where they were holding onto a woman's leg,

having been in her sock or shoe or something exotic.

Now, these are big snakes, but I've been impressed with their ability to make themselves small

or find a way to be small.

Where are we looking that we didn't look this week, Jeremy?

Well, John, this week we're actually looking on the ground in a national park under the leaves

and twigs on a path which is traversed by many, many humans.

And this first story is from New South Wales and the Morton National Park, which is kind of

close here.

It's on the south coast of New South Wales.

And what happened was earlier this week, a group of bushwalkers out there and joined the rather temperate temperatures and joined the glorious blue skies, were out wandering through the National Park. They did all the right things. They're actually on a set park track. They were actually walking on a track. They weren't in the shrubbery. They weren't in the high grass or anything. They were watching their feet, watching the ground closely, having a good old time. And then all of

a sudden, one of them says, look out. And of course, the second person in the lion tries to find

out what they're talking about, doesn't realize what's happened, and actually treads on a brown snake.

And now, treading on a brown snake isn't in itself going to kill you.

It's when they bite you.

But the worst part here, John, and this is what makes this story so amazing

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