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The Guardian said..
They are about the size of a hand, and while they are venomous, they very rarely bite humans and when they do, the effects are mild.

Those rare occasions being when you put your shoe on with one in it, or climb into a sleeping bag with one in it. I can say this from experience.
Correct about the mild effects though. Itchy red lump for a bit. Wide but not thick.

IanR said..
they are mostly right leaning

Really? I feel like I'm center-left aligned.
Agreed that we prefer a light touch though.

It wasn't particularly clear air: there were intense looking cumulus clouds all around us, some dropping rain on the Kimberly below. Storm cells. We were in a Fairchild Metro 18, a favourite of many small FIFO sites, which we affectionately called the "Flying Pencil of Death". We dropped several times, rapidly enough that we would have hit the ceiling if we were unbelted. It was a little disconcerting. I'm sure some of the others felt the same, but nobody was going to let on they were anything but a rough, tough, FIFO miner who eats plane turbulence for breakfast.
That was the most memorable one anyway, maybe because it was the first bad one. Had a few bouncy flights around PNG since then, maybe I'm just more used to it now. Or just more ready to die.