When I moved into my present house in Sydney there was a small poster on the inside of the door of the medicine cabinate which classified various vermin. The classifications were:

safe, painful bite, necrosis around bite, severe pain and vomiting, turning blue and collaping, dangerous.

That shows how us macho Australians look at these minor details like the white-tailed spider.

If you are into really salty, fermented things, try the Chinese To Fu Yeh. They are fermented bean curds floating in a sea of salt. I'm told they are popular with poor Chinese because a little bit goes a long way. I like them myself.

Murray