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This week, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash meets conservationist Bob Irwin at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. ARoseByAnyOther:
Of course he likes you. Just don't exhale too deeply.
5. MagnumCarter:
"...And yet ironically Whitesnake was a real pain in the neck for you."
4. BeckySnow:
Welcome to the man-made jungle.
3. throbgusset:
Snake: I recognise those boots... that's my big brother!
2. Filboid:
Of course, he'd be coiled anti-clockwise if we were in the northern hemisphere.
1. scriveyn:
The brochure hadn't lied. All residents at the Sunnybrook Retirement Home are allowed to keep their own pets.
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Comment number 1.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:Perhaps a Mr. Irwin is not the safest person to be standing next to when there are dangerous animals about
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Comment number 2.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Asp you were
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Comment number 3.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:And are you sure these are koalas, Bob?
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Comment number 4.
At 23rd Aug 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Tales of the barby: It's all in how you prepare them really.
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Comment number 5.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Raven Clare wrote:The snake certainly was frightening, and Bob began to realise why he was called Slash
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Comment number 6.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Slash introduces Bob to his agent
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Comment number 7.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Er, anyone seen that baby koala?
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Comment number 8.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Pendragon wrote:Slash suffered terribly from chronic herpetophobia, but luckily he didn't know what that meant
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Comment number 9.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:It was the most realistic draught excluder Slash had ever seen
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Comment number 10.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:I'd put that down if I were you, Slash - it's feeding-time and we've just run out of koalas
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Comment number 11.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MorningGlories wrote:Sweet python of mine
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Comment number 12.
At 23rd Aug 2012, penny-farthing wrote:Snakes N' Slash(ers)
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Comment number 13.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Slash stars in a film of the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Speckled Hard Rock Band"
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Comment number 14.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Slash clearly has an appetite for destruction
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Comment number 15.
At 23rd Aug 2012, BeckySnow wrote:Welcome to the man-made jungle.
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Comment number 16.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Candace9839 wrote:I may just add a boa to my top hat then.
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Comment number 17.
At 23rd Aug 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Of course he likes you. Just don't exhale too deeply.
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Comment number 18.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Of course the Pine Koala is Lone - he's the only one left
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Comment number 19.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Martin Walter wrote:Suddenly, the toad's tongue flicked out and the python was no more
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Comment number 20.
At 23rd Aug 2012, BeckySnow wrote:"Bob, he's getting heavy and I want to go to the gift shop and look at the bracelets."
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Comment number 21.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Gray Gable wrote:Don’t worry, they never bite when in captivity – a mate in the UK told me that..
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Comment number 22.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:Slash was practising his scales
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Comment number 23.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:You're going to need a bigger refrain.
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Comment number 24.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Just looking for a birthday present for Axl, mate
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Comment number 25.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MorningGlories wrote:Take that, Ozzie.
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Comment number 26.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Does my Bob look big in this?
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Comment number 27.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Sam wrote:I am ready for the strip poker now.
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Comment number 28.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Pendragon wrote:They're perfectly safe, Slash, as long as they don't bite or strangle you
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Comment number 29.
At 23rd Aug 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:And this is how we play rock, paper, scissors down under, mate.
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Comment number 30.
At 23rd Aug 2012, BeckySnow wrote:Bob: "When you get to handle them you realise they're not 'slippery' or 'wet'. You see what I did there, Slash?"
Slash: "Wrong band, Bob - that wasn't us."
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Comment number 31.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Without looking very closely, it was very difficult to distinguish between this photograph and that of Harry in the nuddy
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Comment number 32.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Gray Gable wrote:At a zoo near the Fukujima nuclear power plant, staff proudly display their new earth worm and frog..
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Comment number 33.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:Just listen to my years of experience, Slash - it's the teeth they go for every time
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Comment number 34.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Is that a python round your neck or are you just pleased to see me?
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Comment number 35.
At 23rd Aug 2012, rogueslr wrote:And this is my new girlfriend Anna, Anna Conder.
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Comment number 36.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Martin Walter wrote:I don't care if I do look a bit like a pygmy, Slash, I aint going in a pie with that thing
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Comment number 37.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Slash? He looks more like a black-eyed pee.
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Comment number 38.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Scott Humm wrote:Guns N' Boas
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Comment number 39.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Raggotin wrote:Following an unprecedented number of viewer complaints, producers of Celebrity GMOOH promise a review of this year's Bushtucker Trials
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Comment number 40.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MagnumCarter wrote:"...and yet ironically Whitesnake was a real pain in the neck for you."
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Comment number 41.
At 23rd Aug 2012, david regan wrote:Excuse my ignorance Bob, but this isn't a Koala is it ???
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Comment number 42.
At 23rd Aug 2012, bradmer wrote:Slash looks okay, Axel looks wrecked!
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Comment number 43.
At 23rd Aug 2012, HaveGavel wrote:And just why is Slash smiling?
Cos he's got a really big snake down under
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Comment number 44.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Scott Humm wrote:So I said to him: "Sure, it's not the first time I've handled something with this much girth."
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Comment number 45.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Pythuns 'n' Roses
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Comment number 46.
At 23rd Aug 2012, penny-farthing wrote:Slash: "Are they an endangered species,Bob?"
Bob: "Well,Slush,like ageing rock stars,we may have to step in for their own good".
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Comment number 47.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Slash expertly handles an earthworm at the Viagra Testing Laboratory
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Comment number 48.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Well, we got Slash in to deal with the snake problem. Then, we had to get Rentokil in when we got overrun by guitarists.
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Comment number 49.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:Never Mind the Cobras, Here's Guns 'n' Roses
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Comment number 50.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Dyeb wrote:Snake, Rattle 'n' Roll
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Comment number 51.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Scott Humm wrote:What's Slash's favourite scale?
Boa major.
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Comment number 52.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Candace9839 wrote:A long and varied hiss-tory indeed.
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Comment number 53.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Raven Clare wrote:The former Guns N' Roses guitarist had made a fortune from royalties from dot.com internet addresses
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Comment number 54.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Pendragon wrote:It was only when Bob took off his dark glasses that he realised it wasn't a koala he was holding
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Comment number 55.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Dyeb wrote:"I can't see the Koalas, Bob"
"How do you think the snake got that size"
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Comment number 56.
At 23rd Aug 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Preparations for the new video were coming together nicely.
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Comment number 57.
At 23rd Aug 2012, beachcred wrote:Great picture. Now Bob, where did you put my top hat and Fender?
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Comment number 58.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:A snake pit with caimans. I've played worse places.
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Comment number 59.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Slash was not impressed with Bob's reputation as a conversationist. "All he talks about is animals and looking after the environment," he said.
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Comment number 60.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:"Yeah, we turn those cute little bears into fur coats," said Koala de Vil
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Comment number 61.
At 23rd Aug 2012, penny-farthing wrote:And here,at a recent gig(gling),Slash's new band...Suns N' Poses.
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Comment number 62.
At 23rd Aug 2012, HaveGavel wrote:Accessories for men : but Bob's naturally camouflaged clutch-purse is no match for Slash's real-leather boa!
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Comment number 63.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MagnumCarter wrote:As final prep for the big summer show loomed rapidly closer, a hasty typo saw the safari park recruiting for a ‘musician slash adder’.
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Comment number 64.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Are those guns 'n' roses in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
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Comment number 65.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MorningGlories wrote:An excellent choice, sir, and would you like the matching croc as well?
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Comment number 66.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Manisha wrote:Hehehehe - can't wait to see the look on Adam and Eve's faces
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Comment number 67.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Mad hatter wrote:He's hanging his head because he failed to get a C in GCSE English.
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Comment number 68.
At 23rd Aug 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:Slash : This thing's just pee'd all down me leg.
Bob : Thats not pee, mate, he's just glad to see ya!
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Comment number 69.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Manisha wrote:Do they bite?
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Comment number 70.
At 23rd Aug 2012, GraceCourt wrote:No, generally "shaking your snake after a slash" means something altogether *quite* different...
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Comment number 71.
At 23rd Aug 2012, rogueslr wrote:I had that Madonna here last week, it t'were hard to see where the snake ended and her arms began.
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At 23rd Aug 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Every week it's something new in customs...
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Comment number 73.
At 23rd Aug 2012, penny-farthing wrote:"I'm a wrap musician!" chuckled Slash.
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Comment number 74.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Alvin Olaf wrote:Try as he might, Slash couldn't make a decent anagram out of the word Axolotl
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Comment number 75.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Alvin Olaf wrote:It appeared that Gene Simmons had left his tongue backstage after the last Kiss gig
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Comment number 76.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Kudosless wrote:We're putting together some ideas for Peter Andrés new coat of arms
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Comment number 77.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Jordan D wrote:A queue forms in a Las Vegas circus for guests at Prince Harry's next party.
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Comment number 78.
At 23rd Aug 2012, scriveyn wrote:Hiya, we're your new neighbours, just wanting to say "Hello."
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Comment number 79.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Alvin Olaf wrote:I don't fancy mine much either
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Comment number 80.
At 23rd Aug 2012, throbgusset wrote:Snake: I recognise those boots ...that's my big brother!!
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Comment number 81.
At 23rd Aug 2012, scriveyn wrote:The brochure hadn't lied. All residents at the Sunnybrook Retirement Home are allowed to keep their own pets.
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Comment number 82.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Nigel Macarthur wrote:"Snakes On A Continent" doesn't have the same claustrophobic sense of menace in the film title, Mr Slash!
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Comment number 83.
At 23rd Aug 2012, HaveGavel wrote:It's not what he's got out-front that worries me . . . it's what he's got out-back
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Comment number 84.
At 23rd Aug 2012, CindyAccidentally wrote:"Gold medals - they're for soft Poms. This is what REAL men wear, in Oz."
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At 23rd Aug 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:It's just the sort of thing that makes Shielas sit up and take notice...
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Comment number 86.
At 23rd Aug 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Slash supports the Australian Society for Guide Snakes for the Blind
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Comment number 87.
At 23rd Aug 2012, scriveyn wrote:Koalas shouldn't have to pine alone. Bring 'em to the fjords to meet the parrots.
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Comment number 88.
At 23rd Aug 2012, bradmer wrote:Struth! Bobs taking a Slash in the snake house!
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Comment number 89.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:'Speak softly and carry a big snake'
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Comment number 90.
At 23rd Aug 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:Err, I don't suppose you'd like to see my one-eyed trouser snake would you?
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Comment number 91.
At 23rd Aug 2012, MorningGlories wrote:It beats carrying a man bag, mate.
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Comment number 92.
At 23rd Aug 2012, scriveyn wrote:From this month's ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ TV series "Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure"
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At 23rd Aug 2012, HaveGavel wrote:So today at Animal School, kiddies, we're learning volley-ball and skipping
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At 23rd Aug 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:Slash stars in the remake of Alien
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At 23rd Aug 2012, Rob Falconer wrote:Slash was dismayed to learn that there was no antidote to Bob's style of conversation
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At 23rd Aug 2012, Martin Walter wrote:The Medusa was clearly beginning to go bald ...
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At 23rd Aug 2012, Waldo wrote:Snake Child O'Mine
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At 23rd Aug 2012, sarahtrieste wrote:"Just don't let him hug you back!"
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At 23rd Aug 2012, Frankonline wrote:Copies of the picture are available at lonepinekoala slash snakes dot com
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At 23rd Aug 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:Bob neglected to tell Slash that he was more interested in conserving snakes than guitarists
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