
Australia is probably most famous, or infamous at least, for having more species of lethal critters per capita than any other place on earth. There are crocodiles, all manner of snakes and spiders, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopi, and on and on. It was kind of an exciting idea - moving to this raw Southern Hemisphere wilderness with animals that are just itching to kill you around every bend. Dr. O'C comes home almost daily with some tale about encountering a 'killer spider'. I haven't seen any kind of spiders. In fact, I have yet to encounter any native fauna that [...]