No, I wasn't kidding about the octopus.

We've got a very pretty, colourful little octopus here called the blue ringed octopus.
Blue-Ringed Octopus Bite: Learn About First Aid

This is a list of dangerous animals here ...
Australia's dangerous animals: the top 30 - Australian Geographic

The thing to keep in mind is a comment under their "honey bee" link. They list "honey bee" as the second most deadly creature in Australia and they say this ...

"Allergies to the venom are responsible for more annual average deaths than sharks, spiders or snakes separately. Less than three per cent of Australians are allergic to bee or wasp venom."

So that gives you an idea of how often people here in Australia are killed by Australia's venomous or otherwise dangerous creatures ...... not often.


But something I've found interesting ... I take First Aid classes regularly, and have been doing so for almost 30 years now. In Canada, the emphasis was on cold related injuries ... in the remoter part of Australia where we used to live it was on snake and spider bites and dealing with being so remote ... where we live now, near the ocean, the emphasis was all about the blue ring octopus, box jellyfish, and other marine creatures.


Toads ... Australia has a problem with cane toads in the north. They are an invasive species.

Rabbits ... were brought here for food, I think, but of course we all know rabbits, and the situation got a bit out of hand.

Wild Dogs ... are Dingos and they aren't tiny. They are just slightly smaller than a German Shepherd. They will eat rabbits, of course, but the rabbit population is so much larger than the dingo population.
Australian Dingo, Australian native dog, - Aussie-Info.com