While we do like to play up the fact Australia has a variety of venomous animals, it is true that very few people fall prey to them. Horses and cattle are actua

While we do like to play up the fact Australia has a variety of venomous animals, it is true that very few people fall prey to them. Horses and cattle are actually the most dangerous by raw number of deaths caused - more interaction equals more opportunity. The platypus is one of the most interesting ones, being a mammal that lays eggs. The males have venomous spurs on their hind legs. That said, there are no recorded deaths from a platypus sting. In 2019, some newly erects signs on a freeway in Melbourne came down in high winds due to some defective bolts. There was even some dramatic dash-cam footage of a car being crushed. Fortunately no one was killed, but it did generate the quip that in Australia, even the road signs are trying to kill you. https://youtu.be/kdihHnaOQsk https://youtu.be/kdihHnaOQsk