Might be why the people are friendly. For balance against the bellicose wildlife!Might be why the people are friendly. For balance against the bellicose wildlife!

Bill Bryson said of Australia that it has nine of the world’s ten most poisonous animals — or to put it another way, nine of the world’s nine most poisonous animals.

And bogans.

There are birds there that *use fire* which just seems excessive :)

So friendly they have special rules to stop people bringing in less unsafe animals/plants incase it upsets the local monsters!