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Australia and the Pacific

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Australia is the world’s smallest

continent, but it is a huge country.

Most Australians live on the coast,

far from the vast, dusty deserts

that make up the outback.

Poisonous animals

More poisonous animals

live in Australia than

in any other country.

Cone shells are sea snails

with deadly stings. The

venom causes suffocation.

Funnel-web spiders

have poisonous fangs.

One bite can be fatal.

The tiny blue-ringed

octopus can paralyse and

kill a person with its bite.

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Northern

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Esperance

Kalgoorlie

Albany

Fremantle

Geraldton

Port Hedland

Great white

shark

Boomerang

A box jellyfish’s sting

causes terrible pain that

lasts for weeks and can kill.

Taipans are the world’s

deadliest snakes. A bite

can kill in 30 minutes.

Sea snake venom can

kill a child, but bites from

these shy snakes are rare.

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