Tell me more about the spiders!!! Do they eat mice etc?
I sort of reached that 'farrk living there' conclusion about Australia, when cataloging the venomous snakes in our respective habitats. As a boy I had to worry about only three kinds: Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths, and Water Moccasins. Most of the things I might meet on a given day weren't trying to kill me, and furthermore weren't equipped to do so if they had wanted to.
By contrast, as I understand it, in Australia pretty much EVERY species of snake is lethally venomous.