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Sources:
Magpies:
https://books.google.ca/books?id=OzgLUUrAnk0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/world/what-in-the-world/australia-magpie-season.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25503
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3783916?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
http://www.publish.csiro.au/MU/MU99011
http://www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR01108
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2002/07/04/2588235.htm
Ticks:
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/ohp-tick-bite-prevention.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313755/
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2009/190/9/association-between-tick-bite-reactions-and-red-meat-allergy-humans
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2017/206/7/tick-borne-infectious-diseases-australia
Giant centipedes:
https://australianmuseum.net.au/giant-centipede#sthash.6mqLLjk4.dpuf
http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/7/3/679
http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2014/11/18/4130988.htm
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmor.1052060307
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4104317/
Strychnine trees:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3442185/
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1191/0960327102ht259cr
http://jtropag.kau.in/index.php/ojs2/article/view/337
https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-2003-818014
Cone snails:
http://www.jbc.org/content/286/25/22546.short
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ee3e/624eadd9db77817e45ac8da9f15af5ca946e.pdf [PDF]
https://www.emedicinehealth.com/wilderness_cone_snail_sting/article_em.htm#cone_snail_sting_treatment
http://ucgd.genetics.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1-s20-S0016648015002142-web.pdf [PDF]
Gympie Gympies:
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2009/06/gympie-gympie-once-stung,-never-forgotten/
https://www.writingclearscience.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stingers.pdf [PDF]
https://web.b.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=0004945X&AN=17291723&h=V5qs9mmzksDk72NHWahkfCVogWXIm1Rq9Wp8cEL5ktr0QyuUOie5CuBHefWmeJBDAXyFIwVJVu1D6eABhYQ&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspxdirecttrueprofileehostscopesiteauthtypecrawlerjrnl0004945XAN17291723
Irukandji jellyfish:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-smallest-and-deadliest-kingslayer-in-the-world/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9613803
https://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2005/04000/The_Amazing_and_Bizarre_Discovery_of_Irukandji.37.aspx
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-18/researcher-warns-dangerous-jellyfish-moving-south/7095422
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/03/here-are-the-animals-really-most-likely-to-kill-you-in-australia/
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