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Box Jellyfish
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/jellyfish/boxjellyfish/The box jellyfish is a large and transparent sea jelly with a box-shaped bell and up to 60 tentacles in four clumps along the base of the bell.
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Australian Paralysis Tick
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/australian-paralysis-tick/The Australian Paralysis Tick, Ixodes holocyclus, is found in Eastern Australia and is a parasite to native mammals, livestock, pets and even people.
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Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/dugite/Well-known to south-western WA residents, the Dugite has made itself at home around urban and semi-rural areas, drawn to the prevalence of its favoured prey – the house mouse.
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Smooth Toadfish, Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/smooth-toadfish/Smooth Toadfish, Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813)
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Reef Stonefish
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/reef-stonefish-synanceia-verrucosa-bloch-schneider-1801/Reef Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Sydney Funnel-web Spider, Atrax robustus
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/sydney-funnel-web-spider/Probably the most notorious of all spiders, Sydney Funnel-webs have a fearsome reputation. Most of this is deserved, but some is exaggerated.
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Giant Centipede
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/centipedes/giant-centipede/Giant Centipede, Ethmostigmus rubripes
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Redback Spider
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/redback-spider/Redback spiders belong to the Family Theridiidae, which is found worldwide. The notorious Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus sp) of the United States is a close relative of the Redback Spider, and only differs in appearance by the absence of a red dorsal stripe.
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Cane Toad
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/frogs/cane-toad/The Cane Toad is tough and adaptable, as well as being poisonous throughout its life cycle, and has few predators in Australia.
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Smooth Stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/smooth-stingray-dasyatis-brevicaudata-hutton-1875/Smooth Stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)
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