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> Reminds me of that joke website (is it poisonous?). The first question was "Are you in Australia?" and if you confirmed you are, the answer was automatic "YES"...

I think Australia must be unique in having at least one venomous/poisonous species of fish, amphibian, reptile and mammal.

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mmhn not. Europe has examples in all those categories for example. Venomous mammals are rare in any case, but a few shrews have poison.

I wonder if in the case of the guy with wounded legs there was more than one actor involved.

Maybe you mean venomous in a way that threatens a human.

That's true of every continent.

Are there venomous mammals in North America? I can't think of one.

Apparently the northern short-tailed shrew, native to North America, has venom:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_short-tailed_shrew

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