Hi Fairy-wren and a warm welcome to WAB
I should think our wildlife will seem a tad tame when compared to yours!
I suppose if you grow up with poisenous creatures all around you then you know nothing else and just accept that they are there and know how to deal with them. Much as we grow up knowing what will bite/sting by experience here.
Recent years have shown that Global warming is causing creatures that would never exist here have become resident now. My speciality area is moths and by recording for 30 years I have seen species that were rare visitors or unknown have now become resident here.
I look forward to exchanging information with you!
Naturegirl