Gympie Gympie - Australia's most painful plant

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Just one more reason to stay home   

I hate Sharks and Jellyfish and now you have God Awful, Murderously Painful plants!!!
Thank You Arizona, only the Heat Will Kill You if you're Really Stupid!

Then again, in some parts (and seasons) black widow spiders can be found in plague-like abundance.
And - there is a certain Giant Desert Centipede, whose bite is purportedly one of the fiercest of any insect on the planet.

If you're interested, here is a video of a guy (who sometimes overacts - though, tbh...I would probably overact a lot more) taking a bite from said 'centipede (then, attempting to extract as much of the venom as he could withstand).

YUP, Black Widow Spiders are common here in the warmer months but the stay in the dark areas of Garages or attics and you have to pick it up to get one to bite you, my husband has done numerous times, it doesn't hurt him at all never has he just picks them out of the web drops them and steps down.
The centipede is found deep under rocks and old stumps and stuff like that in the summer, you normally find them while searching old washes for gold or going into old mines.
YUP!
Husband again has one hanging from the fleshy part of his hand below the little finger.
Lots and lots of pain, he just rips it off and the head was still there, so he pulled the head off of his hand.
The pain was really bad so we stopped working the claim. The pain was like a Red Hot Poker on a Nerve he said. I made an Herbal paste for his hand. That night his hand did swell up in the morning while drinking coffee and eating bacon and eggs, his hand was just fine.
There are plants in the desert that can be crushed and used to dull the pain and other systems.

I HATE Jellyfish, stinging little bastards, remind me of fire ants.