Think Australia. Think big. Great Barrier Reef. Ayer's Rock. Giant Crocs. Great Whites. But the deadliest things come in small packages. Venomous killers, some no bigger than a dime, lurk in the bush, the oceans, in tidepools and open desert. Sometimes they make themselves at home in your kitchen, your garage, or your swimming pool. They're Australia's little assassins. They deliver their venom in a remarkable variety of ways. There are fish with poison-tipped fins, a mammal with venomous claws, octopi and jellyfish with nasty stingers, tiny cone shells with poisonous darts that can kill a human in 10 minutes, toxic sponges and corals, and even a giant stinging tree. That's, of course, in addition to a full range of spiders and snakes, including ten of the most lethal snakes in the world.

A combination of fascinating interviews with scientists, reconstructions of animal encounters, and beautiful natural history imagery, Australia's Little Assassins is a real eye-opener.