Not everything here wants to kill you. Take the Sulphur Crested atoo for example. It gnaws on Aussie hardwood trees to sharpen it's beak, but it LOVES to chew up soft pine ... like the stuff you yanks seem to like using for your houses.

edit: Ok, now the swear filter is going a bit too far. It's a bird for crying out loud! A ... C O C K A T O O.