In XKCD 761, the venomousness of the inland taipan is mentioned by Hairy.
In real life, the inland taipan only occurs in semi-arid areas in Australia, plus a variety of zoos world-wide.
Possibilities I can think of:
- Biology works differently in XKCD compared to real life. For example, velociraptors exist. Maybe all species exist everywhere.
- XKCD is set in Australia. (Is there anything ruling this out?)
- Hairy either was being sloppy in his research, or was interrupted before it was finished.
- Zoos and/or research institutes failing to contain their organisms is regarded as a possibility (See: Jurassic Park)
Why is the venomousness of the inland taipan evaluated?