SNEAK PEEK: Big news about a tiny killer | 60 Minutes Australia

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:01]All of these are the eastern paralysis ticks.

[00:00:03]>> Who would have thought something so tiny?

[00:00:05]>> And these are the small immature nymphs.

[00:00:07]They're just as dangerous as the adult >> could cause so much despair.

[00:00:11]>> I literally thought I was having a heart attack.

[00:00:13]>> Even death.

[00:00:14]>> We had no idea that's as dangerous as a brownstone.

[00:00:17]>> If we'd known my son would still be here today >> on 60 minutes.

[00:00:22]>> The increase in cases was shocking, but also just the scale. The little monsters lurking in the Australian bush.

[00:00:29]>> You suspect more people have died from this.

[00:00:31]>> Oh, I know more people have died from this.

[00:00:34]>> You won't believe the way people discover >> they cooked the sausages.

[00:00:38]>> They had marshmallows as well.

[00:00:39]>> Their lives are at risk.

[00:00:41]>> And I'm thinking, no, you just don't have a 16-year-old just dropped dead.

[00:00:47]>> Sunday on 9 and 9 now.