There are most definitely 'good guys' here. Or, at least, less bad guys. Let's not continually impose a shape to these doings based on our preconceptions/ predilections/ prejudices. There are plenty of folks to do that for us, OP.

Sounds like Don'l saw the PBS broadcast on the Platypus Guardian, some wonderful photography and a glimpse of the male Platypus' poison spurs, including a fight between males where one was able to jam his spurs into his foe. It said nothing about how deadly they were, and I'm inclined to believe they are bad but not near as bad as many reptilian venoms. There is a scene in the fictional Aubrey-Maturin series where one of the protagonists gets spurred and is considerably endangered. While fictional the author based events off of much research.

NPR day before yesterday aired a short segment where the Israeli guide insisted there was Hamas tunnel activity below them, under Israeli territory, as the recording was being made.