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Oz girl says Australia has drop bears. What is a drop bear?

Is that a bear that drops on you from a tree?

Posted - July 28, 2016

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  • 17261
      July 28, 2016 6:08 PM MDT
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  • 3934

    Ah, I imagine their main prey (besides tourists) is jackalopes...;-D...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope

      July 28, 2016 6:20 PM MDT
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  • I'll look for one on my next snipe hunt. 

      July 28, 2016 6:25 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Now, Old. This is why we have these foreigners on here.  To teach us about stuff we don't know. I have learned about jackalopes from Arizonans and Chupacabras from Mexicans. So now we have another unknown species to make us even more sophisticated.

      July 28, 2016 6:31 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    You have to go way down under

      July 28, 2016 6:32 PM MDT
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  •   July 28, 2016 6:36 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    I wonder if this is where Seth M.  got the idea for his bear role in the movies. 

    he's cute as a button

      July 28, 2016 6:39 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Char, compliments of Sapphic Heart.

    Drop bear

    "Dropbear" redirects here. For the SSH program, see Dropbear (software). For other uses, see Dropbear (disambiguation).
    Artistic depiction of a drop bear

    A drop bear (sometimes dropbear) is a hoax in contemporary Australian folklore featuring a predatory, carnivorous version of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This imaginary animal is commonly spoken about in tall tales designed to scare tourists. While koalas are typically docile herbivores (and notably, not bears), drop bears are described as unusually large and vicious marsupials that inhabit treetops and attack unsuspecting people (or other prey) that walk beneath them by dropping onto their heads from above.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

      July 28, 2016 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Sapphic, thank you, I cut pasted it for Char down below.  He's a non-believer. 

      July 28, 2016 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    You're welcome. It's always fun finding new knowledge. Btw, I'm a non-believer too. :-)
      July 28, 2016 7:03 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    *like*
      July 28, 2016 7:03 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    That creature is not eating eucalyptus. 

      July 28, 2016 7:10 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    Haha. No kidding. I'm glad I have a few Aussie friends. I hope they will help me mingle in between them if I go there. Lol.
      July 28, 2016 7:56 PM MDT
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  • It's the non believers that go first ... those that ignore the signs, the warnings ... Scoff if you must, but my advice stands ... be afraid, be very, very afraid ...

      July 28, 2016 8:26 PM MDT
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  • Why would he ... it's tourist season after all

      July 28, 2016 8:28 PM MDT
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  • I would stay away from Australia. Have you seen the movies that come out of there? There's something wrong with them.

      July 28, 2016 8:33 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    Oomph. *hides*
      July 28, 2016 8:43 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    I don't sense much help here oz..! I hoped you'd help me mingle in between you guys. Oomph.
      July 28, 2016 8:46 PM MDT
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  • Don't worry, I'll keep you nice and close .. they'll have to go through me to get to you, that's a promise!

      July 28, 2016 11:53 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    Phew. That was a close one. You are my chivalrous ozgirl!
      July 29, 2016 1:59 AM MDT
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