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  2. Drop bear - Wikipedia

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    The drop bear (sometimes dropbear) is a hoax in contemporary Australian folklore featuring a predatory, carnivorous version of the koala. This imaginary animal is commonly spoken about in tall tales designed to scare tourists.

  3. The Drop Bear: Australia's Deadliest Myth - YouTube

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    These bears are not your typical cuddly creatures. These fuzzy nightmares are the embodiment of the term "death from above." Drop bears. You might be thinkin...

  4. Fact File: Drop bear (Thylarctos plummetus) - Australian ...

    www.australiangeographic.com.au/fact-file/fact...

    The drop bear is a native Australian marsupial related to the koala that is ferocious, savage, cunning and…. entirely fabricated. The urban legend surrounding this predatory creature centres on the idea that this territorial animal ‘drops’ from the treetops on unsuspecting bush walkers and tourists.

  5. Drop bears: the true history of a fake Australian animal | CNN

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    Many countries have a creature which is rumored to exist but is never seen – think dragons, yetis and the Loch Ness monster. But with the drop bear, there’s a twist. No Australian actually...

  6. Drop Bear - Australian Museum

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    120kg, 130cm long, 90 cm at the shoulder. The Drop Bear legend tells of a large, arboreal, predatory marsupial related to the Koala that 'drops' on its prey. Around the size of a leopard or very large dog with coarse orange fur with some darker mottled patterning (as seen in most Koalas).

  7. The true and unadulterated history of the drop bear ...

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    Many countries have a creature which is rumored to exist but is never seen — think dragons, yetis and the Loch Ness monster. But with the drop bear, there's a twist. No Australian actually...

  8. Giant Flesh-Eating Koala of Legend Was Real - National Geographic

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    Now Samuel Arman and Gavin Prideaux have forwarded even more evidence that Thylacoleo was a skilled climber: thousands of scratch marks in the lair of Australia’s real drop bear. Southwestern...