Drop bears are carnivorous, tree-dwelling marsupials found throughout Australia. Their preferred dwelling is eucalyptus trees or gum trees. They are related to koala bears, though larger and equipped with sharp teeth and razor-like claws. Sometimes people refer to them as the koala bear's evil twin.
Drop bears prefer to feed at night. They wait in trees and then drop down on top of their prey, usually instantly knocking it unconscious. They will then proceed to devour it. They will quite readily attack creatures larger than themselves, including humans.
The only known way to deter a drop bear is to spread toothpaste or vegemite behind your ears and on your neck. It also makes sense not to pitch your tent beneath a tree that contains a drop bear. A good way to find out if a drop bear is in a tree is to lie down beneath the tree and spit upwards. If a drop bear is sleeping up there, it will wake up and spit back.
Australians are known for going to great lengths to make sure that backpacking tourists are aware of the dangers posed by drop bears. Young children attending camp are also frequently warned of this threat to their safety.
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Just a few colonies have survived and they are in dense remote bushland.
Most attacks on people are thourght to be acccidently, that's why so many have lived to tell the tale.
Vegemite was developed by C.S.I.R.O. in 1930 and has saved many Aussies since.
THEY FACE EXTINCTION and wthout help will be lost forever.
SAVE THE DROP BEARS!!!
KEVIN
(The Drop Bear Preservation Society)
Nobody has ever survived a drop bear attack to live to tell the tale, but campaigners are out there such as Drop Bear Aware, putting up signs and warning tourists of the danger. Let's face facts, why would a drop bear onesie exist if a drop bear didn't: http://www.animalsuits.com.au/shop/drop-bear-onesie/
Case closed, this should be removed from the Museum of Hoaxes and promoted to the Museum of Deadly Killer Animals
if you don't think they are real, why would they make them in a onesie: http://www.animalsuits.com.au/shop/drop-bear-onesie/
Looks like a cute koala but, oh wait, it has vicious claws and sharp teeth, perfect for dropping from trees and ravaging its prey!
Upon one being the winner of the dispute, the loser will run away at high speed and scale the nearest tree. All the while they let forth an unbelievably loud hissing roaring banshee sound until they have climbed high into a tree.
The real danger to humans is that in the low light you may look like a tree and the climbing claws are sharp and curved. As the koala attempts to climb a human, large chunks of flesh are gouged out.
The actual truth is that you should be careful wherever you go in the Australian bush. We have 8 of the top ten most deadly creature right here in our own back yard.