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Drop bear
Hoax in Australian folklore / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Dropbear" redirects here. For the SSH program, see Dropbear (software). For other uses, see Dropbear (disambiguation).
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. While koalas are typically docile herbivores (and are 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]
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