OK kids, now that I have your attention.... Thylarctos plummetus is the scientific name for the infamous Australian Drop Bear....(stay with me, this is important stuff) As we all know this creature has the amazing ability to sense and target overseas tourists in their attack pattern.
OK kids, now that I have your attention.... Thylarctos plummetus is the scientific name for the infamous Australian Drop Bear....(stay with me, this is important stuff) As we all know this creature has the amazing ability to sense and target overseas tourists in their attack pattern.
Bit of a worry, some may believe this. They also have " drop bears" on the Bundaberg Rum Tour, and that was before the free sampling...
bill12 said
06:30 AM Dec 11, 2010
We have them on Magnetic island, along with the vampire fruit bat, and the lost soul curlew.The medical centre has a lot of cases of cricked necks from backpackers walking around looking into the trees. Also, they collide with the trees all the time.The deafening scream of the drop bear in full flight is a wonder to be heard!Watch out for them drop bears-
-- Edited by bill12 on Saturday 11th of December 2010 06:31:30 AM
jimricho said
07:41 AM Dec 11, 2010
M.I. sounds like a really frightening place. Not only Drop Bears and Lost Soul Curlews but bats that live on diet of vampire fruit. Maybe the bats keep the vampire fruit under control otherwise that could be really dangerous!
PS: I'd never heard of vampire fruit before. Are blood plums and blood oranges vampire fruit???
sandsmere said
07:53 AM Dec 11, 2010
Drop spiders are much worse .
bill12 said
08:06 AM Dec 11, 2010
They are called Burdiken plums, and give you a bit of a blood lust if you eat too much of them. Also good in fritters.You also seem to see more of them when you drink some of our local home made hooch. Strange, eh?
-- Edited by bill12 on Saturday 11th of December 2010 08:07:25 AM
brickies said
10:22 AM Dec 11, 2010
Do these drop bears have anything to do with drop toilets , can anyone compile a list of were they live so we can do a tour to try and site these bear and are they protected
bill12 said
11:05 AM Dec 11, 2010
I saw a 9ft tall one the last time I drank Bundy OP. I must admit his actions were a bit mechanical, though.
jandas fun said
11:25 AM Dec 11, 2010
brickies wrote:
Do these drop bears have anything to do with drop toilets
Don't know brickies, but i'm sure i once heard one in a "windy loo"
Johnw
goinsoon said
11:34 AM Dec 11, 2010
It's the East Australian hoop snake you have to worry about
brickies said
01:31 PM Dec 11, 2010
well we should not be alarmed about all this but please stay alert
bill12 said
04:14 PM Dec 11, 2010
Definately! The world needs LERTS!
goinsoon said
06:52 PM Dec 11, 2010
Careful, dont go out in the dark when there are LERTS about
OK kids, now that I have your attention.... Thylarctos plummetus is the scientific name for the infamous Australian Drop Bear....(stay with me, this is important stuff) As we all know this creature has the amazing ability to sense and target overseas tourists in their attack pattern.
The Australian Museum has full details of the dangerous creature and this should be checked out at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Drop-Bear
They also have " drop bears" on the Bundaberg Rum Tour, and that was before the free sampling...
-- Edited by bill12 on Saturday 11th of December 2010 06:31:30 AM
-- Edited by bill12 on Saturday 11th of December 2010 08:07:25 AM
Johnw