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Drop bear

  • johnandrieskrause
  • Dec 12, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 28

Drop bears (scientific name: Thylarctos plummetus), sometimes spelled dropbear, are a contemporary mythical creature that were hoaxed to live in Australia, commonly spoken in tall tales designed to scare tourists. They're essentially large, carnivorous koala-like creatures that inhabit treetops and attack unsuspected people that walk beneath them by dropping onto their heads from above.

 
 
 

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Estelle Spencer
Estelle Spencer
Mar 14

I will now be extra careful & cautious when walking in an Australian forest. Scary!

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Shaun Krause
Shaun Krause
Dec 18, 2025

I didn't know what a drop bear was. Took me a few years to work out the are based on legend. Can you think of other animals that have myhical status?

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