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Drop bear
A dropbear or drop bear is a fictitious Australian marsupial.〔Lang, Anouk (June 2010). "Troping the masculine: Australian animals, the nation, and the popular imagination". Antipodes Volume 24 Issue 1.〕〔Butler, Susan. ''The Dinkum Dictionary'', p. 98 Text Publishing, 2010.〕〔Staff Writers. ''Herald Sun'', 24 October 2014. "(Australia’s greatest hoaxes: the pranks that tricked a nation )".〕〔Switek, Brian. ''Slate'', "(These Horrifying Creatures Ought to Be Movie Stars )".〕
Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous marsupials related to koalas (although the koala is not a bear) that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above.〔David Wood, "(Yarns spun around campfire )", in ''Country News'', byline, 2 May 2005, accessed 4 April 2008〕 They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders and amuse locals, similar to the jackalope, hoop snake, or wild haggis. Stories of attacks by the fictional animal are commonly told to scare tourists.〔Miller, John, ''(The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases )''. p. 88. 2011.〕
Various methods suggested to deter drop bear attacks include placing forks in the hair, having Vegemite or toothpaste spread behind the ears or in the armpits, urinating on oneself, and only speaking English in an Australian accent.〔〔''Canberra City News'', "Spreading the Myth", 6 August 2003.〕
==Australian Museum==
The Australian Museum website has a purportedly serious entry on drop bears in its catalogue of Australian fauna, classifying them as ''Thylarctos plummetus'', "a large, arboreal, predatory marsupial related to the Koala". It describes the creatures as being the size of a very large dog, having coarse orange fur with dark mottling, with powerful forearms for climbing and attacking prey, and a bite made using broad powerful premolars rather than canines. Specifically it states that they weigh and have a length of . The tongue-in-cheek entry〔http://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/museullaneous/socialmusings-stories-from-july〕 was created for "silly season".〔(Australian Museum - In the News Dec 2010 ) Describes the entry on ''Drop Bears'' as being inspired by "the 'silly season'".〕 The Australian Museum later established a small display in the museum itself, exhibiting artefacts which it says "may, or may not, relate to actual Drop Bears".〔
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