drop bear
Carnivorous Australian hoax
A drop bear is a fictitious creature from Australian folklore—supposedly a large, vicious, carnivorous koala that drops from trees onto unsuspecting victims below.
Australians invoke drop bears to tease tourists and foreigners: Watch out for drop bears in the bush.
The joke plays on Australia's reputation for dangerous wildlife.
Traditional explanatory tale
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- tall taleWildly exaggerated story
- urban legendUnverified viral story
- cryptidUnproven legendary animal
hoax · prank · joke · fabrication · fable · scaremongering · gullibility · tourist
Pouch-bearing mammal
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- arborealOf or in trees
- tree-dwellingLiving in branches
carnivorous · fanged · claws · ambush · predatory · treetop · canopy · wildlife
myth
Traditional explanatory tale
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- tall taleWildly exaggerated story
- urban legendUnverified viral story
cryptid · hoax · prank · joke · fabrication · fable · scaremongering · gullibility · tourist · warning
marsupial
Pouch-bearing mammal
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- arborealOf or in trees
tree-dwelling · carnivorous · fanged · claws · ambush · predatory · treetop · canopy · wildlife · bush
- Australasiakangaroo, koala, Sydney, Melbourne, outback
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- cryptidsBigfoot, sasquatch, yeti, Nessie, Loch Ness Monster
- Australian ComedyDame Edna, Rebel Wilson, Eric Bana, Paul Hogan, Crocodile Dundee