How Australia's drop bear came to be its most deadly -- and most fake -- predator

Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they’ll likely recount a close encounter with this carnivorous, fanged cousin of the Australian koala.

TIL about the Australian hoax drop bears intended to frighten outsiders and tourists by convincing them that some treetops were inhabited by sharp-toothed flesh-eating koala that could drop down from great heights (

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These giant 'drop bears' with opposable thumbs once scaled trees in Australia. But how did they grow so huge?

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How Australia's drop bear came to be its most deadly -- and most fake -- predator

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