Aussie Koalas

Have a look at these beautiful Aussie icons.......I love koalas. They can bite though, are territorial and can get nasty if threatened and wild......Awesome animals.



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An Aussie friend of mine once told me that if I ever saw a koala on the ground to stay away from it because it meant it was drunk. I think he said they get drunk on juice from berries?

Ive never heard of that but i know koalas hav chlamydia...

Dear lizardlady,

Me thinks your friend was fibbing to you. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves from certain gums trees. If its on the ground it may be moving to another tree. They don't eat berries.

Now, have you ever heard of the drop bear?


Possum

Noppers, never heard of the drop bear.

I'll bite.... what's a drop bear?

Drop Bears
The Mysterious Drop Bears.

A legend is told of two Australian bush-men on their annual cattle muster. On this particular night, after setting up camp, one of the bush-men went down to the river to check the fish traps, while the other stayed by the camp fire strumming a tune on his faithful old guitar.Just as he ended his first tune a terrifying scream rang out. Leaving the safety of the camp fire he ran down through the bush to the river to see his mate lying on the ground shaking, with claw marks all over him. After stopping the bleeding and calming his mate down, the horrible truth was revealed. "It was a drop bear" his mate said, in a voice more like a whimper,"I just reached for the first fish trap and all of a sudden, out of that overhanging branch pounced a drop bear." "I fought as hard as I could but it was just too strong and far too fast."."Did ya get a glimpse of it?", the first bushy said. "A bit of a one, It looked a-lot like a koala, but much much meaner." Leaving all their camping gear behind, they speedily trekked out of the bush, back to civilization to tell their story to the local authorities. Their story was duly noted and recorded, but to this day no one has ever caught a drop bear, but be assured they exist, so be very careful when walking alone in the Australian bush.