
The Fearsome Australian Drop Bear! (Killer Koalas?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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What Is the Scientific Name of the Drop Bear?
In 20 12, the scientific journal australian geographer had a paper titled indirect tracking of drop bearers using g and s s technology. So there were published scientific studies on them by 20 12. Now that scientific journals are reporting their existence, do they have a en name? Yes. Ordinarily, you don't get a scientific name unless you've got an actual specimen, known as a voucher specimen,. That can be used for future study. There is an exception to this, which happens to be the lochnes monster. It was given a scientific name in 19 75 because of the way conservation laws work in britain. And even though it thought to be extinct, there
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Australia is known for many strange, dangerous animals, but one famous cryptid from Down Under is the fearsome Drop Bear. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli, with help from Matt Fradd and the Catholics of Oz, recount what we know about the Drop Bear and how to protect ourselves against it.
