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.AI-powered
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The Fearsome Australian Drop Bear! (Killer Koalas?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
What's Wrong With Scientific Names?
Scientists are fond of giving things whimsical names, like the sub atomic particles known as gluons. There is a trilobite species that is literally named han solo. The name of the element potassium, comes from potash. Neither the koala nor the drop bear are really bears.
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