The Fearsome Australian Drop Bear! (Killer Koalas?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Slow Build in Public Awareness of Drop Bears
There are a lot of myths about koalas and coalas, says Dr. David Hoyle. They can run at speeds up to 20 miles an hour - faster than many humans. Coalas have finger prints that look remarkably like human finger prints. The reason for these is to help them grab on to the branches of the trees where they live.
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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.
