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Offline tel

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Just for Dave .....
« on: September 03, 2012, 08:37:38 AM »
... who doesn't really believe in 'em!

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Re: Just for Dave .....
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2012, 08:51:03 AM »
Tel

Guess that makes it official huh.  :pinkelephant:

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Re: Just for Dave .....
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2012, 09:57:42 AM »
 Australian Museum


Animal Species:Drop Bear   The Drop Bear, Thylarctos plummetus, is a large, arboreal, predatory marsupial related to the Koala.
   Drop Bear distribution map
 


Drop Bear distribution map
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Identification


Around the size of a leopard or very large dog with coarse orange fur with some darker mottled patterning (as seen in most Koalas). It is a heavily built animal with powerful forearms for climbing and holding on to prey. It lacks canines, using broad powerful premolars as biting tools instead.


 Size range120kg, 130cm long, 90 cm at the shoulder.


 Distribution


Drop Bears can be found in the densely forested regions of the Great Dividing Range in South-eastern Australia. However there are also some reports of them from South-east South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges and Kangaroo Island.


Habitat

Closed canopy forest as well as open woodland on the margins of dense forest. Never encountered near roads or human habitation.

 
 Habitat type

 
Vegetation Habitat: closed forest, tall closed forest, tall open forest, tall open shrubland
 
 What does this mean?
 
Feeding and Diet

  Examination of kill sites and scats suggest mainly medium to large species of mammal make a substantial proportion of the animal's diet. Often, prey such as macropods are larger than the Drop Bear itself.
Drop Bears hunt by ambushing ground dwelling animals from above, waiting up to as much as four hours to make a surprise kill. Once prey is within view, the Drop Bear will drop as much as eight metres to pounce on top of the unsuspecting victim. The initial impact often stuns the prey, allowing it to be bitten on the neck and quickly subdued.
If the prey is small enough Drop Bears will haul it back up the tree to feed without harassment from other predators.
 
 Feeding Habit 


 carnivorous

 What does this mean?
 
Mating and reproduction 

Breeding occurs during summer and usually one baby, or joey, is produced each year. After six months in the pouch, the joey is gradually weaned from milk.
 
 Era / Period   Quaternary Period

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Danger to humans and first aid

 Bush walkers have been known to be 'dropped on' by drop bears, resulting in injury including mainly lacerations and occasionally bites. Most attacks are considered accidental and there are no reports of incidents being fatal.
There are some suggested folk remedies that are said to act as a repellent to Drop Bears, these include having forks in the hair or Vegemite or toothpaste spread behind the ears. There is no evidence to suggest that any such repellents work.
 
Classification 

Species:plummetusGenus:Thylarctos 

What does this mean?
 
  Chris Hosking , Interpretive Officer
 Last Updated: 6 February 2012
 Tags drop, bear, killer, koala, vegemite, marsupial, mystery, cryptozoology,
       
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Re: Just for Dave .....
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2012, 11:06:23 AM »
 :ROFL:

Got my vegimite.....just in case...
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2012, 11:11:55 AM »
I hope it was a BIG jar!
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2012, 11:44:26 AM »
I still have a 10 pounder of it left over from band camp!.......good for keeping Moose away....though they're not as big as dropbears.... :Jester:

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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2012, 12:32:31 PM »
Got any pictures then ?  :)
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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2012, 12:39:13 PM »
 :ROFL:
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Re: Just for Dave .....
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2012, 07:17:22 PM »
Got any pictures then ?  :)
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DaveH

Just for you Dave here is a link to several picture's of the Drop Bear.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Spirit-Creatures-Show-Drop-Bear-2/


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« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2012, 07:55:05 PM »
Thanks Don,  :)
I like to know what the guys are talking about  :pinkelephant: otherwise I feel left out  :)
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« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2012, 08:50:55 PM »
Thanks Don,  :)
I like to know what the guys are talking about  :pinkelephant: otherwise I feel left out  :)
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Dave

You mean they don't have Drop Bears in RSA?  :Jester:

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Re: Just for Dave .....
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2012, 10:04:06 PM »
Hi Don,

No I'm afraid not, we do have the illusive Climbing Elephant  (Escendere Elephantidea)

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« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2012, 10:17:13 PM »
Here is a photo of the Climbing Elephant.

If you look closely at the extreme top right.
Climbing Elephants normally hang around with their ground cousins, staying with the herd by leaping from one acacia tree to the next.
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Re: Just for Dave .....
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2012, 11:40:45 PM »
Just as long as they don't morph into drop-elephants, then you'd have real problems.
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