Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at the Drop Bear. Native to Australia, these creatures are related to koalas. They are carnivorous and drop from great heights to incapacitate their prey. Australians are less likely to be attacked by them and have some ways to help tourists fend them off too. What does a Drop Bear eat? How do you protect yourself? Do they even look like koalas? Listen in to find out!

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References:-

“Drop Bear.” The Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/drop-bear/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

“Fact File: Drop Bear (Thylarctos Plummetus) - Australian Geographic.” Australian Geographic, https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/fact-file/fact-file-drop-bear-thylarctos-plummetus/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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