And you lot thought I was kidding

[ElectricBlue]

Drop bears are real:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...ylacoleo-marsupial-lion-skeleton-sa/104701054

 

[Fatdog25]

Drop bears are real:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...ylacoleo-marsupial-lion-skeleton-sa/104701054

Australia - Not all of our wildlife can kill you...but it wants to!

* Not from the land of Oz, just convinced the above is absolutely true...

 

[MillieDynamite]

A complete marsupial lion skeleton replica, a kangaroo lion, what'll they replicate next?

 

[SimonDoom]

I knew it.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

I knew it.

You knew that 50,000 year old marsupial? Are you a time traveler?

-Annie

 

[ElectricBlue]

Australian critters will kill you

Hemsworth the funnel-web spider

 

[MrStill]

I think I know which direction my next Halloween story is going in...

 

[MrPixel]

Gawd. Earworm. The Redback on the Toilet Seat, by Slim Newton. It received quite a bit of play as a Dr. Demento standard in the US in the early '70s.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

On, please, EB! Thylacoleo carnifex is (was) a marsupial lion, as it clearly indicated by the derivational suffix 'leo'.

That said, good try, keep at it. Pray let us know when you've got something relating to Vombatursis praecipitem.

 

[ElectricBlue]

On, please, EB! Thylacoleo carnifex is (was) a marsupial lion, as it clearly indicated by the derivational suffix 'leo'.

That said, good try, keep at it. Pray let us know when you've got something relating to Vombatursis praecipitem.

The Hemsworth spider is the latest, "Oh my god." The drop bear is old news.

 

[SimonDoom]

On, please, EB! Thylacoleo carnifex is (was) a marsupial lion, as it clearly indicated by the derivational suffix 'leo'.

That said, good try, keep at it. Pray let us know when you've got something relating to Vombatursis praecipitem.

Let's not get lost in the weeds of scientific names. The point is, there were things up in the eucalyptus trees. They're probably still there, and they're itching to kill you.