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The recent bushfires are driving wildlife into townships, and that includes the dangerous Drop Bear.
So if you need a smile today, watch how this reporter handles one...
William Gibson's "The Peripheral" has Drop Bears
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Lol, had to read link to be sure, I though that was a Terry Pratchett creation!
Suddenly the birds stopped.
A branch creaked.
The drop-bear…dropped.
It was a close relative of the koala, although this doesn’t mean very much. After all, the closest relative of the common elephant is about the size and shape of a rabbit. The drop-bear’s most notable feature was its posterior, thick and heavily padded to provide the maximum shock to the victim with the minimum shock to the bear. The initial blow rendered the prey unconscious, and then the bears could gather round to feed. It was a magnificent method of killing, since in other respects the bears were not very well built to be serious predators, and it was therefore particularly unfortunate for this bear that it chose, on this night, to drop on a man who might well have had “Victim” written all over him but also had “Wizard” written on his hat, and that this hat, most significantly, came to a point.
Rincewind lumbered to his feet and ran into a few trees while he tried, with both hands on the brim, to lift his hat off his head. He managed it at last, stared in horror at the bear and its peculiarly confused expression, and shook it off and into the bushes. There were thumps around him as more bears, disoriented by this turn of events, hit the ground and bounced wildly.
In the trees the budgerigars woke up and, the simple message by now having had time to work its way into their brain cells, shrieked, “Who’s a pri’y boy, den?” A madly tumbling bear whirled past Rincewind’s face.
“Just so long as there’s no more of those damn dropping bears,” said Rincewind.
The men laughed.
“Drop-bears? Who’s been feedin’ you a line about drop-bears?”
“What do you mean?”
“There’s no such thing as drop-bears! Someone must’ve seen you coming, mate!”
“Huh? They’ve got…they went,” Rincewind waved his arm, “boing…all over the place…great big teeth…”
“I reckon he's madder’n Morgan’s mule, mate!” said Clancy.
The group went silent.
“How mad is that, then?” said Rincewind.
Clancy leaned on his saddle and looked nervously at the other men. He licked his lips. “Well,
it’s…”
“Yes?”
“Well, it’s…it’s…” His face twisted up. “It’s…”
“Ver’…?” Rincewind hinted.
“Ver’…” Clancy mumbled, clutching the syllable like a lifeline.
“Hmm?”
“Ver…ry…”
“Keep going, keep going…”
“Ver…ry…mad?” said Clancy.
“Well done! See? So much easier,” said Rincewind.
13thfloormonk
Lol, had to read link to be sure, I though that was a Terry Pratchett creation!
It's been a part of Australian folklore for ages. A line they used to feed to people fresh out from the Empire's homeland.
Look, reminding the Poms about drop bears won't help the Tourism that Australia is going to need in the coming years.
Look, reminding the Poms about drop bears won’t help the Tourism that Australia is going to need in the coming years.
At least a lot of the more venomous fauna will have been cleared out, but the fires won’t do much about the aquatic ones.
Quite looking forward to seeing how the drop bears look in the TV version of The Periferal, if it actually goes into production.
Lol, had to read link to be sure, I though that was a Terry Pratchett creation!
Wasn’t another feature of Fourecs that they put all their politicians in prison as it saves time later?
CountZero
At least a lot of the more venomous fauna will have been cleared out, but the fires won’t do much about the aquatic ones.
Quite looking forward to seeing how the drop bears look in the TV version of The Periferal
I've seen what bushfires do to snakes etc. It's bloody horrible, I wouldn't wish that on any animal.
Drop bears, TV series, tell us more... 🙂
But it's actually the giant aquatic gecko that folk want to worry about.
Saw it on the BBC last night. Classic workplace wind up, but I did feel a bit sorry for the reporter, she really seemed like she was shitting herself. 😅
its a joke that only the Australians find funny
Are they related to the tree octopus?
its a joke that only the Australians find funny
The Australian equivalent of...
https://www.visitscotland.com/blog/scotland/world-exclusive-wild-haggis-captured-on-film/
(Still funny!)
Insiiiiiide the ride!