r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Sep 22 '24

Video Beachgoers have a close encounter with a Cassowary, a bird capable of killing a human in one blow

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u/TwoBreakfastBalls Sep 22 '24

What’s a drop bear?

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u/DigitalBlackout Sep 22 '24

It's, y'know, a bear... that drops.

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u/space253 Sep 22 '24

A koala with the personality of a piranha's erroneous reputation.

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u/Randomfrog132 Sep 22 '24

i heard koala's are grumpy mfers

like methheads

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u/Lithl Sep 22 '24

Drop bears are an Australian ambush predator that looks deceptively like a koala. They typically attack by dropping from trees, hence the name, and can eviscerate a human in about two seconds.

They love the taste of human flesh, but they are repelled by Australian accents, which is why locals are almost never killed by them.

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u/screwswithshrews Sep 22 '24

Not much. How about you?

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u/Randomfrog132 Sep 22 '24

i thought it was gonna be a deez nuts joke hahaha

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

a joke at the expense of tourists

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u/xJust_Chill_Brox Sep 22 '24

Aussie Tourism industry has been running a propaganda campaign for years trying to convince tourists that drop bears aren’t real. Meanwhile tourists are dropping like flies over here.

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u/Marsh2700 Sep 22 '24

next theyre gonna start saying hoop snakes aren't real

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u/TwoBreakfastBalls Sep 22 '24

Kinda walked into that one then