Doctor Blunder went down under
On a tourist plane;
He died in combat,
With a hairy-nosed wombat,
And never returned home again.
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Friday, 19 Feb 2016, 21:58
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Doctor Blunder went down under
On a tourist plane;
He died in combat,
With a hairy-nosed wombat,
And never returned home again.
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A hairy-nosed wombat? He was lucky. It could have been a drop bear. Nasty buggers they are. A carnivorous marsupial the Australian government tries to pretend does not exist.
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Let's see if this link workshttp://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2013/04/drop-bears-target-tourists,-study-says
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2013/04/drop-bears-target-tourists,-study-says
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I'll keep eating the Vegemite then!
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PS how did you learn of the Drop Bears?
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A friend from South Africa occasionally horrified me with stories about critters he grew up with so I responded with links to articles about parasites and so it escalated into an email gross-fest, looking for ever more unpleasant things that want to live on us or eat us. Thus I came across the drop bear, despite it being made elusive because of attempts to cover it up.
I can understand why the Australian Tourist Board are happy there are none in zoos around the world and why the Australian customs service would be surprised if anyone ever managed to smuggle one past them.
I would hate to come across one in the wild, obviously, but then I've never wandered that far.
Personally I'd go for the toothpaste deterrent, at least that would look like sun-cream. I'd hate to have a Strine think I didn't wash behind my ears.