Drop bears: the commercials
It’s not just Fitzy and Wippa getting in early with April Fools. However, one Canadian woman’s plea for validation from Australians that ‘Drop Bears’ are not real led to some creative types riffing public safety videos for the animal.
The tongue-in-cheek myth of the drop bear has been fanned in recent years by the likes of The Australian Museum and a raft of websites and videos promoting the mythical creature.
The post which generated more than 500 comments, and counting was simple enough: “I have a friend who recently went to Australia and now she’s convinced that these things called drop bears exist. Now I’ve done some research and that’s bullshit. But she still won’t believe me. She told me to go talk to some Australians about it then to come back to her. So here I am. So are drop bears real?”
Drop bears had wireless internet. How do we know? we haven’t found any foxtel cable or NBN at their nesting trees.
I know it’s important for tourism, but you really shouldn’t say drop bears are a myth just to boost tourist numbers. Public awareness about this issue is more important.
Of course drop bears are real. I used to see them play around the Sydney pub scene in the early 80s. (Mind you I think the crowd was more dangerous!)
I assume that while the bear is fake that’s a real dead guy that’s just made me want to throw up my lunch. Was there a more tasteful version of the joke? Personally, I work hard to avoid gore online…
Sure they are real. You find them in the same habitat as the kangawallafoxes. Sheesh….surely everyone knows that!
Maybe the government can use it to discourage boat people?
If 46% of Americans can believe in creationism then we can believe in drop bears. Maybe we could spare some of them to export………………………..
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Wow, Groucho, it must make you feel like a real hero to take every opportunity to mock people with beliefs different to you own even when it has nothing to do with the subject at hand.
You are clearly a really smart person with no insecurities at all. *slow applause*
Drop Bears not real?
Pffft! Don’t make me laugh.
Next thing we’ll be told Father Xmas, the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny aren’t real. Ha! What a crazy world that’d be.
Then we’d have to believe in god and satan, an even crazier world.And the honest ad exec.
Leave the Drop Bears, in these troubled times we have to believe in something, heaven knows the government isn’t helping.