> and the Australian Drop Bear Urban legend I was told (In Auckland - not Australia) In the war the US army moved vast reserves into North Australia for quite

> and the Australian Drop Bear Urban legend I was told (In Auckland - not Australia) In the war the US army moved vast reserves into North Australia for quite obvious reasons. Tanks on exercises in the Australian desert got very hot, so naturally kept their hatches open whenever they could. Massed tanks on manoeuvres in the desert will from time to time run into trees. Koala spend 90% of their time asleep in trees. Completing the picture a tank blunders into a tree and koala are dislodged and rain down. Through open tank hatches. The "Great Australian Drop Bear" is a recently woken angry Koala in fight mode in a crowded tank.....