They are NOT an urban legend!!

The vicious Drop Bears of Australia just fall on you and devour you on the spot.

The only way to stave off a Drop Bear attack is to have a fork in your hair or Vegemite behind your ears!!

Beware!!

It's true, they're not an urban legend.

No way!  When I visited Australia, they told us not to walk under U-cap-Lip-tus (sp?) trees unless we had a fork in our hair or toothpaste behind our ears.  They said that a busload of Swedish tourists had just been torn to shreds by the drop bears.  We made sure we always had skye over our heads!!

Eucalyptus trees.

It's a wonder we don't have drop bears in California, considering how many millions of Eucalyptus trees there are here.

Here is a reliable reference with unretouched pictures.