Home | President's Bit | EPIC Editors | Upcoming AGM | Mt Morgan | Trip Photos Bush Baggage | Drop Bears   With a million tourists expected to visit Sydney for the Olympic Games, authorities are being tight lipped about a local creature that has the potential to kill thousands of unwary visitors. This vicious animal sleeps by day and hunts by night.   What is this little known creature? Locals refer to them in hushed tones as the dropbear, no doubt named after the animal's hunting methods where it silently traverses the treetops looking for its next meal. When it sees a victim, it drops from the tree and rips out the throat of the poor unwitting passerby.   You will find it hard to find reference to this creature in encyclopaedias, because its origin is shrouded in shame for the human race. Twins born of a chance liason between a koala and a professional wrestler in the early 1960s have bred at an alarming rate, with the numbers now in the tens of thousands in the Sydney metropolitan region alone. Growing to a meter long and to a weight in excess of 50kg, the dropbear has inherited features from both parents, combining the cute cuddly appearance of the wrestler with the nasty disposition of the koala. Strong claws can rip through sheet metal up to 10 mm thick and powerful jaws can snap bones easily.   Tourists wishing to protect themselves are advised to use the only 100% effective deterrent. The dropbear doesn't like the smell of Vegemite. Therefore, a liberal coating of this product applied to the face and neck regions will afford protection. Due to the numbers of dropbears around these days, Vegemite can be found on sale in every supermarket in Australia.