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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| antoniothegreat wrote: |
| anyone know what animal would represent Korea? i cant explain it, but a vulture just came to mind... |
Are there any vultures who like to push and only feel safe in big groups?
Come to think of it, there isn't much wildlife around Korea, is there? |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| antoniothegreat wrote: |
| anyone know what animal would represent Korea? i cant explain it, but a vulture just came to mind... |
How about either a tiger or a bear (reconing back to Korean creation mythology)?
**edit... my students just told me it's a tiger. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
But then again, there are the drop bears. They're the ones you really have to worry about if you ever travel down under. Vicious little buggers they are. |
Drop bear
A drop bear (or dropbear) is a large fictional Australian marsupial supposedly related to the koala.
They are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous koalas that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above. They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders, and amuse locals.
Some suggest that drop bear lore is designed to discourage children from straying needlessly below eucalyptus trees, protecting them from the very real danger of getting hit by a falling branch - arbitrary detachment of old branches being very common with certain species of the eucalyptus plant.
Drop bear mythology may have its origins with the Phascolarctos stirtoni or the carnivorous Phascolarctos involus, which belong to a group of extinct animals known as Australian megafauna. The prehistoric creatures were approximately twice the size of modern koalas. Some cryptozoologists have suggested that there may also be a connection to the extinct thylacoleo, which is thought to have been an arboreal predator that may well have ambushed prey by dropping on it from overhead branches.
Stories of drop bears are often related to unsuspecting foreign visitors to illustrate Australian deadpan humour. It is suggested that doing ridiculous things like having forks in their hair or Vegemite or toothpaste spread behind their ears will deter the creatures.
Ha, ha- cute.
Btw, I heard that 'roos can disembowel people... |
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