Just because they're slow, unbelievably stupid herbivores doesn't mean koalas can't be dangerous. They use those claws to climb eucalyptus trees, after all.
One time during a solar cycle race in America, my dad managed to freak out a couple of Canadians who wondered why the Australian kids on his school's team were so tough, simply by telling them of some of the more dangerous features of koalas, platypus, kangaroos and cassowaries. And then by getting them to try a small part of a really thick Vegemite sandwich and having one of the kids that really liked Vegemite just eat the thing whole in front of them.
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