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I have just been making some cards up and went to put my koala ones into the correct category. It has been called "koala bear".... a koala is not a bear and it is innapropriate to call it so. Why don't we just call a snake a lizard!  It is just a small thing and perhaps one day it might get fixed.  Cheryl
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Spot on. In fact the closest relation to the Koala is another Aussie treasure. The Wombat. Which funnily enough, isn't a bat...  I'll get my coat.
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Hope it's not a "koala bear coat"!  Doing a search in the main search engine...so many people are titling their cards as koala bears...it's wrong people!  As for a wombat...well, it is a wombat..not a wombat bat...  Cheryl....climbing off soapbox now
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It was close enough to support a lame joke.
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It never bothered Tingha and Tucker "Woomerang, Boomerang- Look over there! It's Tingha and Tucker, the two little bears!"
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Actually Australians just call them Koala's. We know they're not bears.
They are their own unique speices Dementees.
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Sounds nice but for chewing Eucalyptus leaves all day long. Great for a bung nose. But chewing them for Breakfast lunch and tea? No thanks.
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It isn't that tough to just call them Koala. This label is easily understood even by people who think that "bear" is a legitimate part of the name. In tags a person might want to add "koala bear" for those who search phrase specific, but Zazzle categories can be, and should be correct especially when, as here, correct labels do not adversely affect finding it.
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Unreal, Political correctness for an animal.
Look, I'm as Australian as you can get (without being aboriginal) and they are known as both "Koala and Koala Bear". They do look like a type of bear and it is accepted throughout Australia that they are called Koala Bears.
Anyone want to put up the argument for "Drop bears"!!!
(Yes, they do get drunk on the leaves and fall out of trees!!!)
Jen
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I absolutely love koalas too! I live in Australia and right across the road from me is the bush and I see a koala at least every second day....they are the cutest little things you ever did see. Cheryl
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Until they wee on you Cheryl
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LMAO! So true....but I don't stand right underneath them...then there is the legend of the "drop bear".  Do a google search. He he he ... Cheryl
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I have a website on drop bears and koalas, here oh and of course we all know you can believe everything you read on the internet
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For those that don't know, "Drop Bears and Hoop snakes" are 2 of the most dangerous Animals in the world!!!! They can rip you apart in seconds and then leave. The hoop snake does this by grabbing it's tail in it's mouth and rolling down hills!!! You really won't know what hit you. Want to know why the Bunyip is in danger of extinction? Blame the Drop bears and Hoop Snakes!!!! Jen Just read the link on Koalas. What a laugh!!! Drop Bears don't explode all over you. They drop on you from a great height and proceed to rip you apart. The Grunting and flatulence is correct though!!!
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