Wet Koala with Fangs Photo: Is It Real?

Wet Koala with Fangs: Holy Shit!

There's a fantastic photo going around depicting a wet koala baring a vicious-looking set of fangs. Here's the evil wet koala pic, guaranteed to give you bad dreams:

The photo isn't real, which anyone even vaguely familiar with marsupials should know. The wet koala has clearly been 'shooped, and is based on this photo by Oz-drdolittle, which depicts a damp and rather gruff-looking koala:

• Wet Koala 3

They may not have dog- or wolf jaws like the monstrosity above, but Koalas have really big claws. Don't pick up a koala in the wild. The only place it's even legal to touch a koala is in Queensland, at certain nature parks.

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