I am an Australian. Much though I do not like to admit it (after all, stirring up foreigners is fun) this is most definitely a hoax. Pretty much all Australians will go along with it whenever this is mentioned in front of a foreigner. After all there are poisonous spiders, snakes, jellyfish, and other sea creatures. Why not a cute cuddly marsupial that will gore you to death?
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