What does wet koala mean? Here’s why you should NEVER Google it
GOOGLE is many people's favourite search engine but it can conjure up some unwanted images by accident.
Wet koala might seem an innocent term, but its shocking Google meaning is far from the sweet images you might be imagining.
A Photoshopped image of a scary-looking koala went viral, giving people nightmares.
Some internet users felt something was not right, which raised speculation about the image's authenticity.
The viral picture showed a koala with nasty-looking fangs, seemingly ready to attack someone.
The original photo was shot by a Flickr user in 2009 and only years later it was revealed that the photo was actually fake.
A Reddit threat which was published after the image went viral acknowledged the hoax and suggested that a dog's jaws had been superimposed over the image of a koala.
In reality, wet koalas do not look scary at all, as some photos taken in the wild show.
Koalas are a national symbol of Australia's unique wildlife and can be found in the wild on the southeast and eastern sides of Australia, along the coastlines of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.
Generally, they are not dangerous unless they feel threatened.
Koalas are classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The most significant threat to koala populations is habitat loss due to clearing of forests in Australia for urban, industrial and rural development, explains.
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According to the findings of a year-long inquiry presented to the Australian parliament last year, the koala will become completely extinct in New South Wales before 2050.
Committee Chairwoman Cate Faehrmann said that 5,000 koalas had died in the horrific bushfires that scorched over a million hectares of the state between 2019 and 2020.
This destroyed 24 per cent of koala habitat on public land, rising to 81 per cent in badly affected areas.