when the first explorers arrived in australia,the aborigines warned them about the bunyip,a horrible creature that lived in deep waterholes and killed anyone who went near it.There were multiple descriptions of the beast,but they usually involved huge teeth,,sharp claws and a terrifying scream.the early settlers believed the stories and kept as far away from these waterholes as possible.these days,of course.not too many australians are worried about the existence of such a creature.interestngly though,most of the descriptions of the bunyip bear a close resemblance to a prehistoric creature called a diprotodon,whose bones havebeen found in australia. some scientists think that the legend came from the aborigines sfinding such prehistoric bones:when they were shown the remains of some extinct australian animals,aborgines would often identify them as,the bunyip. is it possible that the bunyip was really acreature from the past?Or maybe it was just s story that aborigines invented to scare away their unwelcome visitors?