Some more than others. Where I used to work up in Queensland had cute kangaroos. When I traveled the great ocean road I saw mobs of hundreds led by hard looking giant mofos.
I honestly was looking for this comment to see if it had answers to my question...
Why was everyone just chill while the kangaroo was in the train with them? Like aren't these motherfuckers dangerous as fuck? Aren't they wild animals? Couldn't they just on a whim get pissed off because the train jolted them and started drop kicking motherfuckers?
Those kicks are no joke and could kill or badly injure someone. Unless kangaroos are docile creatures and it takes a lot to antagonize them so they're not really that dangerous?
Eh, even if that in particular is fake, roos aren't really a "run for your life" kind of animal, more of a "don't fuck with me" kind.
I've played cricket a few times at a ground that has a mob of 20-30 roos, and sometimes the ball lands in the middle of them. Still gotta go and get it, and yeah while they're a bit intimidating they're also pretty chill.
I think in this case I'd probably just sit there and watch it too, honestly would be more worried about it panicking and hurting itself than anything.
I assume they’re kinda like deer in Canada. Like, a white tail deer can seriously fuck you up, and I’ve seen a dog get gored to death by a buck but in general, you wouldn’t run away from them or even change what you’re doing. Just be sure not to get too close or startle it and you’re probably fine.
Looks like it was pretty chill at the moment I doubt it would go out of its way to attack them and standing up and freaking out would probably freak it out and make it more dangerous.
They are broadly vegetarian and don't hunt. They don’t mind eating insects. So they don’t see us as food, which are the most dangerous animals, like dingoes. Where they lose their chill tends to be when they have their mating hormones running. Males can fight males for mates. So basically don’t get in the way of their mating process and ittl be fine.
Im 95% sure that roo is AI. You can see its arm clip through the sitting passenger and then walk where it would seemingly be in a wall off screen. Its fur is also much smoother. It’s honestly a little worrying how far I had to scroll to see anyone comment on it. It does interact with the lighting and have slight reflections, which gave me a little doubt myself.
because its an AI generated video. or at least, the kangaroo is AI generated and added in post. There are a few frames where his left arm passes in front of the woman's skirt.
Their claws are the real scary bit. Yes they kick like mad cunts and you'd consider it lucky to come off with a broken rib, but they are liable to straight up gut you standing. That was the part of them we were taught to be wary of as kids.
Worse still you can imagine, is copping a kick then it pounces and you end up cosplaying Captain Mifune in Matrix Revolutions. Happened to a woman in Victoria a while back I think.
The video of the guy squaring up the roo to save his dog. Clench my teeth any time I see it. Like absolutely fuck that.
Edit: As a disclaimer of sorts, it's not as though they hunt people. Generally if you find a roo anywhere near civilisation they'll be on the docile side and hop away or be friendly. We had a patch of bush across my old office with a pack(?) of them that would let people sit near and pat them. You'd have to really try to get into a situation where any of the above happens. In saying that, don't fuck with them especially if you're out bush.
I’ve heard about them drowning dogs. Where does that come from? Is it a specific defense mechanism to something that eats them? Do dingos hunt kangaroos? Cause then that would make sense.
Yeah if there's a predator they will head into a pond/river and if the dog/dingo follows them in they will try and hold the dog's head under the water.
Real question: are they just...everywhere? I've seen the crossing signs (and the one hit by a car in "Talk to Me") and have been curious ever since if they are just like giant squirrels or something and you see them in neighborhoods and suburbs, or is it really only farther out in rural areas?
I grew up in the capital of Australia, Canberra. We have kangaroo culls regularly and our school ovals, parks and sports fields have kangaroo poo everywhere. I have sent my friends in Europe videos of kangaroos in my suburb just bouncing along a fence line looking for an exit. People hit them on our main roads when driving at certain times of the day/night.
For context, Canberra has about 400K-500K people, to give you an idea of city size. Though it's a planned city and has a lot of natural spaces.
Roos in the suburbs aren't really common, but also wouldn't be a 'holy shit' moment. There's a good chance any large bush area has them, and many of them are adjacent to suburbs. They aren't generally the kind of animal that is 'human friendly', so you're not going to see them doing things like begging for food.
I've grown up around kangaroos and wallabies. They often use the tails as a third leg when lazily walking around like to eat etc too. Not just for attacking.
dude, not the place. You've got to go over to the website and submit a bug report. Don't hold your breathe though. That appendix bug hasn't even been addressed yet.
Fun fact: their balls and dick are backwards from us. The balls are in front of the peen. As others have mentioned, they can also suck them back into the body so this isn’t an issue. Some other animals can also hide their testes this way like mice and rabbits.
Actually, their tail really does act as a third leg. When they "gallop", they use their tail like a rear leg and spring off of it, putting as much pressure on their tail as they put on their feet combined.
Probably not, since Kangaroos have evolved very specific traits on their caudal vertebrae that allow them to do this. So if a dino could do the same, we would be able to tell relatively easily based on their tail structure. Also, kangaroos have a more standing posture, which makes their tails touch the ground. Most biped dinos wouldn't even be able to touch their tails on the ground without crouching, since they have a much more horizontally aligned body, with stiff muscles that held it all together. But if I ever come across a paper discussing the possibility of a kangaroo like dino, you will be the first to know!
Sadly, you can't really see the tail in the 2nd pic, but I wanted to include this one, because these are mounts in the same museum, the Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. Their iguanodon fossils are some of the most famous dinosaur fossils there are. They keep the kangaroo iguanodons on display, as they've become part of the history of paleontology. They also can't remount them, because the fossils are too fragile.
Anyone who enjoys this kind of thing, check out Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong on youtube!
It's coming from a biology major that works in a paleo museum, so for my career's sake I hope it isn't bullshit lol. But I'm glad to be of help to fellow redditor doubts.
Every aussie knows you don't go near one, they'll tear your stomach clean out your asshole
Koalas will fuck you up too
Basically all the things that are cute will fuck you up, and all the things that look scary aren't as bad as you think.. Except bogans after sinking all their money on piss and losing their last multi
Yeah they're fine, box jelly fish are fucked but not all that common, deadly snakes are mostly in the bush ie not in cities and also not really predators, they scurry away. Spiders are fine for the most part. Crocs well yeah don't swim in a lake with crocs and you'll keep all your limbs, simple.
honestly we have mostly all of that in the states too, but they're in the vast empty parts of the states. I saw a few rattlesnakes in my day while in the army in Texas, but it was always out in the boonies far away from where people live. Same with scorpions in the desert. The ones that fuck with my head are alligators in the south, as they are just everywhere--if there's a pond in your backyard in the middle of a crowded suburb there's still a pretty good chance there's a gator in it. Hell, one dragged a kid off the beach in Disneyworld at a crowded resort a few years ago.
Yeah, but people steer clear of those. But they are drawn to the cute ones.
And the next thing you know your guts are falling out your stomach, your face is entirely chlamydia, and every orifice in your body is packed with cuboid blocks of shit.
I remember seeing a comment years ago on here from an Aussie on a post about how fucked up Australia was. I don’t remember the exact verbiage, but it was something like:
“I used to hate it as a kid when people would talk about how dangerous it was in Australia because of the wildlife. Then a kangaroo got into our school one day and beat the shit out of a couple of kids. I get it now.”
Hundreds of people die every year to them 😢 recent studies indicate they're even starting to evolve an immunity to the defense of Vegemite behind your ears.
It’s like alien children drew fantasy pictures in alien art class and then their alien overlords created them and decided to drop all that weird shit right in Australia.
They do not lure them in to drown them. When they are being threatened, they will seek out water in an attempt to get away. If the threat follows them in, they will defend themselves. This has been seen when people let their dogs loose to chase kangaroos and they end up in a body of water.
Kangaroos have a great marketing department because holy shit these things are terrifying. How did I spend my whole life thinking they’re just soft, cuddly, loving animals that just carry their babies around all day in a cute little sack.
I love how the guy, after punching the kangaroo just turns away from it to command his dogs, ignoring his opponent fully. The kangaroo had no idea how to react to that. "Is this still on or what?"
Yeah, that first shot where he kicked the punching bag, I didn't notice the tail planted at first and was so confused how he wasn't moving backwards from the force of the kick.
Friendly reminder, when you're looking at these absolutely jacked mfs with the forearms and biceps of a weightlifter - they don't just kick and claw, these bastards know how to choke someone out too
Yeah, they'll also put their weight onto their tails and lift both legs to place them forward, like some lazy walk. The muscle on the tail is really dense, I can't find a decent way to describe it, but there's no squish or smoosh, you poke and your finger just stops.
Their back legs move together, they don't walk. They use their tail as a sort of third leg when walking around (bouncing is different obviously) and their back legs stay parallel to each other. It's so cute when seen up close. There's a kangaroo park in Kentucky where you can go hang out with them, they are really nice. You can lay on a big one and read a book and the others will come snuggle with you.
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u/Jray1806 17d ago
Kangaroos are just deer that did hard time in prison.