r/interestingasfuck • u/Odd-Difference-1483 • 17d ago

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

50.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

292

u/Ill_Source3532 17d ago

They balance on them then kick you generally

217

u/isymfs 17d ago

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.

52

u/discerningpervert 17d ago

I wish I had a third leg

88

u/Beautiful-Web1532 17d ago

I have one. I put it in stuff. Feels good.

19

u/luckybarrel 17d ago

Proof or it don't exist

9

u/quantum-aey-ai 17d ago

Does someone else shake the bed; or do you have to do more. Asking for science.

1

u/ZQuestionSleep 17d ago

I also love a good pair of socks.

1

u/PickleNotaBigDill 17d ago

aw shucks. I bet you meant stump.

1

u/pocketdare 17d ago

what stuff? Never mind. I don't want to know

1

u/DotKill 16d ago

Microscopes mostly

1

u/4_hammer 17d ago

Go and take one.

1

u/Wahayna 17d ago

Same bro same 😔

1

u/Wahayna 17d ago

Same bro same 😔

1

u/Wahayna 17d ago

Same bro same :(

2

u/Holograph_Pussy 17d ago

Fuckin tripod squirrel

2

u/[deleted] 17d ago

Yeah but when they're flexed up in the chest like that and just standing on that tail, not moving around on it, straight up posturing, it wants you to back tf up STAT and you better pay attention to the body language

2

u/Funkywonton 17d ago

Lazily walking around? Do they show up on busy highways or suburban streets?

3

u/isymfs 17d ago

Unfortunately yes and I’ve driven past my fair share of roo road kill. Poor Skippy. :(

I’ve had a MASSIVE one hop in front of my car around a bend and another time in my drive way. It’s worth noting I grew up in a sub-rural area. Not quite rural, not quite suburban. See lots of kangaroos and koalas etc. many signs to drive slow, koalas about.

Also, a camping site my family frequents. Dozens, maybe hundreds just roam about and people feed them. There aren’t many roads there so they’re safe at least.

1

u/Funkywonton 17d ago

Wow so it’s like deer over here in the states thats interesting, people feed them ? oh boy

1

u/Funkywonton 17d ago

Wow so it’s like deer over here in the states thats interesting, people feed them ? oh boy

1

u/[deleted] 17d ago

[deleted]

1

u/Infamous-Train8993 17d ago

I'm wondering, how clever are kangaroos ? Compared to other mammals.

35

u/_Im_Dad 17d ago

Their balls are on full display, one kick would rip them off!

61

u/freeciggies 17d ago

Nop, kangaroos suck their balls into their stomachs before the fight.

48

u/Baozicriollothroaway 17d ago

We need that on the next homo sapiens patch for real

15

u/Own_Donut_2117 17d ago

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.

6

u/Jail_Chris_Brown 17d ago

The devs are in conplete denial regarding that. "It's a feature" they claim, "thou shalt not be a lil' bitch" they say. Human-centered design my ass.

2

u/Not-a-bot-10 17d ago

That’s surely the next step to evolution

1

u/madmadtheratgirl 17d ago

tbf you can stuff your balls up the inguinal canals for a somewhat similar effect

1

u/Deaffin 17d ago

Man, be careful about that. When the kangaroos asked for it, they ended up with the frank under the beans and three tiny vaginas.

However, consider the advantage of being able to scratch your balls hands-free with enough penile precision.

1

u/ddraig-au 17d ago

I remember reading a loooong time so that sumo wrestlers learn how to do this.

No idea if it is true, but it impressed the hell out of me growing up

1

u/Ok_Literature_8788 17d ago

That feature was added hundreds of years ago. Check the patch notes history, Sumo make frequent use of it. Also, joking but not joking. Testicles will ascend in a human in cases of imminent injury, or after an impact to avoid further injury. Mirko CroCops did during his fight with... either Cheick Congo or Alistair Overeem, both of whom threw most of their offense at his groin. I had it happen at work once and had to grab a stairwell handrail in either hand and pull up against it for a few seconds to get it to drop again. It was frightening but I knew what to do.

1

u/drsteve103 16d ago

READ THE MANUAL

3

u/MajesticNectarine204 17d ago

That was always an option?! I feel cheated. Cheated and bamboozled!

1

u/That_Apathetic_Man 17d ago

Not sure suck is the word for this...

1

u/ButterscotchSkunk 17d ago

If it leaves its balls out when confronting you, it is a sign of disrespect.

16

u/Wobbly_Wobbegong 17d ago

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.

1

u/mydaycake 17d ago

Ah now the pic made sense, I was confused if that was a vulva instead of testes. So is their penises quite long to reach out to the vaginas?

8

u/Riaayo 17d ago

They actually back up into each other. You can tell Kangaroos are about to do it by the audible beep-beep-beep as they approach.

2

u/Wobbly_Wobbegong 17d ago

If you’re interested, I highly recommend going down a rabbit hole on kangaroo reproductive anatomy or really just marsupial reproductive anatomy. It’s very different from what you expect with placental mammals like us and most of the mammals we know about or see on a daily basis. The penis curves forward to reach the female. Females have a vulva like other female mammals but they’ve got weirder shit going on internally. Namely the three vaginas and two uteri.

1

u/mydaycake 17d ago

I have seen their reproduction, wild! but haven’t seen the before embryo being created part

1

u/That_Apathetic_Man 17d ago

You're one of those people that think they have a chance against a bear, as well, aye?

See those legs? See that tail? You're not getting anywhere near those balls while its still upright. They can literally jump onto the roof of a house if they wanted to. They'll kick your shit like Messi during a charity game.

1

u/That_Apathetic_Man 17d ago

You're one of those people that think they have a chance against a bear, as well, aye?

See those legs? See that tail? You're not getting anywhere near those balls while its still upright. They can literally jump onto the roof of a house if they wanted to. They'll kick your shit like Messi during a charity game.

1

u/That_Apathetic_Man 17d ago

You're one of those people that think they have a chance against a bear, as well, aye?

See those legs? See that tail? You're not getting anywhere near those balls while its still upright. They can literally jump onto the roof of a house if they wanted to. They'll kick your shit like Messi during a charity game.

1

u/bkramer32 17d ago

I thought the same thing until I read everyone else's comments to this. Learning a lot of new things about kangaroo testicles here.

I'm still curious if anyone knows, do other mammals have a similar nerve/pain sensation to humans getting kicked in the rocks? Like if you full force kick someone in the nards they're going down. Do other large mammals have the same response?

8

u/BSB8728 17d ago

And eviscerate you with those claws.

2

u/melanthius 17d ago

They can also kick you specifically

2

u/Oblivion615 17d ago

That first clip with the heavy bag is kinda scary. It sends that bag flying with what looked like zero effort. Imagine if that thing was actually trying to kill you.

2

u/bacillaryburden 17d ago

They look like they are going into slow motion because they entered some flashy combo.

1

u/[deleted] 17d ago

[deleted]

1

u/Ill_Source3532 17d ago

What is that meant to mean?

1

u/rpgmind 17d ago

Can the kick break your bones?

4

u/Ill_Source3532 17d ago

Maybe the ribs it could, apparently, they can disembowel you as well. I am not sure if they can or not, but I have heard it multiple times growing up in Australia. They commonly drown hunting dogs and normal dogs in water if being chased, they run out into the water, then when the dog chases them there they drown them with their arms. I would assume the disembowelling could occur looking at the way the roo kicked that boxing bag in the video.

1

u/rpgmind 17d ago

!!!!!😱😱😳💀🪦

0

u/Appropriate-Sound169 17d ago

Swans regularly drown dogs tbf

1

u/Lazarux_Escariat 17d ago

Raccoons are known to do this as well

1

u/Appropriate-Sound169 17d ago

Interesting, they look cute lol. We don't have raccoons in the UK. Uncontrolled 'pet' pit bulls are probably the only dangerous animals we have. Herds of cows trample people to death a lot. Well, maybe one lady dog walker dies every 3 or 4 years. Nothing to be scared of really, so long as you avoid scary dogs and fields of cows

1

u/Lazarux_Escariat 17d ago

Pit bulls are big babies by nature. They rarely get aggressive unless trained to do so or are abused.

Dogs that are feral are a different story though, regardless of breed.

Raccoons aren't common enough to be a real danger for most, only a nuisance. They are highly intelligent though, and are known for setting traps against predators and prey both. They are omnivores and will actively hunt cats if food is scarce.

1

u/Appropriate-Sound169 17d ago

I saw one on the roof of our hotel in NYC - hotel had big windows looking over the roof. It was 5am and I couldn't sleep. Was amazing to see if

1

u/mickymazda 17d ago

Kick you generously.