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

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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u/ExtraChariot541 17d ago

This is a strange way to discover that kangaroos can balance on their tails.

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u/fadedwiggles 17d ago

that was the only thing i was focused on. it made them so much taller and stronger like a third leg!

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u/Ill_Source3532 17d ago

They balance on them then kick you generally

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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.

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u/discerningpervert 17d ago

I wish I had a third leg

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u/Beautiful-Web1532 17d ago

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

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u/luckybarrel 17d ago

Proof or it don't exist

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u/quantum-aey-ai 17d ago

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

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u/ZQuestionSleep 17d ago

I also love a good pair of socks.

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u/PickleNotaBigDill 17d ago

aw shucks. I bet you meant stump.

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u/pocketdare 17d ago

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

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u/DotKill 16d ago

Microscopes mostly

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u/4_hammer 17d ago

Go and take one.

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u/Wahayna 17d ago

Same bro same 😔

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u/Wahayna 17d ago

Same bro same 😔

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u/Wahayna 17d ago

Same bro same :(

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u/Holograph_Pussy 17d ago

Fuckin tripod squirrel

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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

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u/Funkywonton 17d ago

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

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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.

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u/Funkywonton 17d ago

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

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u/Funkywonton 17d ago

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

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u/Infamous-Train8993 17d ago

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