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.
Calm down, mate. Jesus. You're acting like a roo is going to fucking hunt you.
A roo will only fuck you up if you get in its face, that includes your dogs. They're a proud and curious creature and the vast majority of them will flee if they can.
A large grey kangroo on the otherhand, friendly or not, Brock Lesnar would shit his pants. They growl like a pitbull and will absolutely fuck you up. But they wont hunt you down.
And if you find yourself confronted by one, keep trying to move around to its backend/tail. Never front on. Same with Aunt Sally after she's knocked back a few at the local.
The tone is embellished a little for the sake of pointing out how dangerous they can be but no I'm not suggesting they hunt us. Fact remains that they can absolutely fuck humans up if you catch one at the wrong time and/or piss it off though.
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u/Dawildpep 17d ago
Damn.. didn’t realize they had claws like that