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

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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u/Thunder2250 17d ago edited 17d ago

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.

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u/Sargentrock 17d ago

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?

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u/nomoreteathx 17d ago

They can be found in some suburban areas but the vast majority of Australians will basically never see a kangaroo anywhere but a zoo. In rural and regional areas they're far more common, and if you live on a farm then you fucking hate them.

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u/Sure_Marionberry9451 17d ago

Sounds comparable to wolves in north america

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u/zaplipzach 17d ago

More comparable to deer in North America.. any highway you drive along, there will be dead kangaroos alongside it as well as roos hopping alongside making you grip the right hand steering wheel a little bit closer… 

Koalas are the more difficult species to spot in the wild, maybe more comparable to the wolf analogy..