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?
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.
The vast majority of Australians definitely see kangaroos in real life, driving around at dusk or dawn even in inner suburbs they're not that uncommon.
Show up the way our deer do in Michigan. Except you used to see them sunrise and sunset, and now they hang about in herds of 100 or so in the mid-late winter. I went for years without seeing more than a few deer over that time. Then the population seemed to grow exponentially. I drove a rural route to work and it became an everyday occurrence to see at least one deer on my 17 mile stretch, and more than likely to see quite a few more.
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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?