r/interestingasfuck 17d ago

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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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..