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

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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u/DrNinnuxx 17d ago edited 17d ago

Fun fact: Kangaroos are excellent swimmers and will purposely lure predators into deep water to drown them.

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u/725Cali 17d ago edited 17d ago

They do not lure them in to drown them. When they are being threatened, they will seek out water in an attempt to get away. If the threat follows them in, they will defend themselves. This has been seen when people let their dogs loose to chase kangaroos and they end up in a body of water.

Edited to change lose to loose. 

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u/gordonv 17d ago

I could imagine the kangaroo doing the "come here" finger wave to a dog with it's demon claw hands. The dog being a dog, can't resist.