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/_xiphiaz 17d ago

Maybe if you’ve literally never left the inner city, otherwise they really are everywhere semi rural and beyond.

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u/tonksndante 17d ago

Yeah I’m like 45 out from the Melb and they are everywhere around sunrise and set. Also they get bodied by cars so often there’s always one dead on the side of the road, surprisingly close to the city. When I was living in the Dandenongs I’d usually spot a few on the way way home from work.