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.
Pretty sure a kangaroo has literally never actually gutted someone, with kicks or claw. It's the same type of bullshit like plovers have poisonous barbs in their wings, straight up bullshit.....BUT In saying that, kangaroos CAN absolutely kill you, though there are only 2 reliable cases of people dying in the last 100 years.
Honestly no clue if it's ever happened specifically but our skin doesn't offer much protection and we have seen people get fucked up by the claws. I'd say it's not a myth but just not likely.
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u/Dawildpep 17d ago
Damn.. didn’t realize they had claws like that