r/interestingasfuck • u/Odd-Difference-1483 • 18d ago

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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u/grownquiteweary 18d ago

Every foreigner thinks kangaroos are cute

Every aussie knows you don't go near one, they'll tear your stomach clean out your asshole

Koalas will fuck you up too

Basically all the things that are cute will fuck you up, and all the things that look scary aren't as bad as you think.. Except bogans after sinking all their money on piss and losing their last multi

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u/BetaMan141 17d ago

Have the Australian public identified the Outback Laboratory responsible for engineering all these Final Boss level fauna and flora?..

And why did they go about building all these creatures to be killers when all that could've gone to realising the existence of Drop Bears and Hoop Snakes?

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u/ddraig-au 17d ago edited 17d ago

So the maximum size of a Western Red Kangaroo is around 6 feet tall. Before human predation started, they grew up to 10 get tall. Heavily predated populations tend to grow smaller over time, as the predators target the largest animal.

So just think, they used to be almost twice as large

Edit: yeah swype decided to put outdoors instead of predators

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u/BetaMan141 17d ago

Damn. Around what year(s) did this shift in size occur most notably?

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u/ddraig-au 17d ago

Well, as I said in the comment you're replying to, this was before humans arrived here.

So, to be precise, some time in the last 100,000 years

Oh yeah, we had inland crocodiles. I have no idea how they managed without water, but, yeah, inland crocodiles