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

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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u/Dawildpep 18d ago

Damn.. didn’t realize they had claws like that

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u/Thunder2250 18d ago edited 18d ago

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.

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u/BarnBurnerGus 18d ago

How does the average Aussie feel about roos? I realize it's generalizing.

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u/Thunder2250 18d ago

We generally love them to bits as long as they aren't staunched in our faces or hopping across a road we're driving on.

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u/BarnBurnerGus 18d ago

Well, I'm glad to hear that. Most of us in the rest of the world love them, I think, and would hate to have bad shit happen to them.