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?
I grew up in the capital of Australia, Canberra. We have kangaroo culls regularly and our school ovals, parks and sports fields have kangaroo poo everywhere. I have sent my friends in Europe videos of kangaroos in my suburb just bouncing along a fence line looking for an exit. People hit them on our main roads when driving at certain times of the day/night.
For context, Canberra has about 400K-500K people, to give you an idea of city size. Though it's a planned city and has a lot of natural spaces.
Roos in the suburbs aren't really common, but also wouldn't be a 'holy shit' moment. There's a good chance any large bush area has them, and many of them are adjacent to suburbs. They aren't generally the kind of animal that is 'human friendly', so you're not going to see them doing things like begging for food.
Agreed, not every suburb but I grew up backing on to Mt Ainslie as did most of my friends and moved to Gungahlin early. Theres plenty of them out there. My high school regularly had roo poo everywhere and even a dead one once. Id say theyre common depending on the suburb. We are the Bush capital after all.
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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?