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.
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.
Kangaroos are like missiles of mass destruction that bounce from the dark on the side of the road and hit your front grill/bonnet. They sometimes just appear in your headlights and stare like a proverbial deer in the headlights. It's better to hit them front on because swerving at high speeds is not a good idea. We have roo bars and spotlights to try and avoid hitting them. We hit a huge male in our motor home and it folded our bumper, rolled under the wheel and sprayed blood everywhere. You feel so bad when it happens.
In saying that North America scares me with the thought of buffalo and moose as the alternative.
Sounds like deer here in the US then. They jump out into the road without warning the same way. Buffalo and moose are usually just hanging around. Buffalo are usually in herds, and just stand around in a field. Sometimes they'll get in a fight and you don't want to be in the way when the loser starts running. Moose are pretty rare to see and aren't just jumping out in front of cars like deer. They're big though, wouldn't want to piss one off.
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u/Thunder2250 17d ago edited 17d 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.