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/Moosiemookmook 17d ago
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.