r/interestingasfuck • u/Odd-Difference-1483 • 17d ago

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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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.

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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?

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u/TheMuntjac 17d ago

I love that movie. Would have been better with the ghost of the kangaroo she killed haunting her too.

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u/Sargentrock 16d ago

I think it was very underrated--hopefully the sequel that's in the works will draw some more attention to it! I found the foreshadowing with the poor kangaroo to be pretty effective...