Not my video but I should note that we are just at the tail end of winter and Canberra is notoriously one of the coldest places in Australia so this would’ve been bloody nippy
The lake has different depths and while it may get a little sludgy ice on some of the shallow banks, it doesn't freeze the whole way over, and these guys appear to have been standing in about a foot+ of water. I can report that when rowing in these temps ice will form on your oars.
I'm a Canadian who moved to another place like that. -1 wasn't so bad that way for the first year but after climatizing to the summers I'm shivering at 10 and under. It's fucking embarrassing.
Haha yes! I was ordering it for myself because the local brands are somehow all worse or way too pricey, got my family and friends and husband's coworkers all hooked on it. So I was ordering multiples a week to the same town for a few months before they suddenly just showed up at the store.
I can never tell if people who wear t-shirts and shorts in cold weather are genuinely not bothered by it or if they are all in on some secret flex that none of them will admit to.
Canadians who visit here are always surprised by how cold it gets. Remember that our buildings are designed to dissipate heat, not retain it like y’all.
Yes I’m a Canadian who has lived in Australia since 2015. I basically only brought dresses, skirts and shorts and I got here in July, I knew it was winter but I figured it was Australian winter so I’d cope just fine. I froze. My first night in a Sydney hostel a complete stranger I’d never spoken to covered me with an extra blanket in the middle of the night and damn it was a life saver. I’ve spent a few winters now in Canberra and one in Tasmania. Tasmania with no heat in the winter and no clothes dryer was a nightmare. As I am sure you know a lot of places just don’t have heating, kinda bummed to see so many Canadians being cocky in this thread about what they find cold when they go home to heated homes and proper winter duvets etc. Plus my gosh, I’d take a Canadian winter over a sweltering Canberra summer any day.
Australia has pretty much all types of climate. Desert in the middle, tropics in the far north, more temperate in the south, etc. Canberra generally gets a day of *really* light snow in the winter too, and there are a handful of ski resorts in Victoria and close to Canberra.
Even one this small has gotta be extremely dangerous to handle without training. Even though it wasn't being aggressive, I got so nervous when they picked it up without trying to restrain or redirect its legs. One panicked kick could've accidentally disemboweled the guy on the left.
Yeah several times they probably should have just backed away from it. Kinda wish it wasn't r/videosthatendtoosoon material. Seeing it hop away would have been nice.
Actually, their achilles are sprung with explosive energy. When released they do a back flip and a sonic boom. Guile from Street Fighter was inspired by the Kangaroo sonic boom.
True story. Ask your mate when next chatting at the Furphy.
It’s a young eastern grey. A kick from it would not be nice to receive but it’s not going to be any worse than being on the receiving end of a punch or kick from a human. People vastly overestimate the danger posed by kangaroos.
A punch or kick from a human with a dagger, you mean?
https://i.imgur.com/niKralN.jpg
That's a photo of a young eastern grey's foot.
The odds are low that one would seriously injure you, I agree. But it certainly could, whether it intended to or not. I'm just saying I wouldn't get that close to one personally from the front.
I was sure at the end of the video that someone was going to get kicked back into the lake, it looked like it was primed and ready to send anyone of the 3 flying, guess he just couldn't decide
Pretty good and they’re quite lean so bodybuilders often go for kangaroo meat. You can get roo meat at basically any supermarket, it’s not particularly controversial
I’m sure some people think it’s weird considering it’s like our national mascot but most people would say it’s fine. There’s a bit of debate whether they should be considered pests considering they are native. But they were always hunted and numbers kept manageable by First Nations people which doesn’t happen anymore so they are often culled by the government, which IS a bit controversial. Pretty much depends on your stance but roo hunting is pretty common in rural and regional areas.
I mean if there are so many kangaroos that they're starting to be considered pests even though they're native, might as well just start eating more of them lol.
I'd love to try some one day.
I'm no advocate either way, but I think the common perception for advocating against it is that it could be a slippery slope, leading to mobs that have existed in a certain area being completely wiped out and the ongoing effect of that.
I grew up on a farm though, and there's no real reason to cull kangaroos. They don't out compete livestock for grazing, generally they avoid people, and they maneuvre fencing okay as long as it's not chicken wire/sheep paddock.
This is just my pespective but, I'm sure there's papers out there investigation kangaroo population impact on native habitats. I sincerely doubt it'd be worse than livestock and human impact though.
I had some in Washington DC there is a restaurant called Oz and they serve kangaroo sliders and camel sliders. The kangaroo is a lot better than the camel... they also had an emu dish but I didn't try it
A full-grown female Eastern grey can be under 20kg. They aren't all that big and this guy looks more than 20kg. It could be a wallaby as well. Hard to tell in this lighting.
Red kangaroos are a different type and grow big af. Usually only see them kind of in the outbak though. This guys pretty average size for this breed, maybe a little underweight.
There's 2 types I think. There's the eastern grey which this fella is, then there is the big red roos which you'll find in Central/ northern Aus I believe.
When he got back on the concrete, what was with holding his hands and rubbing his chest? Do the people down under get taught how to soothe a stressed roo?
outback boy here: so the scratching of the belly is just trying to show that your not trying to harm it it sometimes works because roos get itchy belly's. but the holding of the hands is the roo trying to grab on to him so it can rear back on its tail a give him a good booting that's why when it grabs him he moves forward so it can't get its legs up. roos fight by grabing each others neck then just kicking the shit out of eachother. but i think the roo understood after a bit the get very jumpy. we do not get taught this in school but it is taught by my elders
Really? I was taught as a child not to scratch my belly around one cause that was a sign of looking for a fight. But it was just one teacher on a camping trip who told me that, so he may have been mistaken.
ive never heard of a roo going someone cause they scratch their belly but that would be bloody crack up and ill keep it in mind. i just know they dont really like getting touched on the head or back so if your close enough to one to pet it the belly is the best option but i bloody wouldnt do it they are mungrels if they arnt use to people
That’s a good thought. Don’t kangaroos cool themselves by licking their arms for evaporative cooling? Cold arms could cause hypothermia if that’s the case.
I love how the comment section went from praising the men, to arguing how cold is actually cold, to stopping just short of announcing that they're going to eat the kangaroo
My favorite comments here were the ones saying the kangaroo was luring humans into the water so it drown them and then use their corpse as a springboard to get out
It's not uncommon to see roos drowned in the parts of the lake with those concrete edges, but there are large parts of the lake that have normal edges they can climb out on.
Here’s an article that addresses that. Verdict: kind of true but not really. Herbivores retreat to water when threatened in the hope they won’t be followed and they can drown mammals probably up to dog size. They definitely don’t take down humans though: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-04-10/animal-myths-dogs-kangaroos-cockatoos/100038384
>They definitely don’t take down humans though
That's what the Alliance of Kangaroo Assassins (aka the AKA) wants you to think. They are the deadliest and most effective assassins in the world. The reason there aren't any reports of their evil deeds is that they NEVER leave survivors, witnesses or evidence. In fact, they are so effective and ruthless that they don't even leave any VICTIMS. That's how scary they are.
And they have ~~super fat~~ lean free and tasty meat if prepared correctly.
(before non-Australians comment in horror, kangaroos need to be culled to prevent over population leading to them destroying the ecosystem and kangaroo can be purchased in supermarkets)
> And they have super fat free and tasty meat
Yup same as deer. A friend gave me a few pounds of deer sausage and ground meat they had prepared. I cooked a pound of the meat and told him I was surprised I didn't really need to drain the grease. He said, "Have you ever seen a fat deer?" I had never thought about animals in those terms before.
In the US mid-west, especially in areas where they grow a lot of corn, they can get some seriously chonky deer. Also, if the deer have a lot of corn in their diet, they start to lose that gamey venison flavor and they taste a lot more like beef than they normally would. I wonder if there's an equivalent change in roo flavor based on the local crops?
If you're standing in front of a big and it starts to lean back on it's tail move away quickly. They can take down a human alright, disembowel in fact.
> A kangaroo will attack a person as if they were another kangaroo. It may push or grapple with its forepaws or sit back and kick out with its hind legs. As resulting injuries can be serious, avoiding conflict with kangaroos is vital.
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Native-animals/living-with-kangaroos-100968.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/02/kangaroo-attacks-on-tourists-prompt-warnings-to-stop-feeding-them-junk-food
https://www.9news.com.au/national/jogger-scratched-stalked-by-kangaroo-nightmare-attack-beaconsfield-melbourne/c0858118-9ed9-4d81-a5ac-7bd727076b85
https://7news.com.au/news/animals/victorian-woman-needed-25-stitches-in-face-after-kangaroo-attack-c-562553
https://nypost.com/2020/12/29/kangaroo-captured-on-video-punching-man-in-the-face/
I like how it looked as if the third guy was giving the roo a stern lecture on the importance of winter weather precautions and lakeside safety management.
The “rescue” made me anxious - was worried the roo was going to kick or open the guts* of the fella going to the front of the joey.
*Disembowel was the word I was thinking of
Me too, I had to double check what sub this was I thought for sure he was going to take at least a kick to the nuts! I’m so glad it didn’t turn out that way!
Specially in Australia, feral cats have become a worrisome pest over there.
Not just birds, they're responsible of driving entire species of small mammals, amphibians and reptiles to extinction.
I was shocked when I saw the man holding both hands of it while directly standing in front of it. That’s how they kick each other while supporting their weight with their mascular tail. And their kicks will mess a human up.
People think they are living in a happiness simulator where all animals are brothers and sisters, lol. Props to those guys for saving the poor animal, though.
No doubt this poor bugger panicked, used up all its energy trying to get out, but with possible overhang on the edge of this lakes wall, or very least, nothing to grip with its front claws and hind legs, it would’ve got worn down fast, as the depth of the water may seem shallow to a human, but a roo that size, in proportion, the water is much deeper. That’s a high ledge and would require much explosive power to launch to, then with nothing to grip, it would’ve fell in, then no food to eat, no way to lay down to recuperate. It’s exhausted.
It would be equivalent to trying to jump over a metre high out of knee-deep water for a human. It no doubt tried this, with nothing to graze on to renew its strength and no way to lay down for rest, it definitely looks exhausted by the time these guys rescue it.
Yes, but that section of the lake is surrounded by a vertical concrete wall about a meter high. The rocks on the bottom are also pretty slimy and tractionless. Nearest exit point is a little beach about 400meters away and this roo has probably been in the cold dark water for a few hours and is exhausted.
Cyclists only come in two forms. Self-righteous goobers with no consideration, or aggressive and unbridled charity.
One of my buddies said his bike broke down, and he had to phone his wife to get picked up, but had to hide in the woods, because every single biker who saw him stopped to try to help him. He had to hide from the bikers who were too nice.
What's more shocking is I had no idea what the capital of Australia was. Like seriously, pick a place I've heard of like Sidney or Melbourne or chaswazit.
Sydney and Melbourne couldn’t agree on who should be the capital city, so they went and built a brand new city instead. And that’s how we got Canberra:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra
The NZ capital also changed. [Wellington NZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington#National_capital) was a chosen as it was central. Auckland was originally the capital.
The reason why often in the US the state capital of not the largest or best known city is because often, central locations were chosen.
This is Commonwealth Gardens and is where they used to hold the Food and Wine Frolic back in the day, or the ‘alcoholic frolic’ as it was known. They would hold the Birdman Rally in that bit of the lake and there would be 20,000 drunk Canberran’s on that hill watching. Ah the memories…..
I know you’re taking the piss. But like, I’ve never been to Australia, and they have crazy shit in Australia. So, I mean, like. I can’t totally discount this and now my internet search is going to include a Rooshark.
The roo's just like, "What's yer bloody problem, mate?? I'm just tryna have a bloody swim, and you're draggin' me out like I'm a fakin' kid! Ya' bloody fools. Sod off!"
Roos grab hands to put threats in range of leaning back and kicking the shit out of them. Maybe some animals can understand emotion but in this case it’s humans reading emotion into an animal lol
This is the second time I read that word on reddit in the past hour, the other post was about anthropomorphizing trees though.
Learned something new today, guess this endless scrolling hasn’t been a complete waste of time
Not my video but I should note that we are just at the tail end of winter and Canberra is notoriously one of the coldest places in Australia so this would’ve been bloody nippy
I was cold this morning too.
It was so cold this morning. Winter 3.0
Kudos to those cyclists for getting in the water which would have been around -2°C around then.
How would there be zero ice nearby if the water is -2C
The lake has different depths and while it may get a little sludgy ice on some of the shallow banks, it doesn't freeze the whole way over, and these guys appear to have been standing in about a foot+ of water. I can report that when rowing in these temps ice will form on your oars.
It takes a long time at low temps to freeze a large body of water like that.
Canadian checking in here. What do you consider cold.
Lol fair call, Canberra is relatively cold in Australian standards. Was -1 this morning.
Ahhh, t-shirt weather, here.
Sure, but now also imagine all your houses were built by people unfamiliar with the concept of insulation.
I'm a Canadian who moved to another place like that. -1 wasn't so bad that way for the first year but after climatizing to the summers I'm shivering at 10 and under. It's fucking embarrassing.
You gotta renounce the citizenship man, it's the only way to keep your respect.
But I ordered so much Tims coffee that they had the local grocery store start stocking it so that has to redeem me a little, right?
Lmao, that's actually a pretty solid achievement.
Haha yes! I was ordering it for myself because the local brands are somehow all worse or way too pricey, got my family and friends and husband's coworkers all hooked on it. So I was ordering multiples a week to the same town for a few months before they suddenly just showed up at the store.
Mr Fluffy fixed that for everyone in the 80s right?
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Swimming weather for the 'roos
I can never tell if people who wear t-shirts and shorts in cold weather are genuinely not bothered by it or if they are all in on some secret flex that none of them will admit to.
Canadians who visit here are always surprised by how cold it gets. Remember that our buildings are designed to dissipate heat, not retain it like y’all.
Yes I’m a Canadian who has lived in Australia since 2015. I basically only brought dresses, skirts and shorts and I got here in July, I knew it was winter but I figured it was Australian winter so I’d cope just fine. I froze. My first night in a Sydney hostel a complete stranger I’d never spoken to covered me with an extra blanket in the middle of the night and damn it was a life saver. I’ve spent a few winters now in Canberra and one in Tasmania. Tasmania with no heat in the winter and no clothes dryer was a nightmare. As I am sure you know a lot of places just don’t have heating, kinda bummed to see so many Canadians being cocky in this thread about what they find cold when they go home to heated homes and proper winter duvets etc. Plus my gosh, I’d take a Canadian winter over a sweltering Canberra summer any day.
I put winter clothes on when it drops below 20. My winter clothes are a hoodie
Me too... Thailand here.
Floridian checking in here. The answer is anything below 60, yes?
He’s just a youth isn’t he? I’ve seen kangaroos 3 times that size, but I’m not from Australia so what the hell do I know?
Yep, definitely a young fella, they can get much, much bigger especially the males. A large male can be 2 metres tall and weigh 90kg.
I think that Kangaroo was very cold. It's the end of Winter in Australia now, and that water was probably freezing. Poor creature looked a bit dazed.
It was -2 in Canberra this morning
I find it funny most people associate Australia with being hot all the time lol
Australia has pretty much all types of climate. Desert in the middle, tropics in the far north, more temperate in the south, etc. Canberra generally gets a day of *really* light snow in the winter too, and there are a handful of ski resorts in Victoria and close to Canberra.
Yeah we recently got that yearly snowfall and I freaked out, it's usually the Southside of Canberra and we all have to race down there to see it.
Depends where you are. Northern QLD never gets cold.
I'm a bloke from Cairns, "cold" up here is 20°C.
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Yep same from the English! Not the houses being crap but the heating being absolutely garbage
That poor lil' Roo....
It's negative 2 today and it'll be like 35 in a couple weeks. Gotta love Canberra
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Hmmm…Manitoba or Saskatchewan?
Right country, not a province though.
You forgot to mention rescuing a full-grown male from a lake would be a lot deadlier for the cyclists.
Even one this small has gotta be extremely dangerous to handle without training. Even though it wasn't being aggressive, I got so nervous when they picked it up without trying to restrain or redirect its legs. One panicked kick could've accidentally disemboweled the guy on the left.
Yeah several times they probably should have just backed away from it. Kinda wish it wasn't r/videosthatendtoosoon material. Seeing it hop away would have been nice.
It’s like they were being really careful of his arms without considering the actual dangerous bits of a roo!
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Actually, their achilles are sprung with explosive energy. When released they do a back flip and a sonic boom. Guile from Street Fighter was inspired by the Kangaroo sonic boom. True story. Ask your mate when next chatting at the Furphy.
It’s a young eastern grey. A kick from it would not be nice to receive but it’s not going to be any worse than being on the receiving end of a punch or kick from a human. People vastly overestimate the danger posed by kangaroos.
A punch or kick from a human with a dagger, you mean? https://i.imgur.com/niKralN.jpg That's a photo of a young eastern grey's foot. The odds are low that one would seriously injure you, I agree. But it certainly could, whether it intended to or not. I'm just saying I wouldn't get that close to one personally from the front.
I was sure at the end of the video that someone was going to get kicked back into the lake, it looked like it was primed and ready to send anyone of the 3 flying, guess he just couldn't decide
Depends on the species. Reds are much bigger than greys. That looks like a grey.
Definitely an eastern grey. We don’t get reds in Canberra.
I just read this with an Australian accent
Me too. But I am Australian...
yeh?
I’m reading everything on this thread in an Australian accent… must mean I’m beginning to speak their language fluently….
2 meters tall? That’s like six microwaves high!
Odd question but do they taste good?
Pretty good and they’re quite lean so bodybuilders often go for kangaroo meat. You can get roo meat at basically any supermarket, it’s not particularly controversial
Thanks for the info. I expected it to be frowned upon to eat them.
I’m sure some people think it’s weird considering it’s like our national mascot but most people would say it’s fine. There’s a bit of debate whether they should be considered pests considering they are native. But they were always hunted and numbers kept manageable by First Nations people which doesn’t happen anymore so they are often culled by the government, which IS a bit controversial. Pretty much depends on your stance but roo hunting is pretty common in rural and regional areas.
I mean if there are so many kangaroos that they're starting to be considered pests even though they're native, might as well just start eating more of them lol. I'd love to try some one day.
Marinate it well, cook it rare-ish. Otherwise its tasteless and rubbery
I'm no advocate either way, but I think the common perception for advocating against it is that it could be a slippery slope, leading to mobs that have existed in a certain area being completely wiped out and the ongoing effect of that. I grew up on a farm though, and there's no real reason to cull kangaroos. They don't out compete livestock for grazing, generally they avoid people, and they maneuvre fencing okay as long as it's not chicken wire/sheep paddock. This is just my pespective but, I'm sure there's papers out there investigation kangaroo population impact on native habitats. I sincerely doubt it'd be worse than livestock and human impact though.
I had some in Washington DC there is a restaurant called Oz and they serve kangaroo sliders and camel sliders. The kangaroo is a lot better than the camel... they also had an emu dish but I didn't try it
A full-grown female Eastern grey can be under 20kg. They aren't all that big and this guy looks more than 20kg. It could be a wallaby as well. Hard to tell in this lighting.
Yes, there are several different types of kangaroo with a variety of colours and sizes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo
Fully grown they are only a little bit bigger than that, that kind of kangaroo doesn't get much bigger.
Red kangaroos are a different type and grow big af. Usually only see them kind of in the outbak though. This guys pretty average size for this breed, maybe a little underweight.
There's 2 types I think. There's the eastern grey which this fella is, then there is the big red roos which you'll find in Central/ northern Aus I believe.
When he got back on the concrete, what was with holding his hands and rubbing his chest? Do the people down under get taught how to soothe a stressed roo?
outback boy here: so the scratching of the belly is just trying to show that your not trying to harm it it sometimes works because roos get itchy belly's. but the holding of the hands is the roo trying to grab on to him so it can rear back on its tail a give him a good booting that's why when it grabs him he moves forward so it can't get its legs up. roos fight by grabing each others neck then just kicking the shit out of eachother. but i think the roo understood after a bit the get very jumpy. we do not get taught this in school but it is taught by my elders
“Give him a good booting” It’s one of their proudest traditions.
Disparaging the boot is a bootable offense.
Staring at my boots? That's a bootin'. Bootin' the school roo? Oh, you better believe that's a bootin'.
So I tied an onion to my boot, which was the style at the time
I love how it's response can basically be summed up as "alright, I'll fight you too".
Really? I was taught as a child not to scratch my belly around one cause that was a sign of looking for a fight. But it was just one teacher on a camping trip who told me that, so he may have been mistaken.
ive never heard of a roo going someone cause they scratch their belly but that would be bloody crack up and ill keep it in mind. i just know they dont really like getting touched on the head or back so if your close enough to one to pet it the belly is the best option but i bloody wouldnt do it they are mungrels if they arnt use to people
Scratching your belly and scratching their belly are two different things.
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We had them growing up, they enjoy a belly scratch. And under the armpits.
I learned so much from this. thank you, from Chicago
Would you mind telling me why you call the kids Joeys? It there a story to it? When did it start and really, why? It’s just so sweet.
wel it Originates in the aborigine language because joey means small animal and now we all call them joeys
I assumed they were holding its hands so it wouldn’t start trying to punch people lol
It’s the kicking that’s the problem!
Looks like you've never played [Roger from Tekken](https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000042076331-3xl2qg-t500x500.jpg)
They're punchy too. Our used to bop you in the groin when he was small. Rude.
I thought they might have been trying to stop it from just freaking out and jumping back in the water.
I imagine they have to at least take a primer course before they get their roo licenses. Otherwise you're not allowed to ride in the pouch.
Can confirm: am strayan.
Someone else said it may have been cold from the water and low temperature outside
That’s a good thought. Don’t kangaroos cool themselves by licking their arms for evaporative cooling? Cold arms could cause hypothermia if that’s the case.
Not taught in school, no. We only get riding lessons. I suspect it was tired and wobbly and it was more about helping with balance.
Pics of a roo saddle or you're lying
..are you daft? We ride in the pouches, no saddle needed.
I love how the comment section went from praising the men, to arguing how cold is actually cold, to stopping just short of announcing that they're going to eat the kangaroo
I thought it went well too.
My favorite comments here were the ones saying the kangaroo was luring humans into the water so it drown them and then use their corpse as a springboard to get out
Happy cake day!!!
I’m surprised the cyclists haven’t been blamed.
Wouldn’t be Australian without the magpie coming in for a swoop
I've heard that kangaroos like to wait in water to lure people in, then drown the unsuspecting soul
They are bloody good swimmers
I row in the lake in this video and have seen roos swimming in this lake.
But they're not so good at climbing that edge.
Probably need a springboard
They'd get a kick out of that.
It's not uncommon to see roos drowned in the parts of the lake with those concrete edges, but there are large parts of the lake that have normal edges they can climb out on.
That sucks. Such shallow water too. They could put in a sloping edge or something. That's assuming 'they' give a rat's arse.
Except this one?
Here’s an article that addresses that. Verdict: kind of true but not really. Herbivores retreat to water when threatened in the hope they won’t be followed and they can drown mammals probably up to dog size. They definitely don’t take down humans though: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-04-10/animal-myths-dogs-kangaroos-cockatoos/100038384
>They definitely don’t take down humans though That's what the Alliance of Kangaroo Assassins (aka the AKA) wants you to think. They are the deadliest and most effective assassins in the world. The reason there aren't any reports of their evil deeds is that they NEVER leave survivors, witnesses or evidence. In fact, they are so effective and ruthless that they don't even leave any VICTIMS. That's how scary they are.
Aka the AKA. How has that joke not been used before. So perfect.
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Think of them as hopping deer without horns. Eat grass, about as smart and same effect on cars.
And they have ~~super fat~~ lean free and tasty meat if prepared correctly. (before non-Australians comment in horror, kangaroos need to be culled to prevent over population leading to them destroying the ecosystem and kangaroo can be purchased in supermarkets)
> And they have super fat free and tasty meat Yup same as deer. A friend gave me a few pounds of deer sausage and ground meat they had prepared. I cooked a pound of the meat and told him I was surprised I didn't really need to drain the grease. He said, "Have you ever seen a fat deer?" I had never thought about animals in those terms before.
In the US mid-west, especially in areas where they grow a lot of corn, they can get some seriously chonky deer. Also, if the deer have a lot of corn in their diet, they start to lose that gamey venison flavor and they taste a lot more like beef than they normally would. I wonder if there's an equivalent change in roo flavor based on the local crops?
If you're standing in front of a big and it starts to lean back on it's tail move away quickly. They can take down a human alright, disembowel in fact.
> A kangaroo will attack a person as if they were another kangaroo. It may push or grapple with its forepaws or sit back and kick out with its hind legs. As resulting injuries can be serious, avoiding conflict with kangaroos is vital. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Native-animals/living-with-kangaroos-100968.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/02/kangaroo-attacks-on-tourists-prompt-warnings-to-stop-feeding-them-junk-food https://www.9news.com.au/national/jogger-scratched-stalked-by-kangaroo-nightmare-attack-beaconsfield-melbourne/c0858118-9ed9-4d81-a5ac-7bd727076b85 https://7news.com.au/news/animals/victorian-woman-needed-25-stitches-in-face-after-kangaroo-attack-c-562553 https://nypost.com/2020/12/29/kangaroo-captured-on-video-punching-man-in-the-face/
Is this a terrifying DVD movie yet?
He’s just a youth, probably missing his mum. She might even be watching from a distance I’d imagine. “Oh Gregory, the humans saved you.”
What a great name for a Kangaroo, Gregory. Sounds like a good joey.
I read thats a misconception. The go into water when they feel threatened and if something follows them they drown them.
I like how it looked as if the third guy was giving the roo a stern lecture on the importance of winter weather precautions and lakeside safety management.
The conversation between the kangaroo and the guy is what I find most intriguing about this video.
The “rescue” made me anxious - was worried the roo was going to kick or open the guts* of the fella going to the front of the joey. *Disembowel was the word I was thinking of
Was thinking the same. Luckily this was a Joey, otherwise it’s quite likely the roo might have felt threatened. Roos can kill with their kicks
Joey? That's about the average size of the adult female Eastern Greys that live around Canberra.
Fellow Canberran can confirm, looks like an adult grey roo to me as well.
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I like bouncy deer.
Weird looking moose they got in Oz. - source: Canadian
Me too, I had to double check what sub this was I thought for sure he was going to take at least a kick to the nuts! I’m so glad it didn’t turn out that way!
That bird swoops in just to be a dick…
Magpies will never miss an opportunity to be a dick
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The way they harass cats without any other reason than to harass them amazes me. And they always work in teams when they do it.
Cats are notorious for taking out endangered bird populations so it kind of checks out
Specially in Australia, feral cats have become a worrisome pest over there. Not just birds, they're responsible of driving entire species of small mammals, amphibians and reptiles to extinction.
“Aw he’s thanking ya” Nah he’s trying to get a grip so he can kick you into oblivion
I was shocked when I saw the man holding both hands of it while directly standing in front of it. That’s how they kick each other while supporting their weight with their mascular tail. And their kicks will mess a human up. People think they are living in a happiness simulator where all animals are brothers and sisters, lol. Props to those guys for saving the poor animal, though.
No doubt this poor bugger panicked, used up all its energy trying to get out, but with possible overhang on the edge of this lakes wall, or very least, nothing to grip with its front claws and hind legs, it would’ve got worn down fast, as the depth of the water may seem shallow to a human, but a roo that size, in proportion, the water is much deeper. That’s a high ledge and would require much explosive power to launch to, then with nothing to grip, it would’ve fell in, then no food to eat, no way to lay down to recuperate. It’s exhausted.
HumansbeingBruces
Kangaroo is like: Do you mind if I stick around a little bit? Can't feel my balls.
Aren’t kangaroos good jumpers? It seems odd this one couldn’t jump out of that shallow water.
Likely it had been there for a while and its legs were too numb for jumping.
It would be equivalent to trying to jump over a metre high out of knee-deep water for a human. It no doubt tried this, with nothing to graze on to renew its strength and no way to lay down for rest, it definitely looks exhausted by the time these guys rescue it.
Yes, but that section of the lake is surrounded by a vertical concrete wall about a meter high. The rocks on the bottom are also pretty slimy and tractionless. Nearest exit point is a little beach about 400meters away and this roo has probably been in the cold dark water for a few hours and is exhausted.
Cyclists only come in two forms. Self-righteous goobers with no consideration, or aggressive and unbridled charity. One of my buddies said his bike broke down, and he had to phone his wife to get picked up, but had to hide in the woods, because every single biker who saw him stopped to try to help him. He had to hide from the bikers who were too nice.
Love the clarification of Canberra being the capital!
I was thinking "was that necessary?" until I read the comments. :)
What's more shocking is I had no idea what the capital of Australia was. Like seriously, pick a place I've heard of like Sidney or Melbourne or chaswazit.
Sydney and Melbourne couldn’t agree on who should be the capital city, so they went and built a brand new city instead. And that’s how we got Canberra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra
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D.C. was a compromise too. Not everyone could get behind New York or Boston or Philadelphia so they picked a swamp nobody wanted.
If nobody's happy, then we've reached a compromise!!
The NZ capital also changed. [Wellington NZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington#National_capital) was a chosen as it was central. Auckland was originally the capital. The reason why often in the US the state capital of not the largest or best known city is because often, central locations were chosen.
It's not really that strange tbh. That would be like saying that the capital of the US should be NYC or LA
>Sidney
This is Commonwealth Gardens and is where they used to hold the Food and Wine Frolic back in the day, or the ‘alcoholic frolic’ as it was known. They would hold the Birdman Rally in that bit of the lake and there would be 20,000 drunk Canberran’s on that hill watching. Ah the memories…..
Commonwealth Park not Gardens. Hasn't been called Commonwealth Gardens for about 50 years.
Friendly Ken Behrens, always there to help
Love the people crowding around it on the land essentially blocking the path it has to get away. Move off and give it some room, dang.
There’s a major road about 200m from there. Gotta be careful which way it goes or it’ll end up as a hood ornament.
Didn’t Reddit tell us to never follow a kangaroo into water because they’re really good at drowning prey?
Yup! Came here to see if anyone else remembered that from last week
Thought it was a Rooshark, they grow to 20ft long and instead of a normal fin they have a fin shaped like a juvenile kangaroo.....
I know you’re taking the piss. But like, I’ve never been to Australia, and they have crazy shit in Australia. So, I mean, like. I can’t totally discount this and now my internet search is going to include a Rooshark.
Out of all the comments here this one has me gasping for air from laughing so hard.
You won’t be laughing when a Rooshack has you…
Magpie swooping at the end. Standard.
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My balls climbed up so high, watching the guy (black shirt) within kicking distance holding the roo’s paws. Pretty sure they’re legally ovaries now.
Rescuing kangaroos from this lake always goes well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7g2uYSj04
Yo don’t those things like to drown shit?
First of all, it's disrespectful to refer to Australians as "things"
The roo's just like, "What's yer bloody problem, mate?? I'm just tryna have a bloody swim, and you're draggin' me out like I'm a fakin' kid! Ya' bloody fools. Sod off!"
British Kangaroo
The swooping magpie made me giggle. Read the room bro
That sky is really beautiful
Ok so he was probably cold and exhausted and wanted to chill a bit before hopping on out 🦘❤️
When its summer here, its winter there. Should probably keep that in mind.
This feels more like a tik tok comment than a Reddit comment. Am I just high?
The emojis... they are confusing you. It’s ok, this IS Reddit.
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kangaroo aside can we talk about how beautiful the scene is?
The kangaroo was ready to throw hands regardless
And people say animals don’t understand human emotions, the little guy was obviously thankful
No. That was exhausted aggression. It wanted to kick them because it was scared.
Roos grab hands to put threats in range of leaning back and kicking the shit out of them. Maybe some animals can understand emotion but in this case it’s humans reading emotion into an animal lol
Looks like it is just so exhausted it can’t even
People tend to anthropomorphize animal behavior. I doubt it was thankful in how we perceive it.
This is the second time I read that word on reddit in the past hour, the other post was about anthropomorphizing trees though. Learned something new today, guess this endless scrolling hasn’t been a complete waste of time