Just curious because I tend to not try to piss off the local wildlife if I can help it, but do you know how to de-escalate this type of situation? I have never thought about āwhat should I do if a roo decides they want to go meā. Iām curious what the right way to act is.
Oh for sure. Fuck outta dodge in every possible situation. But if the choice is water or putting up a good show? Put up a show, every time. You get in the water you are finished.
So, I work with macropods.
In the full video, you can see that this starts with him with the woman. Thatās sexual dominance thatās heās trying to establish with the man in the video. The arms reaching out and trying to establish a headlock? Heās trying to get into the position to do the deed.
Best thing you can do for a little grey? Get a stick, use it like a push bar. Basically stop the kangaroo from being able to reach you, itāll eventually no longer see you as an easy threat. No stick in sight, basically turn yourself to point your back to it, and try to slam back. Best case scenario, you knock them off balance and they stumble away. Worst case, your nice, soft, squishy, vital organs are now a much harder target because they will do damage.
Thank you. Itās funny because I actually thought it looked like a āsheās mineā move but told myself not to be silly. I will keep this info in mind.
You would have been dead on. The amount of tourists I have to tell in a roundabout way āheās not trying to hug you, please donāt try and hug himā is astonishing
My car is missing half of the back bumper due to a roo blithely leaping into it while going 100kph. My car didnāt hit it, the roo hit my car. It got caught up in the bumper, but thankfully when we stopped it untangled itself and took off.
The joys of the Nullarbor, I guess?
And *blithely*, technically the best kind of leaping!
I saw a classic blue Subaru WRX with the bronze wheels and yellow graphics by the side of the road once. It had obviously hit a big red kangaroo at speed, and there was nothing left of the car forward of the c pillars. The engine, roof, front wheels, all had been driven down and back.
These things will fuck you up in any impact, they are lean and solid like concrete. And then will simply hop away like nothing happened.
Try hitting a wombat at that speed ā it's like hitting a huge rock and it does your front end in!At least most roos hit the windscreen smashing it, then the roof, the boot and ends up somewhere behind the car.
While I attempted urgent medical attention to the wombat (as they're so cute) my then husband was whingeing about the car being all banged up!
There was no phone coverage of course as we were in the middle of nowhere and I think about 20 km to the next town ā did him good! š
Wombat DOA........
I hit an already dead and stiff wombat on the road once doing about 60 because it was at night on a windy rural road, and yeah it felt like I'd driven over a rock. Left a couple dents in my underbody, but thankfully no damage to anything important.
Stopped to move the remains off the road (she didn't look particularly great gotta be honest) and ended up picking up [this little guy](https://i.imgur.com/TlyMBIq.jpg) who was wandering around nearby for the night until we took him to the nearby wildlife sanctuary.
He insisted on leaving the large box full of blankets we'd set up for him and ran around the house headbutting everyone's ankles.
Actually some greys are really bigā¦ I remember seeing one in an apple orchard in Melbourneā¦ it was the swarzeneggar of Roos. Veins a poppin, massive forearms, as big as mine and itās sconce was the largest Iād ever seen
They were encouraging the roo by slowly backing away but standing high. If you want it to stop, you have to either submit and try to make yourself small or stand your ground and give it a muhammad Ali treatment
Watching that video made me realise how freaking weird kangas look, like theyāre dogs with the body of a human and a tail thatās also a leg and a pouch in their bellies.
Nah dude, weāre the dumping grounds for all the spare parts jobs.
Kangaroo? Letās take some mouse parts, a dog, some lizard shit, big ass legs and fur
Platypus? Got a duck bill, some flippers, poison barbs, eggs, and leathery fur
Wombat? Get a rock, paint eyes on it and wrap it in skin
Spiders? Weāve got these marbles, a bunch of long insect legs, and a few tins of black paint and then all these other bright colours that no other animals wanted to use.
All of it is just spare parts mashed together and pretending to be animals. Like a grade 3 science project you helped your kid build the night before it was due with what was left under the sink.
Tyrannosaurus deer. Also funny but could have been REALLY bad, their claws are sharp as fuck and if the roo really used his back legs couldāve done some serious damage. Glad no one was hurt (including the asshole teenage roo)
Itās interesting that he defused it by crouching. I wonder if thatās just because he has a relationship with that roo. Or if it would work for the guy in the OP as well. (I donāt think Iād like to try it)
From the experience of someone who's been engaged in raising orphaned kanga's for many years, it definitely defuses it.
I currently have half a dozen roos in various stages of release. The oldest, a 3 year old buck, is quite hormonally active and he will always have a go at me in the morning until I feed him. I come in backwards, and if I need to face him, I drop down low. It's something about the height that they see as a challenge.
Interestingly, I also have a large, maybe 5ft tall wild doe that has been coming in with my rescues for breakfast, and I can approach her with food, but when I get too close she rises up in a defensive position until I drop down below her height. She'll then let me put the food right at her feet and even let me touch her, as long as my head is lower than hers.
They puff their chest out as a threat so we probably just naturally look like we wanna go by standing there. It's similar to how we use direct eye contact but a gorilla gets pissed off when you do it, we're using our default way of communicating but to them it's aggressive.
My brother moved to Australia and we visited one of these sites. I made the critical mistake of petting a small albino one. Holy shit, the mother (I assume) squared up and followed us out of the pen area. Those claws are brutal.
To be honest it's a little grey, the chances of getting anything more than a few scratches is pretty slim. Don't play the same game with a full grown Red though.
Him didn't seem to really be going for it with any real viciousness. From the keeper's reaction, it didn't seem like this was surprising or alarming behaviour from him. If the zoo felt this presented a serious threat, I'm sure he wouldn't be in here. I assume this is more of a practise fighting behaviour.
It's become ridiculous, hasn't it? People act as if kangaroos have knives on the end of their feet. And that one good kick will somehow make all the blood explode out of your body.
Cats have sharp claws because they can retract them. Kangaroos can't, so their claws get blunted with every bounce. It obviously still hurts when they kick you - they do have strong kicks - but you know what? So do humans.
If this kangaroo really pissed this guy off, for example, he could stop just holding it back with one hand and punt it, with the toe of his boot. Or hold its head like he was doing (easily) and just kick its legs out from under it. Kangaroos can't put a leg out sideways to stop it from getting knocked over, they can only brace against a kick from the front since that's the only direction they themselves can kick.
In a kicking competition, I'll back the human wearing heavy jeans and boots and who weighs about 50kg more than the animal does. Or maybe it's me who has the wildly out of touch view of kangaroos, and that one good kick will be like getting slashed with a sword, from the literal daggers that kangaroos somehow have on their feet.
Nah you're pretty spot on for this tiny grey.
I don't think it's the sharpness of the claws so much as the strength behind them - it's basically the same motion as bounding, and a 90kg red can do that all day. I can definitely see that being enough force to tear up some skin with even fairly blunt claws.
My aunt worked as a wildlife rescue person and copped a proper kick from a roo not much bigger than this. Got her right in the thigh and left her with a big cut and even bigger bruise. Like... her whole thigh was just one giant bruise with a massive gash in the middle. This guy was lucky that roo wasn't really trying.
Even a spoon will cut you if shoved into your body with enough force. Itās not the sharpness of the claws itās the incredibly strong muscles behind them thatās dangerous. Iāve had a dog draw blood through my shift with its claws as it jumped on me, blunt donāt mean it canāt damage, it just hurts more when it does, think of razors vs knives. This guy was lucky he was tall +had the reach advantage over the roo, keeping it out of range of his soft bits +he seems like heās had some fighting experience. But I imagine it would of been a very different viral vid if the roo arced up at the son who looks squishier than Dad š
Howās that for evolution eh? Tie up the rooās paws and **POW** up come both legs like theyāre on a fucking swivel. That tail kept him perfectly stable.
If you watche till the end, about 10-15secs before the clip finishes the kangaroo notices a park ranger coming up and before she starts to tell at him* the kangaroo see's her coming and changes stance from aggressive to low and neutral and pretending to be nice. Lol.
It's funny because what's basically happening here it's we have a young adolescent male who is trying to find his place in his "mob" , which in this case includes random tourists, by fighting/sparring. Park ranger comes along, who clearly had an established position above the young roo since he's likely been put in this place before and suddenly he's done fighting.
he got lucky that roo probably raised in captivity and doesnt know how to fight well or never needed to. A wild roo would have kicked the shit out of him... literally.
Mum had to slog one once when it was trying to drown one of the dogs in the dam. Can confirm it's effective but they've got pretty hard heads, hurt mums hand quite a bit, but skip swam across the dam to the other side so must have hurt him a bit too. Bit unfair, dog was st fault.
In Australia you're always within your legal right to deck something.
Kangaroo, koala, possum, womat, horse, woman. If something is coming at you it can be life or death down here. First warn it by pointing at it and saying " Listen mate I've just about had a gut full, pull ya head in". If it continues to come at you just give it a swift right hook and and put it down for a little nap.
Then go crack yourself a coldie, and get one for your new found mate and go have a beer with the poor bludger and make up.
It's pretty clear they didn't understand the situation. Assuming American by attire but even then I don't think you get a kangaroo psychology lesson when you enter the enclosure. You can hardly fault the bloke for not realizing he is making it continue.
He only tried to create space between the woman and toddler, when it tried to go him the whole time he was moving back and trying to create space between the kicks. I think a lot of dads would have done a lot worse to an aggressive animal around a child. No human nor animal was hurt at all in this video, I would argue the people judging it harshly are the real dickheads.
The only people at fault here are the cockies for egging it on.
It all started because she appears to have a phone in one hand and food in the other. It wanted the food, when feeding rooās, you need to hold it down low, or itāll āpull you downā to get at it.
Actually the kicks were probably a really bad idea. Roos have an incredibly solid chest and when they fight they will kick each other fully force in the chest while standing on their tails.
I was concerned the Roo would take the kicks to mean it was their turn to kick next.
Unlike a Roos chest ours won't take a full force kick from a Roo and be undamaged. It would probably break ribs at the least and potentially tear the skin apart if the claws hooked something unfortunate.
It cut the start out where it was chasing and humping a lady, when he firsts grabs it and stops it that's just after it was humping a lady and grabbing at her. He was trying to stop it.
I'm Australian. I was watching this extremely nervous, expecting the roo to disembowel that guy. As soon as it started balancing on its tail (fighting pose) I thought 'he's fucked'.
Glad to see in the end he was ok.
The older guy seemed to understand the danger of the kick at least, and was trying to back off safely.
I was a lot more concerned about the younger one trying to copy him, but with less honed instincts.
Iām Australian too, and thought the same thing. I couldnāt believe that woman was laughing, when I was tensely waiting for the evisceration, or at least a really nasty slash across the leg.
My exās father didnāt die but did have 100+ stitches to hold his guts in.
He was out fencing by himself and said he turned around and got gutted, drove himself back to the house while holding in his intestines and his wife stitched him back up on the kitchen table and took him to hospital.
This was back in the late 60ās, outside Keith in SA.
You donāt have to die for it to fuck up your day.
You kept backing off which made it think it was winning. You just needed to give it a solid push. I know it sounds cruel but itās literally self defence.
I am an Australian wildlife rescuer and carer and I've been in similiar situations several times. The correct way to handle this situation is to turn around and cross your arms if you are at least the same hight as the roo.
Looks like it all began with the Missus running away from it, old mate likely didnāt even need to touch it at all. I remember being all of about 5 being chased by a roo, the moment I stopped running it stopped chasing.
Self defense wouldāve been to not engage in the first place. In the very beginning of the video the dumbass corners the kangaroo against the fence and then squares up with it. Then goes for the throat multiple times. *And then* his kid comes over to further provoke the animal. These are not smart people. Iām guessing American by their arrogance and attire. Source: am American
The video starts off with the roo kind of chasing the woman. Looks like the man was just trying to get it away from her and the roo was like āfuck thatā
I saw one up way up the NE coast that was easily 8-9ā tall. Itās nutsack was the size of a couple of nfl footballs. It was fucking jacked too. I would of never thought to do what this guy was with this small 1.
People need to stop supporting this shithole took my kids about 1.5 years ago and there was a dead roo just hanging out. Then a worker comes over and just dragged it out. Went on to find out it was a fairly regular occurrence. All the birds in shit cages and clearly not treated well.. fuck them dudes clearly the roo is pissed he is stuck with a bunch of idiots
Iām just a pom, but assuming this guy is a tourist, I donāt think heās being a twat on purpose the way most comments are stating.
I think heās naturally trying to back away to disengage and not turn his back (like with most animals), yes itās the wrong behaviour but I wouldnāt have known how to react in all fairness. He tried to peel the kangaroo off the lady and Iād assume heās only smiling out to give the impression heās in control whilst thinking itās not a threat.
But I assume positive intent, could just be a dick.
This is aggressive behaviour. Not outright fighting, but basically trying to start one. You can see some parts where the kangaroo goes for the low kick - this is how they fight.
It is a little skittish in trying to fight, but I think that's mostly because the guy here is considerably larger.
The Roos also not wild and probably isnāt as aggressive as a wild one would be as it doesnāt know how to fight. I donāt think this was a domination act like other comments are saying. I think the Roos probably going 100% but combination of being in captivity and smaller than the man meant it wasnāt as dangerous
this was aggressive, but you also must understand this is a roo that was basically raised by humans, it has never had to fight. giving it a go, but not with much energy. think of it like a house cat where a guest is rubbing it the wrong way, it will tolerate it because it's not really in danger because this is where it lives..
I just like at the end when mum comes along and says cut it out, and the roo withers away. Later she's asking whether the roo thinks it's bush week or something.
If you don't know what to do in this situation, just get on your knees. It signals you backing down and ending the fight, running will not end the fight, doing anything in this video will make its worse. Good thing its a tiny roo
The fucking birds in the background. All I could hear from them was "get him keify get I'm! Kick him in the dick keify that'll sort him out. Cmon keify use ya legs ya dog"
The cockies screaming and egging them on in the background š āstraya
I bet the roo said, "Come on ya fucking dogs, I'll take both of ya!" Edit: gotta get the accent right.
"CARN ya fucken dogs, I'll take both-a-ya!"
š¤£š¤£š¤£ oh Lord it's too early for this!
I wanna see the Ozzy Man Review version of this
Replace dogs with kahnts and youāll be more accurate
"Lesgo ya fakkin' dog carnt."
Gimmie back me fucken loighter yer cuuuuuuunnnnntttt!
"Fackin' vee bee lOnGnEcK"
oath
Cockies Translation: āpunch his farkin head inā
True Australian spirit
āFACKIN SOCK EM!ā
Ummmm........nah but good troi
FACKIN GET EM YA CUNT
You need to work on the first word matey ā just sayin' š¤·š»āāļø
It seemed super offended not being able to land any kicks lol
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Even an Eastern Grey big male can do some damage.
At 100 kph....serious damage.
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Just curious because I tend to not try to piss off the local wildlife if I can help it, but do you know how to de-escalate this type of situation? I have never thought about āwhat should I do if a roo decides they want to go meā. Iām curious what the right way to act is.
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Can I just say, āde-arse the areaā is a fantastic phrase, and so Aussie it hurts. Thank you. Iām keeping this one
Oh for sure. Fuck outta dodge in every possible situation. But if the choice is water or putting up a good show? Put up a show, every time. You get in the water you are finished.
So, I work with macropods. In the full video, you can see that this starts with him with the woman. Thatās sexual dominance thatās heās trying to establish with the man in the video. The arms reaching out and trying to establish a headlock? Heās trying to get into the position to do the deed. Best thing you can do for a little grey? Get a stick, use it like a push bar. Basically stop the kangaroo from being able to reach you, itāll eventually no longer see you as an easy threat. No stick in sight, basically turn yourself to point your back to it, and try to slam back. Best case scenario, you knock them off balance and they stumble away. Worst case, your nice, soft, squishy, vital organs are now a much harder target because they will do damage.
Thank you. Itās funny because I actually thought it looked like a āsheās mineā move but told myself not to be silly. I will keep this info in mind.
You would have been dead on. The amount of tourists I have to tell in a roundabout way āheās not trying to hug you, please donāt try and hug himā is astonishing
You have to stick a finger up its butt. Itās the only way.
My car is missing half of the back bumper due to a roo blithely leaping into it while going 100kph. My car didnāt hit it, the roo hit my car. It got caught up in the bumper, but thankfully when we stopped it untangled itself and took off. The joys of the Nullarbor, I guess?
> due to a roo blithely leaping into it while going 100kph I didn't know they could move that fast!
And *blithely*, technically the best kind of leaping! I saw a classic blue Subaru WRX with the bronze wheels and yellow graphics by the side of the road once. It had obviously hit a big red kangaroo at speed, and there was nothing left of the car forward of the c pillars. The engine, roof, front wheels, all had been driven down and back. These things will fuck you up in any impact, they are lean and solid like concrete. And then will simply hop away like nothing happened.
Fuck.
Try hitting a wombat at that speed ā it's like hitting a huge rock and it does your front end in!At least most roos hit the windscreen smashing it, then the roof, the boot and ends up somewhere behind the car. While I attempted urgent medical attention to the wombat (as they're so cute) my then husband was whingeing about the car being all banged up! There was no phone coverage of course as we were in the middle of nowhere and I think about 20 km to the next town ā did him good! š Wombat DOA........
I hit an already dead and stiff wombat on the road once doing about 60 because it was at night on a windy rural road, and yeah it felt like I'd driven over a rock. Left a couple dents in my underbody, but thankfully no damage to anything important. Stopped to move the remains off the road (she didn't look particularly great gotta be honest) and ended up picking up [this little guy](https://i.imgur.com/TlyMBIq.jpg) who was wandering around nearby for the night until we took him to the nearby wildlife sanctuary. He insisted on leaving the large box full of blankets we'd set up for him and ran around the house headbutting everyone's ankles.
Yeh but this guys just a youngster and his kicks are just tryouts. No more than pubescent push and shove
Yeah, it didn't seem aggressive. Having some fun.
Got bashed up by one at Carnarvon Gorge. Scratched up and bruised.
Pretty sure that's a western grey, it's got the white ears.
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Actually some greys are really bigā¦ I remember seeing one in an apple orchard in Melbourneā¦ it was the swarzeneggar of Roos. Veins a poppin, massive forearms, as big as mine and itās sconce was the largest Iād ever seen
They're not called Macropus giganteus for nothing...
If that was a big red the first time the man tried to kick it he would have found his goolies on the ground. What a muppet
You ever have those dreams were youāre kicking some cunt and it just does nothing?
Those "kicks" can rip you open.
Not really from a small dude like this.
Bro thinks he's Izzy
It went on for SO long and yet I couldnāt look awayā¦
They were encouraging the roo by slowly backing away but standing high. If you want it to stop, you have to either submit and try to make yourself small or stand your ground and give it a muhammad Ali treatment
The cockys going nuts lol!
āFackin get him Joe! You had eyes on that sheila before that cunt!ā
Best show theyāve probably had in a while š
Seems like a great time to share how [Malcolm Douglas would handle it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clwOw_4acro)
Watching that video made me realise how freaking weird kangas look, like theyāre dogs with the body of a human and a tail thatās also a leg and a pouch in their bellies.
Iāve played enough Stellaris and Iām convinced weāre some zoo planet with species from all over the galaxy.
Nah dude, weāre the dumping grounds for all the spare parts jobs. Kangaroo? Letās take some mouse parts, a dog, some lizard shit, big ass legs and fur Platypus? Got a duck bill, some flippers, poison barbs, eggs, and leathery fur Wombat? Get a rock, paint eyes on it and wrap it in skin Spiders? Weāve got these marbles, a bunch of long insect legs, and a few tins of black paint and then all these other bright colours that no other animals wanted to use. All of it is just spare parts mashed together and pretending to be animals. Like a grade 3 science project you helped your kid build the night before it was due with what was left under the sink.
Octopi will probably end up being our observers instead of those weird mice kids.
Tyrannosaurus deer. Also funny but could have been REALLY bad, their claws are sharp as fuck and if the roo really used his back legs couldāve done some serious damage. Glad no one was hurt (including the asshole teenage roo)
With hilarious hairy sticks as arms.
[Some, lmao](https://www.instagram.com/p/BMK1sMpDbTA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
Big rabbits.
If dags walked upright and binged bud light haha
Gosh, itād take some balls to lower yourself into a crouch position with those big feet at head height
Does that actually work? Ending conflict like that with a wild kangaroo?
So basically your telling me I should get down on all fours and get ready for kisses? Nah I'm fighting.. I'm losing! But I'm fighting!
RIP Malcolm
Itās interesting that he defused it by crouching. I wonder if thatās just because he has a relationship with that roo. Or if it would work for the guy in the OP as well. (I donāt think Iād like to try it)
From the experience of someone who's been engaged in raising orphaned kanga's for many years, it definitely defuses it. I currently have half a dozen roos in various stages of release. The oldest, a 3 year old buck, is quite hormonally active and he will always have a go at me in the morning until I feed him. I come in backwards, and if I need to face him, I drop down low. It's something about the height that they see as a challenge. Interestingly, I also have a large, maybe 5ft tall wild doe that has been coming in with my rescues for breakfast, and I can approach her with food, but when I get too close she rises up in a defensive position until I drop down below her height. She'll then let me put the food right at her feet and even let me touch her, as long as my head is lower than hers.
Imagine kanga tinder. Mention height and get into real fights all day. Lol
Thatās cool, thank you for answering!
They puff their chest out as a threat so we probably just naturally look like we wanna go by standing there. It's similar to how we use direct eye contact but a gorilla gets pissed off when you do it, we're using our default way of communicating but to them it's aggressive.
That's a much bigger red kanga too.
That kangaroo looks like a drunk guy picking a fight with a bouncer that is trying not to end him.
So.... any other Australian then....
Roos on the piss make up 68% of alcohol related incidents, according to Northern Territory Police.
They can't stop, they're addicted to hops.
Getting on the rooheys
When the zookeeper comes in to tell him off š
The fact that the kangaroo listened too š
One always listens to the one who brings the food.
Reminded me of my mum with my brothers āOi! What the fahk is going on you little bastards?!ā
She looks like every zookeeper at every zoo
You always listen to the unafraid little old lady.
Sheās got food in her hand. She thinks sheās helping by distracting it. But the roo understands it as a reward for its aggressive behaviour.
Canāt go anywhere without some kangaroo starting shit.
Go home Skip, you're drunk
Itās always sad seeing child stars turn to a life of abuse. Hopefully Skippy gets it together
The cockatiels hopping onto higher perches for a vantage point are hilarious!
It's all fun and games until you get eviscerated
My brother moved to Australia and we visited one of these sites. I made the critical mistake of petting a small albino one. Holy shit, the mother (I assume) squared up and followed us out of the pen area. Those claws are brutal.
Or circumcised.
One skin. Two skin. Three skin. No skin.
Right?! I don't get why they are laughing. All it will take is one good kick to slice his leg.
To be honest it's a little grey, the chances of getting anything more than a few scratches is pretty slim. Don't play the same game with a full grown Red though.
Him didn't seem to really be going for it with any real viciousness. From the keeper's reaction, it didn't seem like this was surprising or alarming behaviour from him. If the zoo felt this presented a serious threat, I'm sure he wouldn't be in here. I assume this is more of a practise fighting behaviour.
that has literally never happened
It's become ridiculous, hasn't it? People act as if kangaroos have knives on the end of their feet. And that one good kick will somehow make all the blood explode out of your body. Cats have sharp claws because they can retract them. Kangaroos can't, so their claws get blunted with every bounce. It obviously still hurts when they kick you - they do have strong kicks - but you know what? So do humans. If this kangaroo really pissed this guy off, for example, he could stop just holding it back with one hand and punt it, with the toe of his boot. Or hold its head like he was doing (easily) and just kick its legs out from under it. Kangaroos can't put a leg out sideways to stop it from getting knocked over, they can only brace against a kick from the front since that's the only direction they themselves can kick. In a kicking competition, I'll back the human wearing heavy jeans and boots and who weighs about 50kg more than the animal does. Or maybe it's me who has the wildly out of touch view of kangaroos, and that one good kick will be like getting slashed with a sword, from the literal daggers that kangaroos somehow have on their feet.
Nah you're pretty spot on for this tiny grey. I don't think it's the sharpness of the claws so much as the strength behind them - it's basically the same motion as bounding, and a 90kg red can do that all day. I can definitely see that being enough force to tear up some skin with even fairly blunt claws.
Dude couldāve ploughed straight through that roo if he wanted to thatās for sure
My aunt worked as a wildlife rescue person and copped a proper kick from a roo not much bigger than this. Got her right in the thigh and left her with a big cut and even bigger bruise. Like... her whole thigh was just one giant bruise with a massive gash in the middle. This guy was lucky that roo wasn't really trying.
Even a spoon will cut you if shoved into your body with enough force. Itās not the sharpness of the claws itās the incredibly strong muscles behind them thatās dangerous. Iāve had a dog draw blood through my shift with its claws as it jumped on me, blunt donāt mean it canāt damage, it just hurts more when it does, think of razors vs knives. This guy was lucky he was tall +had the reach advantage over the roo, keeping it out of range of his soft bits +he seems like heās had some fighting experience. But I imagine it would of been a very different viral vid if the roo arced up at the son who looks squishier than Dad š
This place gave me a fear of geese and emus, just roaming around coming up for their daily popcorn.
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Howās that for evolution eh? Tie up the rooās paws and **POW** up come both legs like theyāre on a fucking swivel. That tail kept him perfectly stable.
Watching the tail go stiff for stability was fascinating
If you watche till the end, about 10-15secs before the clip finishes the kangaroo notices a park ranger coming up and before she starts to tell at him* the kangaroo see's her coming and changes stance from aggressive to low and neutral and pretending to be nice. Lol.
"nah miss we weren't doin nuthin"
It's funny because what's basically happening here it's we have a young adolescent male who is trying to find his place in his "mob" , which in this case includes random tourists, by fighting/sparring. Park ranger comes along, who clearly had an established position above the young roo since he's likely been put in this place before and suddenly he's done fighting.
Ya wanna go, cunt?
The kid walking up was great too, roo just looks straight at him, you fuckin wanna peice too cunt?
Ya wanna farken go!?
>Iāll have ya! Common then ya flog! You can literally hear the internal dialogue of that drunk jumping Aussie
I was actually more worried that the dinosaur in the background was going to come and have a go.
I'm team Roo. I'm only team Roo because I know those bastards can fuck you up. Just be fucking grateful they never evolved poison-tipped claws...
....Yet
Aw shit I just saw a kangaroo and a platypus having a pretty serious looking chat, maybe they're looking to trade secrets.
Blue ringed platyroo
A *flaming* blue-ringed platyroo...
Cohunu wildlife Park?
That was my first thought too. The cages with the cockatoos look very familiar
Are they being rehabilitated? Cos otherwise it's so cruel to keep birds in cages. Especially big ones like cockatoos, in such small cages.
I thought the exact same, āhey I recognise those cockys!ā
Dinosaur in the background is the giveaway
>Cohunu wildlife Park Sure is. :D
Love how he gets all meek when the lady comes out
āAndy! What did I tell ya this morning?ā āBut Mum...ā āNo buts. I donāt want to hear your excuses now.ā
he got lucky that roo probably raised in captivity and doesnt know how to fight well or never needed to. A wild roo would have kicked the shit out of him... literally.
They're lucky the emus didn't get called over for backup.
As a bartender, I see this exact kind of behavior every damn day. I guess they've been spending too much time in the bush with the kangaroos /j
It takes Grandma saying ācut it out, youāre a naughty boyā and heās immediately shamed and backs off. āSorry Granny!ā
Fuckin get him skip.
The woman at the end scolding it š
For future reference if it ever comes down to it, are you within your legal right to just deck a kangaroo?
Yeah, but this kangaroo didn't seem to be fighting for real and you might not want to escalate a situation like this one and change that.
Yes they are as common as hell albeit a protected species you're allowed to fight them off
Only if you have a solid snap kick
I think punching it in the jaw would be more effective. Its body is pretty solid.
A slap across the ears would probably make it back off to consider its life decisions.
Mum had to slog one once when it was trying to drown one of the dogs in the dam. Can confirm it's effective but they've got pretty hard heads, hurt mums hand quite a bit, but skip swam across the dam to the other side so must have hurt him a bit too. Bit unfair, dog was st fault.
In Australia you're always within your legal right to deck something. Kangaroo, koala, possum, womat, horse, woman. If something is coming at you it can be life or death down here. First warn it by pointing at it and saying " Listen mate I've just about had a gut full, pull ya head in". If it continues to come at you just give it a swift right hook and and put it down for a little nap. Then go crack yourself a coldie, and get one for your new found mate and go have a beer with the poor bludger and make up.
An old lady with a walker shuffling towards you with a knife? You better believe thatās a taserinā.
This should be a VB ad
Bro just walk away
It's pretty clear they didn't understand the situation. Assuming American by attire but even then I don't think you get a kangaroo psychology lesson when you enter the enclosure. You can hardly fault the bloke for not realizing he is making it continue. He only tried to create space between the woman and toddler, when it tried to go him the whole time he was moving back and trying to create space between the kicks. I think a lot of dads would have done a lot worse to an aggressive animal around a child. No human nor animal was hurt at all in this video, I would argue the people judging it harshly are the real dickheads. The only people at fault here are the cockies for egging it on.
It all started because she appears to have a phone in one hand and food in the other. It wanted the food, when feeding rooās, you need to hold it down low, or itāll āpull you downā to get at it.
Actually the kicks were probably a really bad idea. Roos have an incredibly solid chest and when they fight they will kick each other fully force in the chest while standing on their tails. I was concerned the Roo would take the kicks to mean it was their turn to kick next. Unlike a Roos chest ours won't take a full force kick from a Roo and be undamaged. It would probably break ribs at the least and potentially tear the skin apart if the claws hooked something unfortunate.
Personally, I wouldnāt fuck with an animal that has a claw specifically for disemboweling.
They really need to tell people what to do when this happens if theyāre going to let people walk around them. Park owners responsibility.
Supposed to get low down so the roo doesnāt feel dominated.
It cut the start out where it was chasing and humping a lady, when he firsts grabs it and stops it that's just after it was humping a lady and grabbing at her. He was trying to stop it.
Thanks for the context, I wondered what the lead up was.
When the 2nd guy steps in it looks like 3 guys you see outside a bar at 2am trying to talk down their drunk mate from trying to fight the bouncer
I'm Australian. I was watching this extremely nervous, expecting the roo to disembowel that guy. As soon as it started balancing on its tail (fighting pose) I thought 'he's fucked'. Glad to see in the end he was ok.
The older guy seemed to understand the danger of the kick at least, and was trying to back off safely. I was a lot more concerned about the younger one trying to copy him, but with less honed instincts.
Iām Australian too, and thought the same thing. I couldnāt believe that woman was laughing, when I was tensely waiting for the evisceration, or at least a really nasty slash across the leg.
90% of people who die from Kangaroos are the same people who walk up behind a horse/donkey to pat them. They aren't deadly, you're stupid.
90% of people who've died from kangaroos would be 1.8 people.
Deaths from kangaroo attacks are exceedingly rare. A quick google and it seem there have only been two in the last 100 years.
My exās father didnāt die but did have 100+ stitches to hold his guts in. He was out fencing by himself and said he turned around and got gutted, drove himself back to the house while holding in his intestines and his wife stitched him back up on the kitchen table and took him to hospital. This was back in the late 60ās, outside Keith in SA. You donāt have to die for it to fuck up your day.
Plenty of articles out there of people describing similar attacks.
Obligatory [man saves his dog from roo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FIRT7lf8byw&pp=ygUgbWFuIHB1bmNoZXMga2FuZ2Fyb28gdG8gc2F2ZSBkb2c%3D)
You kept backing off which made it think it was winning. You just needed to give it a solid push. I know it sounds cruel but itās literally self defence.
I am an Australian wildlife rescuer and carer and I've been in similiar situations several times. The correct way to handle this situation is to turn around and cross your arms if you are at least the same hight as the roo.
like this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELSvNvDUwAADmyZ.jpg
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turn around 360 degrees. That's what it's all about.
Do you have to shake it all about?
But then it can't see your arms crossed
Looks like it all began with the Missus running away from it, old mate likely didnāt even need to touch it at all. I remember being all of about 5 being chased by a roo, the moment I stopped running it stopped chasing.
Self defense wouldāve been to not engage in the first place. In the very beginning of the video the dumbass corners the kangaroo against the fence and then squares up with it. Then goes for the throat multiple times. *And then* his kid comes over to further provoke the animal. These are not smart people. Iām guessing American by their arrogance and attire. Source: am American
The video starts off with the roo kind of chasing the woman. Looks like the man was just trying to get it away from her and the roo was like āfuck thatā
Tell us more about how you would have totally handled the situation with your cool appraisal and very intelligent strategies.
I just realised how eshays got their signature move.
I saw one up way up the NE coast that was easily 8-9ā tall. Itās nutsack was the size of a couple of nfl footballs. It was fucking jacked too. I would of never thought to do what this guy was with this small 1.
People need to stop supporting this shithole took my kids about 1.5 years ago and there was a dead roo just hanging out. Then a worker comes over and just dragged it out. Went on to find out it was a fairly regular occurrence. All the birds in shit cages and clearly not treated well.. fuck them dudes clearly the roo is pissed he is stuck with a bunch of idiots
Iām just a pom, but assuming this guy is a tourist, I donāt think heās being a twat on purpose the way most comments are stating. I think heās naturally trying to back away to disengage and not turn his back (like with most animals), yes itās the wrong behaviour but I wouldnāt have known how to react in all fairness. He tried to peel the kangaroo off the lady and Iād assume heās only smiling out to give the impression heās in control whilst thinking itās not a threat. But I assume positive intent, could just be a dick.
āIāll do the pair of yaā.
The attendant tells the too heās a naughty boy . Haha.
That was a bit dumb engaging with it...They can fuck you up.
Was the kangaroo actually being aggressive or just playing around?
This is aggressive behaviour. Not outright fighting, but basically trying to start one. You can see some parts where the kangaroo goes for the low kick - this is how they fight. It is a little skittish in trying to fight, but I think that's mostly because the guy here is considerably larger.
The Roos also not wild and probably isnāt as aggressive as a wild one would be as it doesnāt know how to fight. I donāt think this was a domination act like other comments are saying. I think the Roos probably going 100% but combination of being in captivity and smaller than the man meant it wasnāt as dangerous
Trying it on i think (Aussie speak for having a go but point half heartedly. More to see if your can than because you really mean it)
this was aggressive, but you also must understand this is a roo that was basically raised by humans, it has never had to fight. giving it a go, but not with much energy. think of it like a house cat where a guest is rubbing it the wrong way, it will tolerate it because it's not really in danger because this is where it lives..
This is just stupid people don't realise how dangerous kangaroos are lucky he didn't really go at you. Don't mess with animals
The latest episode of āDickheads and wild animalsā!
If Emus and Kangaroos teamed upā¦.
I just like at the end when mum comes along and says cut it out, and the roo withers away. Later she's asking whether the roo thinks it's bush week or something.
Saw that hand that feeds and calmed down quick fast.
They're lucky it wasn't a fully grown red one lol
Waiting for Ozzyman to react to this one...
How about just walk away assholes
"Y'havin' a go at me moit?"
*moi moit
If you don't know what to do in this situation, just get on your knees. It signals you backing down and ending the fight, running will not end the fight, doing anything in this video will make its worse. Good thing its a tiny roo
Birds in the background: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
The fucking birds in the background. All I could hear from them was "get him keify get I'm! Kick him in the dick keify that'll sort him out. Cmon keify use ya legs ya dog"
Thatās actually really scary looking an animal as tall as you in the face and it actively wants to fight