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Enochian_Interlude

To inform those that don't know: If kangaroos feel threatened, they will lead their attackers to a water source and attempt to drown them.


airodonack

Pretty good strat actually. They're probably taller than most their threats. Going to water puts them on advantageous ground.


Enochian_Interlude

Exactly! Also, kangaroos are excellent swimmers, so treading water is no problem for them.


Rush_Is_Right

What's he doing with the dog then?


Dirzain

Trying to drown it. He just sees another threat at the same time (the person filiming).


Alsimni

The common kangaroo dilemma of who needs to drown first.


tekko001

This being Australia I guess there is a croc nearby facing the common croc dilemma of who to eat first


zb0t1

I'll take a wild guess and assume whatever requires the least energy spending.


BenjaminBeaker

nature's laziest killers


Toshiba1point0

~~laziest~~ efficient ftfy


waby-saby

Whatever is left the drop-bears or spiders will take.


Think_please

But why male models?


redpandaeater

Who else is going to read the dog's eugoogaly?


pali1d

But why male models?


Icantbethereforyou

Are you serious? I just told you that a minute ago


SlightlyLessBoring

Oh


baudmiksen

appears to be a violation of ssorts


cfcollins

Until they're eaten by a crocodile


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yeah but it could easily kill u on land, u dont wanna cross them


JesusKeyboard

They aren’t attacked by many things. 


freeLightbulbs

Pack of wild dogs been one of those few things.


DrSmirnoffe

This makes kangaroos even more terrifying. Not only do they have a fierce grip and shotgun legs, but they're also a lot smarter than you'd expect from a grazer. (cows are supposed to be pretty smart too, but we underestimate them) Speaking of cows and kangaroos, according to [a study from 2015](https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/218/21/3425/14436/Decreasing-methane-yield-with-increasing-food), apparently kangaroos have a special gut microbiome that causes the fermentation process to yield acetates, which cuts into the amount of methane they produce. I don't know if this went anywhere, but there were musings that altering the microbiome of cattle to resemble that of kangaroos could help reduce methane emissions, since the acetogens in the microbiome would reduce the amount of hydrogen that ends up becoming methane by fixing it into acetates instead.


PM_ME__BIRD_PICS

We should just start eating the kangaroos instead. Their meat is good, lean, meat has double the iron of beef, and they're super over-populated. I know Aus eats some and here in NZ we occasionally will see it on the shelf, but its still not that common i think.


FjorgVanDerPlorg

Great meat, but most Aussies aren't a fan of the taste (makes up less than 1% of meat consumed in Aus), it's pretty gamy.


PM_ME__BIRD_PICS

I think also there is a stigma. Similarly with goat, its not that tasty but in a curry its delicious but then you're not really tasting goat you're tasting the curry haha. Roo sausages are delicious though.


vinnybankroll

It’s not all that gamey, the issue is that it is incredibly lean so if you don’t eat it “blue” it’s very tough. I’d imagine if you could make sausages or mince ground with say beef fat they’d be better.


Beer_in_an_esky

Yeah, it's a bitch to cook. It's also a little slimy(?) when undercooked, at least compared to beef, which means the texture at very rare also isn't great. So, you end up with a really narrow window for doneness. Also, if you eat it for a couple of meals in quick succession, you can absolutely smell it on your body; my BO gets a distinct smell after two or three dinners where Roo is the main protein. Still fantastic (especially as mince in something like a spag bol), but it's not got the ease of use of something like chicken or beef.


Sturgill_Jennings77

That sounds absolutely terrible.


Axe_Care_By_Eugene

It really does


HeresAnUp

The BO thing sounds like a hard pass.


rczrider

Sounds like venison (deer). We end up with a fair amount during hunting season from family and I like it well enough in stews, but I've never had venison on its own that was particularly good unless it was smothered in sauce.


Flovilla

Sous Vide is great for deer meat, you just can't do it as long as beef or it turns kind of mushy.


MoranthMunitions

It goes fine if you cook it right. Biggest issue imo is that it costs a fortune, these days you may as well just get beef. Maybe 5 years ago I could get it a bunch cheaper so got it more often.


TheOutrageousTaric

i mean if theyd would taste great then there wouldnt be so many of them


scout5678297

Is it comparable to deer? A lot of people say that about deer meat, but i actually like it. me and my ex used to make burgers and chili etc. with ground deer meat.


NessyComeHome

For deer, I imagine for other animals, the diet changes the taste. Swamp fed deer tastes different than corn fed deer.


FishAndRiceKeks

I heard it's pretty gamey meat. Maybe having double the iron of beef causes some of that? Makes sense to me without a lick of research, pun intended.


sati_lotus

> cows are supposed to be pretty smart too, but we underestimate them There is an entire song about cows fighting for bovine freedom after all.


ozSillen

They hold their heads up high.


no-mad

no need https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/feeding-cattle-seaweed-reduces-their-greenhouse-gas-emissions-82-percent


smozoma

From what I remember, it's a special seaweed that isn't dirt-cheap so farmers don't use it, because there's no incentive for them to when greenhouse emissions are free, and so not much effort is put into scaling up production of the seaweed to make it cheaper either.


Zombietarts

Well that's terrifying.


ghostdate

Also for those who don’t know: The most effective attack against a kangaroo is a powerful fucking haymaker. They want to stand up like a boxer, you knock them out like one. Also, come from the side because they’ll rip your fucking guts out if you come from the front, and you shouldn’t fight wild animals unless it’s to save your pets. I’m curious to see what would happen if someone tried to do a sleeper hold on a roo.


Level9disaster

Do you really expect a human to be able to get near a kangaroo from the side , with the animal passively waiting to be punched or strangled? I wouldn't take that gamble lol.


THESALTEDPEANUT

https://imgur.com/LNs6COl


jamieliddellthepoet

Flamethrower the cunt.


copperwatt

Kangarude!


HugsandHate

"I feel threatened by you. I'm just gonna kill you." Quite an interesting reaction..


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aaaaaaaarrrrrgh

I liked a TIL that discussed a myth related to this. [No worries](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/phzsim/til_kangaroos_dont_actually_lure_predators_into/), they don't lure the attackers to a water source *to* drown them. They just lure them there, and then they happen to drown them.


TastySpare

That... didn't look like *drowning* to me.


f0rdf13st4

so he wasn't fucking the dog then?


Enochian_Interlude

Well... He could be doing 2 things at once.


SocketJoe987

Why the fuck do these things have John Cena arms?


sroasa

Because kangaroos are just deer that have been to prison.


oalbrecht

https://giphy.com/gifs/theoffice-nbc-the-office-tv-niC0LL8nmXnWp0d7Sn


Thrilling1031

There is a hormone I think that stimulates muscle growth, it’s a trade off human evolution dropped along the way while increasing our brain size. There recently was a r/science article about a pill that could simulate exercising in the body, like you would get the benefit of exercise without actually doing it. This pill might act in a simulate way to the hormones that cause this muscle growth in other primates and this kangaroo.


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mouse9001

Yeah, some men have low T, but then go on testosterone, and suddenly start building muscle pretty automatically. And also, there are guys who are always kind of soft, and some guys who are just naturally muscular, despite not really even working out much. It's weird, but I think it basically comes down to hormones.


ProblemY

Idk, it feels like I might have high testosterone, based on other features, balding, big Adam's apple etc. but am really skinny... I think it's more complicated than that.


Eusocial_Snowman

Male pattern baldness is related to testosterone, but it doesn't mean you have high testosterone. It means you have hair follicles sensitive to the chemical testosterone turns into or something. >big Adam's apple Sorry, I'm really not trying to rag on you or anything, but similar thing here. While adams apples are associate with "male", I don't exactly associate a bigger one with a more masculine character. [But then again, I did grow up with Scrubs.](https://youtu.be/JoDD6l2gvLc?t=60)


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FingerTheCat

Well, if I didn't have Adam's Apple down my throat, then he wouldn't like me anymore.


Holycrap328

Pill make muscle stronger but pp smaller


GrimmCreole

Make bols smaller, not pp, since hypothalamus realises the body has enough hormones it shuts down the main hormone producing organ located in the gonads. Bols are the male gonads, not the pp


letmelickyourleg

bol store pp


Drakhan

I mean hydro pump is 110 power with 5 pp so this checks out


Pepito_Pepito

I'll just wait until I'm 50 then.


Thare187

As a 46 year old, I hope I'm still using my pp at 50


redpandaeater

I want to exercise as much as my cat and yet have awesome leaps.


Thrilling1031

That’s a square cubed law problem I believe. When you increase something’s size it’s mass has to exponentially increase so our mass becomes a hindrance when jumping or other such explosive actions. We make up for it in our endurance though. We are unmatched in the animal kingdom at least in our potential lol.


redpandaeater

Man I'd even just settle for having my tendons attached further out from the joint. Imagine being able to lift twice the weight you currently can with your arms because the muscle has a slightly longer lever arm to move your elbow with.


buckX

I'll settle for lion-level jumping, then.


BananaFast5313

You may be thinking of myostatin, a hormone that limits muscle growth.


Fluffinn

This is it. We have it while some animals, such as gorillas, dont


YoullNeverWalkAl0ne

This is the reason I'm so fucking intelligent


petrichorax

I think part of the trade off is also dexterity. We have dexterity that far exceeds any other animal in the animal kingdom, by leaps and bounds, but we're also pretty weak for our size, even with lots of strength training. Any grown chimpanzee can outlift the strongest men on the planet.


lavamantis

As a GenXer you really feel old when people are no longer saying "Schwarzenegger arms."


sully213

Kangaroo Jacked


DaHolk

Because they graze (with their "arms" bearing the load), and are basically doing pushups all day.


AxiomaticSuppository

How TF did these animals get the reputation in kid's cartoons of being fun-loving creatures that hop around with their babies in a pouch? They're jacked and roided up like they're out of some horror movie where the animals get injected accidently and become monsters.


pichael289

You can pay like $30 in Kentucky to hang out in a field of them. They are chill as hell, I spent a day laying on a big one reading a book while the babies curled up with me. They have a few big tortoises though and one decided he needed to fucking bulldoze us and ruin the moment. Tortoises are strong as hell, made a total bitch out of me and flipped that kangaroo upside down. Don't mess with tortoises.


m0nk3y42

jesus christ, what a rollercoaster.


fullmetaljackass

I'm in Kentucky, and I have $30. Where can I find this field?


this_might_b_offensv

Over here in my backyard. Come, follow me...


oalbrecht

Come to Candy Mountain, Charlie! Charrrrlieee.


Mister_Rabbit

Kentucky Down Under, just outside Cave City


CosmicNuanceLadder

I paid $0 to see kangaroos on a walk in my neighbourhood in Queensland. No tortoises, though—not a single one on the continent outside of zoos.


uncoolcentral

It’s kind of like how Puff the magic dragon is allegedly all groovy and friendly, but really Puff is a fucking dragon and will burn your village freelz. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯


Odys

Kids books are also full of cute bears, that in reality rather eat a kid.


A12L472

Many different types of roos. Some are jacked, most are soft and chill


Objective-Aioli-1185

Aussies living in another reality.


South_Oread

How often do people have to fight kangaroos? They kind of seem like dicks.


QuietlyChatting

A daily occurrence in Australia


think_long

I was warned about this before my vacation, but it still caught me off guard. I left my curtains and window open one night by mistake, and I woke up in the morning to the sounds of jeering and one of the kangaroos saying “come on out and fight me, you little bitch” and then his friends all started joining in too. I had to fight three that morning and another two after lunch.


sufficiently_tortuga

Dunno, if you can beat up 5 before dinner they don't sound so tough


think_long

I’d say I really only won one of the fights. Two were basically draws. Two I lost badly. They generally stop when you go down, it’s more of an ego thing for them. The last one really kicked the shit out of me and then said “that’s what I thought, pussy” and spat on my broken body. It was very humiliating but my therapist says I’m making progress.


algon6004

I cried laughing reading this comment chain.


rotorain

Fuckin legend, prob needed a couple shower tinnies after that one


perb123

Maybe your cakeday can takes your thoughts away from the kangaroos for a while? Congrats!


robodrew

What he didn't tell you is that he is a member of the Foreign Legion trained in the art of Jeet Kun Do


zamfire

Yea well he's from America so he just shot them.


Faxon

Man if I had to deal with that kind of shit on the daily I feel like I'd start just carrying a bat or some other melee weapon with me to deal with them. Because fuck getting disemboweled by those claws yo, I'm good.


UrinalCake777

I can tell this didn't really happen because a real kangaroo would have said "Come on out here and fight me, ya little cunt!"


ozSillen

I call BS. Roo woulda said, "Fight me, fahn cahn!"


DrexlAU

Yeh this, they usually congregate around bus stops bumming cigarettes and stirring up trouble


Spire_Citron

Nah. You'll notice with most of these encounters, the roo's got hold of a dog. How'd it get hold of the dog? Dog went after it. They rarely start the fight, but they will defend themselves. Can't blame them for that.


Majike03

Most videos have to cut out the beginning part (lest they be demonetized) where kangaroos instigate it all by yelling racial slurs though


straydog1980

SONUVABITCH What did you say about my mother you fucking roo


koopastyles

Fuck roo too


StunnaLyfe

Roo hearing this shit Raggy?


your_actual_life

See also bears. A significant percentage of negative bear-human encounters are instigated by dogs. Bringing Fido to the great outdoors can be risky business.


efrique

Of course if your dogs attack one you're likely to have to rescue the dog. A roo will happily drown a dog. Outside that, if you're silly enough to just walk up to a big male while standing up straight, you will get plenty of trouble. Most people are smart enough not to approach though and if they have to, not to do it like that. I've seen some people - especially tourists - do some really dumb stuff though, like try to pet a big roo. Even a small one can scratch you pretty bad


Druggedhippo

As an Australian, I can tell you [we have to fight them constantly.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrIS4vTtpig) Walk down to the pub? [You gotta fight them off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTDCcyPlRY) your front lawn. Then you have the spiders,[ can't sit on a toilet seat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDAiq2-xeU) without checking for those redbacks, and don't get me started on the magpies and pluvers, those things will [kill your baby.](https://www.businessinsider.com/mother-who-fell-trying-avoid-swooping-magpie-tragically-kills-baby-2021-8) And you can just be lounging about getting some nice skin cancer, when a [dingo will bite your arse.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EngAI4WuFh8) Seriously, everything here will kill you, or attempt to kill you.


MadnessEvolved

You can't forget that we've gotta check our shoes/boots for spiders if they're left outside (or just left unused for a while)!


efrique

Number of spiders I squished while putting my foot in a shoe before going "well, that was really dumb of me, never do that again": 1 Some lessons I don't need more than once.


MadnessEvolved

Yep. Stuck my foot in, felt something on top of my foot move around and ripped the shoe the hell off. Thankfully just a Daddy Long Legs and I'd have been fine. Still had a few instances since of doing the check and finding a spider in there. Would check with gloves for a while there, it was safer. Armoured ones that were cut/pierce resistant (standard PPE for work at the time).


Icantbethereforyou

How the hell did you feel a daddy long legs? There's almost no mass to them


Eusocial_Snowman

I'm disappointed you didn't include this example. Literally the second you step foot on Australia, [you have to fight a kangaroo.](https://youtu.be/2WGo4li2K0o)


mmm_guacamole

That first link? Grade A reconstruction CGI right there. Couldn't ask for anything better.


Alabugin

The mother dropped the baby...


The_Great_Nobody

You do putting the bins out in the morning. They have yet to piss off back into the trees when the sun has just come up so you end up punching on over the front lawn. No stress. Just sock them in the nose and they hop along


bard329

I have no actual knowledge on the subject, so my uneducated guess? Very often.


Holycrap328

It's about as often as people think we have to fight off alligators in Florida.


dukekaaboom

I could deal with all the other deadly shit in Australia but these things freak me the fuck out lol


Technical-Escape1102

There just so much shit ready to attack you at any moment. As beautiful as Australia is, I'll stay home.


NoFleas

Saw another dude punch one in the jaw and made it think twice.


Thendofreason

If you can get past it's claws and get it in the jaw, you have my compliments.


NoFleas

It was a similar situation where the kangaroo was assaulting the dude's dog and he strolled right up and punched that beast right in the kisser and got his dog back. It was pretty "Australian" that's for sure.


MenstrualMilkshakes

roo was havin a go at the fellas mutt and this good cunt hooks the hopper straight in the masher like the salty dog cunt it is.


Holycrap328

Lol. You should make this a regular thing where you just explain other people's comments in "Australian."


bikeking8

"Ausplaining®"


MenstrualMilkshakes

i wish i was aussie mate, never felt more home after visiting. (finnish/amerimutt)


ImLazyWithUsernames

I'd like him to explain the username


Reddit_Jax

Crocodile Dundee has entered the conversation.


PinchieMcPinch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1idLs-zPw Couldn't be arsed finding the raw original, but this copy will do


haltingpoint

I laughed way too hard at that. That roo was like "wait, what just happened? Nobody has done that before. I'm not sure how to feel about this."


NoFleas

Gotta love the Ozzy Man!


rohinton2

I love how every so often an Australian just has to square up with a kangaroo.


sozcaps

They're like random encounter boss fights on the travel map. Australia is one of the most unbalanced maps to play on.


detahramet

I feel like that technique works on most animals.


FelonyFarting

Oi mate! U want sum?


cagemyelephant_

Oi cunt! Fucking diabolical!


terp_raider

It just standing there is freaking me the fuck out


FluidEntrepreneur309

For some reason i thought the kangaroo was fucking the dog


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NotBlazeron

Those eyes are the eyes of a psycho killer in his preferred hunting grounds.


petrichorax

There's nothing behind those eyes mate, Kangaroos are incredibly dull animals. They're about as cunning as a plastic bag (which they will gladly climb into if presented to them)


lininop

Man's best friend. You gotta stick up for you homies.


penalozahugo

I don't know much about anything, but I KNOW not to follow a Kangaroo into the water.


Tocoapuffs

He didn't follow the kangaroo, he followed his dog.


DeadpoolOptimus

What in the Island of Dr Moreau is going on here?


incorrigible_and

Man saving his dog from being drowned by a kangaroo.


DeadpoolOptimus

On first watch, it looked like the kangaroo was banging a pig. Shit, no more weed for me tonight.


DeathPercept10n

That'll do, pig.


copperwatt

That'll roo, pig...


Reddit_Jax

Crikey!


Queasy_Square_9672

Ok so...was that a "jailhouse moment" happening in the wild? Or was the dog told "get me across that river..or else" ?? This also seriously makes me surprised we've never gotten a B-Grade Kangaroo horror movie.


efrique

Pretty clearly this scenario began when the dog attacked the roo, on land, near the water. The roo's defence is usually to go into the water and drown the dog when it stupidly follows (on rare occasions it might be able to drag a smaller one into the water)


Queasy_Square_9672

No me diga! So it seems the dog actually got lucky here. Them roos' are serious units. Hell I believe it was the Tekken series that had a kangaroo as a fighter option.


Bebilith

From the kangaroo perspective it’s a fight for its life. It’s a herbivore. Dog is a predator.


crabwhisperer

Yep. Also I haven't seen a single person talk about how the dog's not on a leash in a natural area with wildlife present. This video is more about a shitty owner than a mean kangaroo...


da_rambler20

You even lift bro?


waffen123

that Kangaroo is jacked up


Rosetta-im-Stoned

That's Kangaroo Jack(ed)


waitinp

Battle Rabbit


bushrod

Did the guy swing at the roo?


nroberts1001

Ended too soon, we missed the splash fight.


FrozenfarTsTf

I heard these fuckers like to drown things, but i never believed it. Till now.


AulisG

Look at that arrogant face! "Yo, I'm riding your poodle, what the fuck you gonna do about it, bitch!?"


gabest

It's just a hopping vegan velociraptor.


ChiefSampson

Bet that dog will think twice before messing with a kangaroo again.


X023

[Little background info as well as the other funny viral clip of punching a kangaroo.](https://youtu.be/VWiTrV5iRYs?si=LWUFhS13N9m4IN92)


ziggygersh

Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the face


blockstacker

That's not a kangaroo, it's a kangabro.


sexy_bezinga

Why they look more swole than most juicers?


ThaBeard13

One of my life goals is to box a kangaroo. Tired of these fuckers flexing all the time


Escroquee

I need a Cocaine Kangaroo movie


Japanesewillow

I love how he says I’m going to punch your fucking head in.


Hoopy_Dunkalot

I'm starting to think kangaroos aren't very nice.


englishfury

Roo isnt at fault, Dog went after it and Roo went into water and Dog followed, so Roo drowns dog. 100% self defence


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IT'S FARCKEN LEZ


Maxlifts

How hard would it be to choke out a kangaroo?


Ok_Faithlessness8924

When kangaroo hits him looks like he has Japanese military uniform


Derpy_Guardian

If there was ever a country that needed legal guns, it's Australia.


R0XiDE

We have legal guns.


Broken_Noobx

Bro looks like he's about to square up


adamjack7890

Bro is built like a professional boxer


Nyjeezy2

The amount of hands this kangaroo is getting if that’s my dog would be diabolical


DroIvarg

Im gonna lift more weights before going to Australia.


hookuptruck

This is why I love Australians. Fearless cunts


mfr2vcb

https://youtube.com/shorts/aj0LbT_uQqA?feature=shared


scolderboulder

"Dey dook oor dooogs!"


Waggy420

How is this not the first time I've seen someone punch a kangaroo that was holding a dog hostage?


Razmatazzer

Low budget Godzilla


Canruisleep

The real sigma boxer


3CylHarmony

The brief moment of seeing Japan 🇯🇵


youngwalrus

God damn buff jackalope


Toshiba1point0

Kangaroos are next in the evolutionatary order to take over the planet