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Originally Posted by Fantom
I imagine Kangaroos are as common for you in Australia as Deer are here in Oregon. Were you exagerating about them being able to eviscerate a person with their hind legs?? Thats not something you see every day...
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No exageration, that was deadly serious. If kangaroos feel threatened, they rock back onto their tail and lash out with both hind legs at once, and those hind legs are extremely strong, and have sharp claws. Many people have walked up to kangaroos thinking they are harmless, only to have their abdomen ripped open before they even knew what was happening. Check this out:
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ct253704...oo%20attack.jpg
In about 1 second, those back legs will come up and that chick is a goner.
And as for the crocodiles Luis mentioned, thankfully they are at the other end of the country from me, but there are reports of deaths due to crocodiles here almost every week.