Nah, if you live in town you see few, and if you live in the country you just know not to poke the snake or spiders. People who mess with them get hurt, but people who leave them alone see them safely, and then the animals run away. It is played up for laughs, but it’s really safe as houses.
We don’t have rabies here, so no rabid dog dangers. No moose or bears. It is good to see a wombat or a kookaburra, but not dangerous unless you try to feed them.
My husband has Australian parents, we live in Canada, and he has pictures from his childhood visits of him petting a kangaroo, which seems wildly dangerous as I think it could kick the crap out of you!
**No different to peting a deer. They can be tamer, like deer at a petting zoo park. Most people don’t tame the boomers: If he is a kid, it is likely a joey (juvenile) or a wallaby(smaller species) and likely at an animal park petting zoo. If the roo is taller than a grown man then rare but not impossible tamed red kangaroo boomer and not during rut. Deer can be just as dangerous.
Incidentally, roos taste similar to venison too. Good healthy lean meat, better for the environment here than hoofed animals, which cut up the ground and damage the native plants.**
Oh ok sorry. Still interesting though!
Yes, very. Did the rounds for a week or more here in Oz. Interesting that it hit the world news though. It’s just another native cat, to most Aussies.
Australia must be so interesting because of all the animals. Although I’m given to understand that some are pretty deadly.
Nah, if you live in town you see few, and if you live in the country you just know not to poke the snake or spiders. People who mess with them get hurt, but people who leave them alone see them safely, and then the animals run away. It is played up for laughs, but it’s really safe as houses.
We don’t have rabies here, so no rabid dog dangers. No moose or bears. It is good to see a wombat or a kookaburra, but not dangerous unless you try to feed them.
My husband has Australian parents, we live in Canada, and he has pictures from his childhood visits of him petting a kangaroo, which seems wildly dangerous as I think it could kick the crap out of you!
**No different to peting a deer. They can be tamer, like deer at a petting zoo park. Most people don’t tame the boomers: If he is a kid, it is likely a joey (juvenile) or a wallaby(smaller species) and likely at an animal park petting zoo. If the roo is taller than a grown man then rare but not impossible tamed red kangaroo boomer and not during rut. Deer can be just as dangerous.
Incidentally, roos taste similar to venison too. Good healthy lean meat, better for the environment here than hoofed animals, which cut up the ground and damage the native plants.**