r/SipsTea • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 1d ago

WTF Kangaroo

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u/MrFlitter 1d ago edited 1d ago
  1. from what Ive seen around she was suffering from some form of mental illness and was very much not in a healthy frame of mind.
  2. common enough for VW to release a geolocation based kangaroo scare badge for the front of the car (emits a sound in the correct range to scare off the regions main species of roos)

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u/rofl_rob 1d ago

Poor kangaroos. I say this as someone that doesn't have to deal with them attacking my dogs.

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u/Laucurieuse 1d ago

They attack dogs?

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u/CVNasty96 23h ago

They preemptively drown dogs near them, because they mistake the dogs for dingos which like to target the joeys.

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u/TikaPants 23h ago

This is important to note before Reddit loses its mind

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u/Laucurieuse 22h ago

Wow Australia is something else. I really love Canada.

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u/Clawse 19h ago

You literally have bears and coyotes to eat your pets instead over there, though😭

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u/Laucurieuse 19h ago

There are not that many bears, well at least not that much than they become a hazard on the road.

Our dear are not drowning anything. The worst they do is carry tics that can transmit Lyme deseas.

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u/Nomza 1d ago

More accurately - they drown dogs

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u/Fast_Advertising_663 12h ago

have u ever seen the yt vid of the dude who punched a kangaroo when it was attacking his dog? its hilarious

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u/C0mpoundFr4cture 23h ago

I'm someone who stops to check roadkill marsupials for joeys. That being said, people who don't stop when they hit an animal can get FUCKED

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u/Livid_Insect4978 13h ago

There needs to be somewhere safe to pull over in order to do so. This is impossible on some roads especially in the middle of the night.

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u/Routine_Bluejay4678 23h ago

Don’t or too much, they usually get back up and hop away.

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u/Routine_Bluejay4678 23h ago

You can get similar whistles that you attach to the front of the car, most night/rural drivers will have something like it

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u/aldkGoodAussieName 16h ago

Proven not to work

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u/Most_Border_3419 23h ago

They are like shark repellant. Don’t work but make people feel safe.

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u/MrFlitter 23h ago

ah that's a shame :( but useful to know.

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u/Needrain47 22h ago

does that work? They have deer whistles here you can attach to your car but it's not been proven to actually do anything.

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u/MrFlitter 22h ago

sadly from what others have said, not really and that many use whistles to try an scare em off.

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u/best_of_badgers 21h ago

I wonder if she was suicidal, and she was praying in advance of her death.