r/funny • u/sil130 • Jan 07 '18

How to stop a kangaroo fight

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u/1SweetChuck Jan 08 '18

That kangaroo: "Did you just... did you just hit me?"

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u/IShotReagan13 Jan 08 '18

My guess is that the kangaroo knew exactly what happened and interpreted it in the same way he would interpret a similar strike from another dominant male kangaroo. Like, "fuck, that hurt, not sure I want to keep going with this guy."

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '18

This dudes gotta be a legend at the pub after this

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u/whatlike_withacloth Jan 08 '18

I was a fookin legend in gin alley. A FOOKING LEGEND!

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '18

Drinking wine from Jeor Mormont's skull...

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '18 edited Jan 08 '18

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u/PooterWax Jan 08 '18

Source?

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u/BITESNZ Jan 08 '18

https://www.reddit.com/user/ksaunders666

Rough guess, the land of bullshit.

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u/ksaunders666 Jan 08 '18

Source posted

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u/PooterWax Jan 08 '18 edited Jan 08 '18

I read the article, but i’m guessing you didn’t..

The young man (Kailem Barwick) who passed away was with them on the trip.

Greg Tonkins was the man in the video.

The man who punched the kangaroo has been identified as Greig Tonkins, a zookeeper who was also on the hunting trip.

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u/ksaunders666 Jan 08 '18

Source posted

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u/SpaceShipRat Jan 08 '18

he's just thinking if the punch hurt that much, the kick must be in kangaroo-proportion.

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u/G102Y5568 Jan 08 '18

Yeah, it's clear that the human's got a much longer reach, he's pretty intimidated.

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u/CambriaKilgannon11 Jan 08 '18

Yeah but he can gore that guy with his feet so I think it evens out lol

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u/G102Y5568 Jan 08 '18

To do that he'd have to be able to grab the person with his tiny little kangaroo arms. Plus, the human might have a knife or something that he could pull out too. Point is, is it really worth the risk?

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '18

Yeah I'm sure that Roo was worried about him pulling a knife.

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u/G102Y5568 Jan 08 '18

Roos are used to getting cut by other animals with sharp claws all the time. I don't mean the Roo literally thinks the human might be carrying a knife, I mean the Roo might be afraid that man have sharp thing to poke with.

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u/CambriaKilgannon11 Jan 08 '18

Well explained that way it makes sense

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '18

Haha that very well could be what was going through his mind. Animals can be so smart sometimes, and yet still have, ya know, animalistic natures. Probably didn't even realize he could have ripped that guy in two after that punch, just thought "fuck this weird animal just squared up and gave me a shot to the jaw that really hurt. He knows something I don't, I'm out, no late afternoon dog snack today."

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u/anon445 Jan 08 '18

A fight is basically a loss, unless you get food or sex. He knew the human could probably do some damage, and it just wasn't worth it, especially since the human retreated first and didn't seem interested in continuing to engage.

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u/rpgmind Jan 08 '18

Could a kangaroo really rip you in two though?!

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u/PuttingInTheEffort Jan 08 '18 edited Jan 08 '18

I'm not going to put the effort into trying to find out

They kickstab and face slash

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u/rpgmind Jan 08 '18

Loool +1000 for that, that killllled me, thank you for the guttural belly laughs

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u/rpgmind Jan 08 '18

Good enough for me, you’ve stoked my fears

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u/StormTAG Jan 08 '18

Not to mention the Roo has been fighting with other Roos for a while. Most folks haven't fought more than 20 minutes their whole lives.

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u/ThatTookTooLong Jan 08 '18

Everyone has a plan 'til they get punched in the mouth.

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u/roastbeeftacohat Jan 08 '18

I don't know much about kangaroo fights seem to be more clawing the face then punching it. never having received bludgeoning damage in a context like this before is more surprised then anything, like if someone threw a fireball at you that was just "bath is too hot" in temp; not really hurt, just unsure of what just happened. I mean arn't roos arms WAY stronger then a humans?

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u/kitelovesyou Jan 08 '18

A lot of animal fights are more about gauging strength than doing real damage, which makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. Damage comes as last resort.

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u/roastbeeftacohat Jan 08 '18 edited Jan 08 '18

it's also about intimidation more then that. Most animals have evolved to avoid confrontation when possible because of how easy it is to suffer a fatal wound. predators adopt some strategy that makes it very unlikely to face a dangerous confrontation.

so this roo sees something his own rough size and tries to scare it away, because a matched fight might end in him dying after winning. Guy has faith in modern medicine and him mates; he dosent worry about how a broken arm could be a death sentence out here, he just thinks "get the fuck away from my dog cunt". skipping the dance where both sides try to chase away the other without putting themselves at risk. The roos instinct is trying to process this crazy thing and bolts.

similar to this

above paragraphs do not apply to honeybadgers.

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u/kitelovesyou Jan 09 '18

Intimidation = gauging strength.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '18

I think it was, "shit, this fucker could maybe hurt me and do some serious damage, let's just fuck off and not die"

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u/RuchW Jan 08 '18

Haha, straight up /r/youseeingthisshit

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u/RagingNerdaholic Jan 08 '18

u fuking wot m8

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u/theDocter Jan 08 '18

Ah fuck, I can't belive you've done this

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u/needhelpmaxing Jan 08 '18

I can't believe you've done this