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Of course, to me, getting dragged in Australia brings to mind a touring bus with a bunch of men with fabulous wardrobes wandering the Outback. Preferably sitting on top of the bus with a very long silver trane…[/quote]
Don’t you know that is all the fashion now in the Outback..
Just like we have designated roads in the major cities for the ‘Roos to use, and Drop Bears and Yowies lay in wait at the local billabongs for unwary travellers, unless they are out past the Black Stump, then you have to worry about the packs of Tassie Tigers….
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I think I’d make ooohing and cuddling noises if I saw Koala’s crossing…they look so adorable.
I have to say as a northsider, having bipedal (non-human) animals standing by the road staring at you would be extremely freaky. I’ve also seen pictures/videos of them wandering through neighborhoods or boxing each other in someone’s back yard….
This would be so very strange for those of us who have no bipedal animials (other than humans and an occasional bear that will go on hind legs–but you don’t see bears in neighborhoods that often unless you are in Alasak).
How intelligent are Roos? Are they similar to goats, dogs?
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I do hear that Kangaroos can actually disrupt traffic. I had heard someone mention that they are sort of like deer here in terms of being road kill.
So having sections of highways near large Roo populations with warning signs saying “Watch out for Roos” might make some sense. We have “Deer Crossing” signs.
depends on the type of kangaroo, if its small, just ignore it
but if its a big one go inside and hope they go away soon, but generally kangaroos are pretty passive unless they feel threatened. but obviously don’t deliberately go near a big kangaroo.
The biggest kangaroos are taller than people and much stronger but thankfully there aren’t too many of them. most kangaroos are more reasonable sized.
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The difference with the disemboweling thing is that most animals that do it are carnivores and will eat the prey – ‘Roos are herbivores so it’s a they do it just to remove the threat not to eat
It’s very rare that a roo or koala will be spotted in one of the cities or suburbs – you mostly see them in the outter suburbs (where there is acreage – 5 acre properties or above) or between towns
Most people leave them be…may stand at a distance and take some photos if the animals are doing something interesting, but that’s about it….the animals will move on eventually – most of the animals will only attack if they feel threatened, and we don’t have a lot of large predator animals here that will attack without warning – mostly just the sharks, crocodiles in the northern part of the country, and the Tiger snakes (these are aggressive and will chase you – but the population of these is mostly in remote areas in South Australia)
The only time someone may call the Wildlife rescue is if the animal is in distress, injured or in threat of injury
Most Australian’s have the look but don’t touch or approach mentality when it comes to animals – it’s hammered into us from a small age at school
Most of the wildlife that we actually see in the cities are either snakes (a lot that are venomous – you call a snake catcher out for them if their in the house), spiders (again many are venomous – kill on sight), possums or birds like Cockatoos and Galahs
‘Roos are probably more like the Alpine mountain goats in intelligence – can’t compare them to domesticated animals..
A big male Red Kangaroo or Eastern Grey can kill a person – they can be aggressive….they stand up, grab onto you with their front paws, lean back onto their tale and kick you in the stomach with they hind legs and claws – trying to disembowel you …and they are full of muscle…imagine something like this that is 6ft tall attacking you
[img=http://www.defenders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kangaroo-matt-walker-dpc.jpg]Big Roo[/img]
As for the Koalas – they may look cuddly, but they are pure muscle….ranging from 9lbs – 29 lbs, they have 2 thumbs and 3 fingers on each paw, with very sharp claws for climbing and teeth a bit like a beaver (I think – never seen a beaver) …..in the bush at night you can sometimes hear the males fighting for territory, they scream at each other, which is often mistaken for Yowie calls (Australia’s equivalent to Big Foot)
[img=https://www.savethekoala.com/sites/default/files/images/koalaphysic6.jpg]Koala claws[/img]
[img=http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/12/koala-thinkstock-122286533.jpg]Koala teeth[/img]
And they reek – very strong eucalyptus and musk smell
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I think we loose 20 or 30 people a year (mostly tourists) to some form of animal attack
If you come to Australia and want to pet one of the native animals – go to one of the zoos or wild life parks, the animals there have mostly be hand raised and you will know which ones are safe to touch….the parks actually do a good trade with the ‘have a picture taken cuddling a Koala” thing..
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Thanks!
We do have the “Crossing” signs for most of the common animals – kangaroos, koalas, wombats, emus, etc..
[img=http://neilvn.com/forum/uploads/FileUpload/55/2a5e82e1214e12a4aee1e07025244e.jpg]Roo Crossing Sign[/img]
[img=http://neilvn.com/forum/uploads/FileUpload/df/fbb4d8c4008daa48a55514f5585e5f.jpg]Koala crossing[/img]
You don’t see too many in the cities or suburbs…mostly driving between towns..
the problem with the ‘roos is that they travel in ‘mobs’ at dusk (anything from 5 to hundreds) ….they come bounding out of the bush at the side of the road, and bound across the road in one or two hops, you don’t see them until they appear…..also they get spooked by car lights and will actually turn into the source of the light and jump that way….eg. straight into your car
a good sized ‘roo will take out the front of your car with no problems if you hit it
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That herbivorous point is very interesting. Very unusual adaptive behavior.
Very interesting that there are not a lot of large predators given that the wildlife seems pretty dang tough. Maybe the Roos disemboweled all the large predators? 🙂 Obviously, that would be known to paleontologists.
If I saw a body building Roo, I would definitely run inside!
Tizzy, of course, would try to box with it.
Hmm, that could be interesting to watch.
Particularly if the Roo has to hop up in the air to punch a flying demon.
Good thing there’s no sentient Roos building large underground cities to eventually kill all the humans, right? Right?!?!
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Pale ontologist.=d>
Very funny, Pale Ontologist
You know you do not meet many people at parties claiming to be either an ontologist nor any metaphysicists.
[quote=EyeDeKay;4563]Good thing there’s no sentient Roos building large underground cities to eventually kill all the humans, right? Right?!?![/quote]
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Uhm, you haven’t somehow got a copy of my other new book, Chronicles of Astlan: Into the Wilds? Have you? Not sure how you would know about that plot point otherwise.
:-$Quick question – do Denubian Demons have genders???? or at least as we know it??
[b]In Chapter 139 (Alpha 2)
Section: Courts of Chaos: Late Fourth Period[/b][color=blue]Asmodeus grimaced. “Odd sort of thing, rather explains the [b]man’s[/b] squeamishness in turning her over but Melissance is Hesseforthalus’ wife.”[/color]
Just wondering if Asmodeus would actually refer to the Denubian Hesseforthalus as a man?
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