I continue to stand my ground that they should be regarded with great caution from great distances. I mean, look at the boxing gloves for goodness sake!
But there have been other positions made and evidence presented, and I try to keep an open mind. And besides, who doesn't love a good debate? So I encourage you to talk amongst yourselves (via the comments) and argue your side for the kangaroo debate and I will do some hardcore research while I'm in their natural habitat. In the mean time, I will share some of my kangaroo stories with you!
As I mentioned, I saw a kangaroo on my first day here, but it was pretty far away. However, when I got home from my first night at the Steakhouse, I came around back to the veranda, and there were two 'roos sitting right in front of me. The looked at me with this face that said very clearly "Oh crap! A human!" and then bounded off into the darkness. It was thrilling to say the least.
I see them pretty regularly hovering in the bushes on the sides of the road when I drive in the more crepuscular times of day, and they make pretty spectacular roadkill as well. Truly, they are the deer of down under.
Today, though, was kind of exciting. We were having a little birthday party barbeque for Liam at the Telegraph Station (where the town of Alice Springs was born), and there were kangaroos all over the place! So after I had gorged myself on sausages, I decided to stalk some in the bush. Here are some of the shots I got:
This guy was just chillin' under a tree. He was scoping me out, I was scoping him. I would like to take this opportunity to say I have a rockin' zoom on my camera.
There he goes, bounding away. They really do "bound". It's not just hopping because there's so much tail involvement. And they're definitely graceful.
And this little guy was lurking not too far away. There were three there that I saw, but one got away before I could get a good picture. They were all very beautiful, though. In that "bottomless reservoir of rage and violence" kind of way.
Have I mentioned that Australia rocks?
9 comments:
Great pictures Jo! Sounds like you're having the time of your life. Kangaroos look very cute and cuddly especially from this distance.
Love ya
Nelly
Have you read "In a Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson? (It might have a different title in Australia)
Nelly~ I agree. Kangaroos rock... from a distance.
Sarah~ I have read and loved it! It's sitting on my desk so that I can refer to it regularly during this trip.
Don't you know that cute-and-cuddlyness is the secret weapon of kangaroo-boxing-superheroes? Duh. It's just like any other superhero. So, to end your debate, kangaroos are both. Which is why they make great pets/bodyguards.
yay kangaroos!
i'm standing my ground & saying they are cute & cuddly!
So like in China they eat cats and such not beef so...since you are in Australia..,does that mean that "steak house" secretly means "we eat kangaroos"?
I went to Jo's restaurant when I was in Alice.
Kangaroo is yummy!
cass- what is the kangaroo's secret identity? Pot-pie?
Cute and cuddly is the what people in third world countries say...but what do they know most of them have never seen one!
Jo, these are great pictures! Is it true they have crazy long claws? That would be a point against cute and cuddly.
I agree with Cass. Cute and Cuddly MAKES them especially scary! (And I totally squeeled at crepuscular. I MISS YOU!)
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