There is a "kangaroo hunter" in Australia who likes to pick a parallel with a baseball bat and a kangaroo, and any kangaroo he encounters will be beaten to death by him. However, this man not only did not receive any punishment, but was also regarded as a hero, which was simply incredible.
And he also vowed to spend the rest of his life hunting kangaroos, and warned visitors to Australia that if they were attacked by kangaroos in the wild, it would be useless to pretend to be dead, only to be hard-hitting.
About kangaroos
Kangaroos are herbivorous mammals found mainly in Australia (not unique to Australia) and are predominantly gregarious, with populations of up to hundreds. However, kangaroos are very racist, can not tolerate the ethnic group to join outsiders, even if they join, there will be male kangaroos to teach a lesson, until the new people understand the "family rules", will officially become the new clan.
Kangaroos are strong, with an average height of 1.6 meters and a weight of 80 kilograms, although the forelimbs are short, but the hind limbs are strong, and they will not walk, they will only jump, adult kangaroos can jump up to 4 meters, and the farthest can jump 13 meters, which is the most capable mammal. The kangaroo tail is full of muscles, like a steel whip, and is a jumping balancer and sometimes serves as a fifth leg.
In Australia, almost every road has a kangaroo pattern, not because of the high status of kangaroos, but because kangaroos have poor eyesight and are very interested in lights, so they often run to the highway. Therefore, traffic accidents are often caused at night, but it is not responsible for killing kangaroos in Australia.
How powerful are kangaroos? Can man overcome it?
But the kangaroo's most out-of-the-loop memory point is nothing else, but its boxing. Because kangaroos are aggressive by nature, they also have strong limbs and are very agile, allowing them to properly win the title of animal world fighting master.
So do you know how powerful kangaroos are?
In order to test this point, someone specially held a boxing match between professional boxers and kangaroos, and the boxers had just begun with a hammer, but the kangaroos were still not painful, because their skin was too thick and resistant to beating.
As the picture turns, the kangaroo uses its front legs to attack the boxer, and then uses its powerful hind legs to jump up and pedal, aiming at the athlete's abdomen to give the deadly three legs, and finally the boxer is KO. What is more interesting is that the referee was kicked out of the field by the kangaroo's hind legs when he was dissuaded in the middle.
What's more, the boxing king Tyson and the kangaroo are also compared: Tyson is 1.87 meters tall and weighs about 100 kilograms, and some of the adult strong kangaroos can exceed two meters and weigh more than 100 kilograms. And kangaroos have a lot of hind legs and like to kick their abdomen, which is a vulnerable part of the human body, and it can't be eaten at all, maybe this is why they won the long jump championship.
In Australia, there are 60 million kangaroos living in Large numbers, and because of their large numbers, they often move around the vicinity of human settlements and even enter the yards of residents to find food, which is nothing. However, kangaroos are a wild animal, although herbivores, but full of wildness. If kangaroos are offended, they will be extremely aggressive towards people. As early as 2018, Queensland, Australia, a man fed kangaroos on his own grass, but did not expect to be kicked to the ground by the kangaroo after jumping, and then the kangaroo continued to attack the man who fell to the ground, and his wife and children successfully saved the man with a broom and a shovel after hearing the cry for help, but in the fight, the woman and the child were injured to varying degrees.
There is a larger picnic camp in New South Wales, Australia, which attracts hundreds of tourists every day for a picnic, as well as a large number of kangaroos. Because people bring enough food, it is inevitable that kangaroos will be fed, and over time, kangaroos here will take the initiative to ask for food like some monkeys in scenic spots, and even go rummaging for food. Therefore, kangaroo injuries are staged here every few days.
The kangaroo has no physical advantage over adults, it is just a small head, a small skeleton, a slender body, four animals that are not thick, dodging is not fast, the only weapon is its two legs and feet, and keep a good distance from it. It has no attack power when it jumps up, and only when it is stationary will it use its tail as a support point, what does this mean? It's very difficult for it to step on you, and as long as you don't make the fool of standing still, it won't kick you.
Kick up the legs, as we all know, animals or people must have at least two contact points to support to maintain balance, when its legs pedal up, its tail is also temporarily borrowed to maintain balance, in principle, it is unbalanced, in fact, at this time when it pedals you, you just need to be brave, a low sweep, sweep its tail It basically falls. You can punch it in the head. If you can't kill it, you will probably be scrapped. Or really will not use this trick, are to the time of life and death to fight, do not be so shy, according to its head to hit the past, its head itself is small, coupled with the pain of nerve sensitivity, you a few heavy punches down, he will also suffer a lot of blows, this time it will run away.
Why no one treats kangaroos as pets
So if kangaroos are so popular and so numerous, why don't Australians raise kangaroos as small pets as kittens or puppies? The reason for this is also in the kangaroo itself, the reason why the kangaroo is called a kangaroo is because the adult kangaroo has a large hole like a pocket in its stomach, which is used to hold the kangaroo baby.
In fact, the cost of raising a pet like a kangaroo is also very high. They are not like other small pets who can eat some pet food bought from the supermarket, and they also need some other food to replenish their energy. And raising kangaroos also needs to have enough expertise, otherwise it is easy to cause the death of kangaroos. Because such ordinary Australian citizens will not easily raise kangaroos.
In addition to these, the government also attaches great importance to the protection of kangaroos. The government will expand a large area of protection for kangaroos, and then there will be special people to take care of these kangaroos, and for those who want to keep pets, they also need to have a professional breeding certificate, otherwise there is no opportunity to raise kangaroos. However, kangaroos are not as good as cute and docile pets, and when the kangaroo babies grow up to adulthood their bones will begin to grow larger and become aggressive. Some adults may not be able to beat them either. So given their danger and the difficulty of breeding, Australians will hardly raise kangaroos.
Can Australian kangaroos eat it?
Eating kangaroo meat in Australia is legally permissible. But it is illegal to abuse any animal in Australia, so it is illegal to kill kangaroos without permission, and kangaroos are generally approved to kill, and for wild protected kangaroos, hunting is not allowed. Kangaroos are not as precious as koalas in Australia, and the number of kangaroos is very large, so it is also a meal on the plate for local residents.
However, one scientific study showed that "kangaroo meat is not as healthy as previously thought". The study was published on the Website of Nature Medicine on April 7, 2013. Scientists have found that L-carnitine, which is prevalent in red meat, is associated with the formation of arterial blocks, which can lead to heart disease, stroke and vascular disease. John Fond, a medical professor at Monash University in Australia, said that each gram of kangaroo meat contains more L-carnitine than other red meats, and consumers should be wary of overeating.
3. Eating kangaroo meat has a long history in Australia.
On 29 June 2013, the BBC introduced the history of kangaroo meat consumption in Australia in its report Why there is a problem with eating kangaroo meat in Australia. Australian Aborigines used to eat kangaroo meat regularly, and they especially liked the delicious roast kangaroo tail. Early European colonists ate kangaroos only for the sake of feeding, but later fell in love because of the difference in taste from venison, hare or beef.
Historian Barbara Sandish wrote in her book Bold Tastes that as An Australian gastronomic heritage, kangaroo recipes often appear in cookbooks, and kangaroo soup, which stewed kangaroo meat with salted pork, was even more highly regarded at the time. It was not until the 1930s that as more and more Australians moved to cities and people's living standards improved, so-called "bush foods" such as kangaroo meat gradually fell out of favor.
What do you think of the infestation of Kangaroos in Australia?
Kangaroos have been erased as national treasures, and judging from the news content, there are three main bad performances that lead to this event, the first is because of its damage to Australia's overall ecosystem. Because of their long-term unrestricted breeding, the number of Australian kangaroos has long exceeded the maximum number that the environment can carry. The large amount of erosion of grassland vegetation by kangaroos has led to serious damage to the overall ecological environment, affecting the normal production and life of human beings. The second reason is that it has caused trouble to australia's traffic safety. A large number of kangaroos hold their status as national treasures and travel through the wide Australian highways, as if entering no man's land.
If the vehicle is slightly avoided, it is bound to form a traffic accident. Killing kangaroos is not to say, because dodging kangaroos into the ditch is not a minority. Driving is completely unable to ensure the smooth flow of the car, and the kangaroo has become a unique traffic jam and danger point. The third reason is that the value of the kangaroo itself and the cost of consumption vary too much. From the news extension, the Australian government's attitude towards kangaroos has led to kangaroos not becoming one of the components of economic development, just a spiritual symbol, the actual economic operation of the boost is not large, but will breed more problems, the cost is large, the benefits are close to zero, the role of human social development is getting smaller and smaller.
The reason for these bad performances is that the binding force of nature has weakened. An ecosystem, in the process of Australian colonial development for a long time, the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) is almost extinct, the dingo has also been killed to the point of endangerment, Australia, which originally has few large carnivores, has suddenly become a paradise for herbivores, and baby kangaroos have become active, running around in the grassy land. The second reason is that human beings are not binding enough. Because the kangaroo is a national treasure, an animal with a national emblem, and because the kangaroo symbolizes a courage to never move forward and never retreat, in the days when the kangaroo is a national treasure, people will not kill it at will (its natural enemies are killed) and let it grow naturally.