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Kangaroo attack
As Australia's iconic animal, kangaroos are naturally very common. They can weigh up to 70 kilograms, are between 1.3 and 1.5 meters tall, and can even reach 2.2 meters long if you count the tail. Kangaroos exude the wild spirit of wild animals, the body is unusually muscular, I believe we have seen many interesting pictures of strong kangaroos, most of which are not P-charts.
If such a species is aggressive, it is really difficult for humans to overwhelm with their bare hands, especially since they also know some combat skills, they use their short upper limbs to fight their opponents, use their muscular tails to bear the weight, and then use two powerful claw-like hind legs to slam.
With the rapid advancement of urban development, humans have encroached on more and more areas of wild kangaroo habitat, resulting in more intersections between kangaroos and humans, and kangaroo attacks have naturally become more frequent. In March, a kangaroo in New South Wales attacked a 3-year-old girl, causing her severe head injuries; In July, a kangaroo attacked a 67-year-old woman while walking in Queensland, causing multiple scratches all over her body and even a broken leg; Going back 86 years, someone was even killed directly by a kangaroo, when 38-year-old William Crook Shank was so nervous when he saw the kangaroo approaching his dog that he stepped forward to drive the kangaroo away, but was kicked in the jaw and died of his injuries at Hillston Hospital in New South Wales.
On September 12, new human dead people appeared in the kangaroo attack.
Kangaroo killings in Australia
Peter Ides, a 77-year-old alpaca keeper, secretly keeps a kangaroo as a pet, which is actually illegal, but everyone around him thinks it's no big deal, so they help him hide it.
But on September 12, the old man was suddenly attacked by his pet kangaroo in his home in Redmond, near Albany, and the heavy fists and powerful kicks made the old man faint to the ground, and the old man's family wanted to take him to the hospital when they found out, but the angry kangaroo stopped all those who approached, and the family had to call an ambulance.
When the paramedics arrived at the scene, the kangaroo was still full of anger, hostile to all the approaching paramedics, and even tried to attack actively. Worried about the old man's injury, the medical staff could only call the police, and when the police came to the scene, they decided to shoot the kangaroo because it posed a threat to emergency rescuers.
Unfortunately, it was too late, the old man was already old and had not been treated in time, so when the paramedics finally met him, he was already dead.
Why is this happening?
Australian zoologist Hayley Shute believes it is not surprising that such a thing happens given the nature, size and strength of male kangaroos.
Male kangaroos live in hierarchical populations, and their way of achieving class transitions is nothing more than fighting, which is part of their lives, and this attacking kangaroo is the male kangaroo, which, when it enters the breeding period, becomes grumpy and instinctively hostile to creatures they consider threatening.
Therefore, showing respect for wild animals and remembering the dangers of male kangaroos is the attitude that Australians should have towards kangaroos, and this attitude also applies to all creatures in nature.