kangas for shimpy

[oneup]

there you go kangas.. had a rumage through some pics and found this i took when we took the gran grubs to the petting zoo,


also a good pic of a Koala, you hardly ever see them awake in a tree.

[DTR 11TG]

you guys down under have some great nic names, I couldn't stop laughing after reading this one - "gran grubs"

[Shimpy]

you guys down under have some great nic names, I couldn't stop laughing after reading this one - "gran grubs"

I liked that one too.......Thanks for finding the pics. Those must be young kangas since I thought they were much larger.

[Rmitchell55]

There are many sub-species of the kangaroo. Those look to be about 4 feet tall when standing up. I have seen some smaller one (about 3 feet tall when I was in Perth, WA Australia. The big reds about 7 foot tall If I remember right.

When I was visiting Brisbane in Feb. 1992 I was at the Zoo or some animal sanctuary (about 2 hours by city bus) and for $10 you could have your picture taken holding the Koala.

[oneup]

spot on Rmitchel, there are all sorts of marsupials that fall loosely under the name Kangaroo, and various types of kangaroos... you are right about the big fed ones mostly seen inland, they are huge. A 7 footer will mess you up. they are extremely good boxers, they punch on like humans, and if you see how muscular their arms are, its enough to put you off even thinking about fighting one..... BUT. the punch is not its best move. Kangaroos can balance on their tails, and give a massively powerful downward kick, which combined with a huge middle toe-nail, means they can disembowel you easily..

[oneup]

guy knocked out by kangaroo (news item)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWpzI7hXvQ