Those damn roos!
During a trip to a place called Philip Island on the south coast of Victoria, Australia, myself and my friend, Nicole ventured into a nature park to check out some of the creatures indigenous to Australia (Kookaburras, Kangaroos, bats, Echidnas, Wombats, etc).

After wandering around feeding some of the animals, we spotted an open reserve with a few joeys hopping around and thought it would be great to go in and feed some while taking a few snaps close up.

After spending about half an hour wandering round, feeding some of the young 'uns, we found ourselves quite deep into the reserve where the roos seemed to be getting quite large.

Several larger roos (5ft+) decided to venture a bit closer and after hearing some of the stories about how they'll tear you open with one swipe of their claws, we decided to be a bit more wary.

After I'd just finished feeding a joey a handful of feed, I turned around and spotted one of the 5ft roos right behind a crouching Nicole. As I watched, I saw the ninja-roo start leaning back on it's tail, ready to give her a kick. Now I don't know if any of you have actually seen a roo rear back, it's quite a sight to behold. Those tails are pretty damn thick and to see it effortlessly rear back onto it's tail gave me a pretty good idea as to how much power it probably had.

I called out to Nicole and much to her credit, she turned round and offered a handful of feed to her would-be attacker in order to placate him. I joined her and fed it some more. This had the desired effect and after gobbling down a couple of handfuls of feed, the roo decided to retire to a safer distance.

We continued feeding some of the joeys and Nicole had wandered a little further away from me to feed a couple that hadn't had any from us. After a few minutes, Nicole called over to me as I stood up. As I was turning to face her, I felt an almighty whack in my right thigh. Yes, the ninja roo had returned and had got the serious hump that I was feeding some of the young ones. A scene of me taking on the roo in a boxing match and getting my ass well and truly kicked flashed through my mind.

Not wanting to end the day in hospital or worse still, having my entrails spilled over the ground for the rest of the roos to feed on during the night, I backed off, whilst delving into my bag of feed in case it decided to come and have another go.

I tossed the feed in it's direction to distract it while Nicole and I joined forces and made our way through the plethora of roo droppings back to the entrance. Only when I was safely out of harms way did I then shake my fist at it, taunting it till it hopped off into the bush.

Length - its tail was a good 5 ft long!
(Swarve, Sat 26 Apr 2008, 9:43, 1 reply)

Blob week
It has been said that roos can be aggressive towards females (human ones) if they are in the midst of jam week.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 15:52, closed)