Skippy was a kangaroo. These are wallabies although no reason you can’t call one skippyIf one is named, Skippy…be careful. He’s a shooter!
I have now been educated! I thought these were kangaroos!
I had one like that on my property when I took the dog for a walk. I turned back. They can be very dangerous if they think they or their territory are threatened. Roos and wallabies normally hop away before you get anywhere near them. This one didn’t.
Like any animal they’ll react if threatened and those hind legs are very powerful so you don’t want to be kicked by one. I don’t know which is more aggressive. Maybe the roo just because of its size. I don’t see the reds around here, just the greys but even they can get fairly big
Definitely not. All native animals are protected. Even the rotten flying foxes. Having said that, from time to time when the numbers get out of control culling of Roos is allowed. But it’s regulated and you’re allocated a number or something. I don’t know all the details as it’s not something I do. They can be a pest and while I’m more than happy to have them on my land, for farmers it can be a different story. A few years ago I was in a national park and the numbers were just huge. You’d have to stop and wait for ages as the mob was like a swarm. They’re a particularly stupid animal and around my place I avoid driving between dusk and dawn and even then only with a bullbar equipped vehicle.
I’m told they make good eating, but I’ve never tried it.
They taste ok, but they make me jumpy.
I was on the ride on mower the other day and suddenly I realised I was coming up on a large red belly (black snake). It took off as I quickly hit reverse! While the red belly can be deadly, they are less deadly and less venomnous than the brown and less aggressive too. It’s the brown I am most concerned about because apart from being the second most venomous snake in the world, they are so hard to see. Fortunately, red bellies eat browns (and vice versa unfortunately) so people say leave red bellies alone. I’m happy to leave them all alone and hope they reciprocate!
We’re more worried about magpies than cassowaries.Cassowaries! A mean lot by all accounts.
My mate was visiting some Aussie he met at the Olympics and the first morning he awoke in his nice guest room there was bloody Funnel Web busily spinning a web in the ceiling corner! He hadn't heard of it and casually strolled out to the kitchen and mentioned the peculiar web and all bloody hell broke out!
Magpies are extremely territorial during spring and early summer. They will swoop on you when you walk near their nests, or if riding a bike. This summer they swooped on a woman carrying a baby. This caused the woman to slip, she fell on her baby, and the baby died. Often they will claw you and draw blood. You don’t hear them coming, and they come from behind, so it is startling even if they don’t hit you
