By Darryl Mason
Kangaroo attacks happen all the time in Australia. But we don't like to talk about them. Sure, you'll hear a lot about shark attacks, even shark sightings, "down under" at "Australia's Most Famous Beach" on BBC World News and CNN, but that's only because reporters will take any opportunity they can get to do a live cross from a sandy coastline location.
Occasionally, some brave American journalist will bust the news blackout and let the world know what is going, all but unreported, in Australia :
Eeee, any stitches to the groin are bad news for a bloke, but thirty?
And no, I don't think the tension-laden music and dramatic voiceover were over the top in the slightest.
The truth is, the human population of Australia has been under attack by kangaroos, and occasionally koalas, for decades. An entire generation of Australians were lulled into a false sense of security about kangaroos and wallabies by Skippy : The Bush Kangaroo. The show taught us that some kangaroos could learn to type, use a compass and dial rotary phones, but it never warned us of the true threat kangaroos pose to our way of life, and even the way we sleep.
Once, kangaroos would only kick ten kinds of crap out of you if you happened to wander into Kangaroo Country. But now, they are coming after us. Do they somehow know they are going to become a very popular red meat alternative in cow-reduced future?
They are hopping into our suburbs, they are invading our luxuriantly-lawned nursing homes, they are leaping straight into our homes :
A Canberra man was forced to wrestle a kangaroo out his house after it jumped through a window and landed on his bed in the middle of the night.Nature's War On Humans continues....
They're Not Just Cute, Friendly Wallabies Anymore - They're Killers!"
Fossil Record Confirms Word & Art Aboriginal Legend Of Ancient Dog-Like Kangaroo
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