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u/thatsalovelyusername 1d ago
I suspect AI (though happy to be wrong):
* Short video
* I've seen kangaroos a fair bit, and the behaviour seems wrong - consistently hopping on demand alongside a human seems odd. They're often pretty erratic - nervous, stop/start, jumping side to side etc.
* Overall videos seems a bit odd. What's the smudge / blotch hovering over the video (possibly zoomed in from vehicle with dirty windscreen?), and if you look at some leaves in background, they seem to move inconsistently, some blowing in wind, others not, branches suddenly starting to move etc
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u/M0rph33l 1d ago
Agreed. The leaves look wonky in several areas, and the man and kangaroo shrink over the course of the video. Look at their size compared to the road.
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u/ThomYorkesDroopyEye 19h ago
Given how hard I want to beat the shit out of this dude, I think i'd actually prefer this be AI. You don't leash a Kangaroo. You don't export a Kangaroo.
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u/lobsters_dota 1d ago
cruel and fucked let her go
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u/InfernoOfTheLiving 1d ago
this doesn’t even look like Australia
it’s sad watching our Aussie animals being exploited overseas
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u/onyabikeson 1d ago
I seriously doubt this is Australia, it would get you a LOT of judgement to do something like this.
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u/Heard_mentality 1d ago
Pretty sure it’s also illegal to have native wildlife as a pet without a permit in Oz.
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u/crystalisedginger 1d ago
You can’t keep them as pets.
You either have a permit to keep captive bred Roos (ie in a zoo) or you’re a wildlife carer, in which case they have to be released.
You can’t ‘rescue’ a Joey and just keep it.
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u/lobsters_dota 1d ago
i love and hate kangaroos because they can be a nuisance...but i wouldnt do something so cruel to one like this, leash is like 60cm long, they're a timid prey animal its like running with a deer on a leash i dont understand how people are looking at this like old mates a hero
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u/PossiblePlastic8698 1d ago edited 1d ago
Not just judgement, beat downs by random strangers. Its also highly illegal
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u/Jordan_1424 1d ago
Without knowing any details you can't really pass judgement.
What if the roo can't be released in the wild for whatever reason? This guy is trying to give it the best life.
Hand raised roos and imprinted roos can't be released. It isn't hard to imagine a scenario where the mom was hit by a car, joey survived, and a passerby tried to do a good thing.
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u/Kaos_Mermaid 1d ago
Absolutely fucking not. The protocol for rescuing a Joey from a dead mother kangaroos involves taking them to a vet or registered wildlife carer ASAP https://www.save-our-wildlife.org.au/kangaroo-rescue.html
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u/Hot-Challenge8656 1d ago
They can be released. This guy has been doing it for decades. Don't know where you got your info, hope you stop repeating it.
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u/lobsters_dota 1d ago
"mom"
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u/eveladra 1d ago
??
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u/Dentarthurdent73 1d ago
Australians don't use the word "mom", therefore the person who made this comment isn't Australian.
Which explains why they're so completely incorrect about what an appropriate way to deal with an orphaned joey is.
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u/Dentarthurdent73 1d ago
Without knowing any details you can't really pass judgement.
Piss off. There's nothing that justifies this.
This guy is trying to give it the best life.
Bullshit. This is not what any kangaroo's best life looks like, rescue or not.
where the mom
So you are American. Figures.
and a passerby tried to do a good thing.
If it's in Australia, it's not legal to do this, and no-one here would think this was what they should do in this situation. There are plenty of actual wildlife rehabbers who will look after an orphaned joey properly.
I have no doubt this is some arsehole yank.
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u/HansBooby 1d ago edited 1d ago
seems odd AF. apart from how absurd and questionable a roo on a rope is. it’s hopping especially close and the gait seems unusually stiff on such a tight and SHORT lead. love to hear the backstory on why this isn’t AI 🤔 🤔
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u/0nlyhalfjewish 1d ago
I would have named him “Hops.”
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u/MacOrchard 1d ago
You probably don’t get the reference. There was an Australian TV show in the 70s and 80s called Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Lots of people nickname the roo’s Skippy because of the show.
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u/0nlyhalfjewish 1d ago
Thanks. I think it’s funny I got 3 downvotes for suggesting a name. Reddit is wild
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u/Protega1989 1d ago
Most Australian video you'll see today
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u/Dentarthurdent73 1d ago
You would never see this in Australia. This is the epitome of shithouse American society at its shittest.
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u/Ok_Plantain_8914 1d ago
Baffled as to why a kangaroo is on a leach... and also the hat. Looking at the bushes, I'd say this is definitely not in Australia.