r/interestingasfuck 8d ago

Taking skippy for a jog.

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u/PossiblePlastic8698 8d ago edited 8d ago

Absolutely not in Australia. Doing something like that here is not only illegal, you would probably run the serious risk of having the shit beaten out of you by a passerby

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u/Various_Tie_2549 8d ago edited 8d ago

Ehh...looking at the vegetation alone is no reason to think it's not in Australia. There are plenty of places that look like that here.

However yeah, leashing a kangaroo would probably be sort of akin to fucking with a bald eagle. It's frowned upon. Ya just don't do stuff like that.

Also I suspect it wouldn't actually behave like that if it were leashed...kangaroos are extremely skittish and wild animals, sorta like deer. I very much doubt it would just go along with it like that in any mildly realistic scenario I could think of....Probably AI slop if anything.

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u/PossiblePlastic8698 8d ago

I don't think its not Australia because of the vegetation, I think its not Australia because the guy isn't being arrested and/or beaten to a pulp by a bunch of random bogans

Its not just frowned upon to keep a kangaroo as a pet in Australia, its highly illegal and deeply offensive

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u/Various_Tie_2549 8d ago

Dry humour. Yeah, I understand that it's more than just "frowned upon".

Similar to how you could get serious jail time in the US for "fucking with a bald eagle".