Woman Tries To Pet A Kangaroo, & Immediately Gets Humbled By Nature

When it comes to agility in the Animal Kingdom, don't sleep on the kangaroo. The unique animals can run at speeds of over 30 miles per hour, and can bound as far as 30 feet in one jump. Add the fact that some grow to be six feet tall and you've got yourself one of the quickest, biggest, fight-ready animals that's ever walked the Earth. Despite all of those characteristics, some people still think that it's okay to test kangaroos out in the wild. I'm not sure what the thought process is, but whatever is going through someone's mind right before they approach a wild roo has to be something like: "This thing could easily chase me down and pummel me with kicks and punches, all while being able to jump significant distances - if it needed to? I'd like to walk right up to it and press my luck." And that's pretty much what this woman did as she visited Kangaroo Valley in New South Wales, Australia. She saw the roo standing off in the distance and decided that she'd like to try and pet it. I'd say she must have seen a movie where getting close to kangaroos was normalized, but even Kangaroo Jack makes it very clear that roos can be dangerous. It's almost too predictable, but as soon she got too close to the wild animal, it let her know that she was too close. The kangaroo charged with such speed and impressive juking that you would have thought it was a running back in the NFL. The quick burst from the roo sent the woman to ground, and she's lucky that the creature didn't put the ol' ground and pound on her. The music added onto the video is a great touch too. A little stereotypical? Sure. But nothing sets the scene for a showdown that feature's one of Australia's most recognizable mammals better than Men At Work's "Down Under." Check it out: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-v-_BlMosT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==