Trish took me along this morning to the grocery store. One the way she asked if I wanted to see some wild kangaroos. "Absolutely!" I answered. She drove over to a new cemetery north of here. The place is full of sleeping kangaroos. They hang out there because they were there there before they turned the wild area into a cemetery a few years ago. It was kind of weird. We found a group of them hanging out under a tree. There was a large male and several young female roos taking a siesta. One of the females had a baby joey in her pouch who would stick his head out and munch on grass below mom.
The male was very wary of us. Trish said that is was mating season and the male roos get very protective and aggressive around the females. He would not relax and kept flashing his huge sharp claw on his feet. Male roos will attack with their feet and can slice you open.
These actually aren't kangaroos. They are wallabies, smaller than kangaroos. The wallabies in Western Australia stand only about 5 feet tall. The big Red Kangaroos are native to the other side of the Australia on Queensland and stand almost 6 to 7 feet tall when standing.
Roos tend to only move around at dawn and dusk. Those are the most dangerous times to drive in the country in Australia. The roos start hopping around looking for food and water and they hop right out into the highway. Hitting one is like hitting a deer. It will seriously screw up your car and possibly kill you.
Next we are going to look for wild Emus.
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