Bathurst Kangaroo! - Jalopnik Comments

Bathurst Kangaroo!

Cam68 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:38:18 EDT

Uh... I hit a kangaroo once, on a gravel road on aptly named Kangaroo Island, off southern Australia. There was an amazing amount of roadkill on that island, and I'd been warned several times to watch out. But it happened so fast there was nothing I could do. I really wish I had killed it cleanly...

Why do you think they call 'em "roo bars"? I mean those heavy-duty pipes that they attach to the front of vehicles and that are very common in rural areas all over Oz. They're actually functional there, as opposed to here in the U.S., where 99% are displayed by douchebags who want to seem macho in their plastic-cladded pickups.

Cam68

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FЯeeMan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:20:58 EDT

great choice of music for once.

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aychseven — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:20:21 EDT

i expect to see it in wrc, but you'd think that all the noise coming from a motorsports complex would keep them away

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Lockie — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:44:04 EDT

Someone hit a kangaroo couple of years back, theres a video of that on youtube somewhere, ruined his race and his car, sent the poor fella flying though...

Lockie

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Turboner — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:44:10 EDT

Bathurst crazy, I say.

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skaz — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:31:04 EDT

So kangaroos of Australia are the coyotes/foxes of Arizona, eh?

Can't count how many times I've seen a dead coyote.. er.. blood smear on the freeway in the middle of the desert.

skaz

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SebringMGB — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:05:31 EDT

That Roo got lucky.... Aparently... Lots of them arent so lucky. Word from a family friend in Oz is, they are a major annoyance, and many car be found dear on the roadside, From encounters with road-trains, which wont stop for them.

SebringMGB

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crimsontiger6 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:57:04 EDT

skippyyyyy skippyyyyy skippy the flat kangaroo.

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discontinuuity — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:32:04 EDT

I saw this type of thing happen on the WRC rally of Australia once. A kangaroo jumps across the road just before the car goes screaming past at top speed. Must have scared the driver quite a bit.

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