Are kangaroos fierce fighters, and are they Australia's national treasure?

Kangaroos are marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They do not walk but only hop, and they are the mammals that jump the highest and the farthest. They look fairly gentle and docile, but they do fight. So, are kangaroos fierce fighters? Are they a national treasure?

1. Are kangaroos fierce fighters?

Kangaroos are indeed quite fierce fighters.

1. A kangaroo's most formidable weapon is its legs; it can kick out into empty air with them and can kick a sheepdog to death, and historical records note that they have kicked people to death. Moreover, “racial discrimination” is very serious within kangaroo families: they cannot tolerate outside members entering the family, and even family members who have been away for a long time are unwelcome when they return. Every new member accepted must be taught a lesson, and only after the newcomer learns many “rules” can it become fully integrated into the family.

2. All kangaroos, regardless of size, have strong, powerful hind legs, and a tail that is thick, long and full of muscle. When fighting, they mainly use the tail for support, then raise both feet to kick the opponent in the belly, and their front claws also scratch the opponent, scratching very quickly, so it looks a bit like boxing.

3. A kangaroo's skeleton is similar to that of a dinosaur, and its strength is astonishing. It can jump as high as 3-4 m and as far as 13 m. A fully grown large kangaroo's physical power reaches its peak: it can cover 65 km per hour in hops, and one sweep of its tail can kill a person.

4. Kangaroos usually live in groups, sometimes as many as a hundred or more. If pursued by an enemy, they will put their backs against a large tree with their tails planted on the ground and use their powerful hind legs to kick the enemy hard in the belly. Humans should not provoke them lightly either, to avoid having them all rise up and kick together.

2. Are kangaroos a national treasure?

Kangaroos are Australia's national treasure.

1. The kangaroo is one of Australia's three great national treasures (the kangaroo, the koala and the platypus). All Australian kangaroos, except those in zoos and wildlife parks, live in the wild, and with no natural enemies present, they are creatures standing at the top of the food chain.

2. The kangaroo is regarded as an animal symbolising Australia and is one of the two animals (the kangaroo and the emu) appearing on Australia's national coat of arms; the kangaroo is on the left and the emu on the right. These two animals can only move forward and never backward, symbolising a nation that always strides forward.

3. In Australia, thanks to a favourable living environment, the kangaroo population has surged and has now grown to around 50 million, more than double Australia's total population. You can imagine that you might not see a single person for miles, yet you can see 3-4 kangaroos gathered together nibbling at the turf.

4. Because there are too many kangaroos, they have seriously disrupted the local ecological balance, and news of kangaroos hitting people is often reported. To prevent kangaroos from overrunning the place, the Australian government has had to issue a culling order, calling on Australians to eat more kangaroo meat and extending an invitation to food lovers around the world to come to Australia to eat kangaroo meat. It can be said that the kangaroo is the national treasure that has fared the worst in history.

Kangaroos are very fierce fighters; their most formidable weapon is their legs, which can kick out into empty air and can kick a sheepdog to death, and one sweep of the tail can kill a person. It is Australia's national treasure, yet it now does not receive the treatment a national treasure should have, and the Australian government has even issued a culling order, so it can be said to be the national treasure that has fared the worst in history.