Posted on 03/14/2024 10:03:48 AM PDT by DallasBiff
The driver thought he hit a deer.
The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office said that Deputy Jeff Neighbors was patrolling the Liberty area north of Roland when he saw a kangaroo jump out of the woods and onto the higher before being hit by a passing vehicle.
The driver thought he hit a deer, and the sheriff's office said he was "shocked" when he learned he had hit a kangaroo.
KOCO 5 sister station 40/29 News reported that a family later claimed the kangaroo's body, saying it had been their pet.
(Excerpt) Read more at koco.com ...
I imagine most Americans would be a little shocked to learn that...although we did have an escaped emu running around our neck of the woods in Alabama a few years back, and there was no mistaking that thing when you saw it!
A Joey from Muskogee?
LOL, nicely done!
Didn’t heed “tie me kangaroo down, sport”—a Rolf Harris 1962 hit song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Pnead96bA
By the way, “A female kangaroo is called a doe, flyer, jill or roo; a male is called a buck, boomer, jack or old man.”
So in the White House we now have a jill and an old man. Uncanny.
When I toured Australia some of the “roo bars” made the “utes” look like Mad Max vehicles. Those Western Red kangaroos are massive.
Always tough to lose a beloved pet. I feel sorry for the family and for the fellow who accidentally hit it.
He jumped to conclusions when he thought it was a deer.
bet joey’ s family is hopping mad.
They rushed the ‘roo the veterinarian, but it was in hopless condition.
It was a roo-d awakening.
On the other hand roos are good eatin’
A bounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
A different world back then when ‘Tie me kangaroo down, sport’ could be a hit song.
Yes.
Still, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haaa!” (1966) could still apply to Joe and so many others in DC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xRCbdFrSSc
Oklahoma should move it’s ‘Kangaroo Crossing’ zones away from busy highways...
Donna, Radio Caller, Wants Deer Crossing Signs Moved So Deer Won’t Cross Highways (AUDIO)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donna-radio-caller-deer-crossing-sign-complaint_n_1987405
Is that the way of it in this state?
If they had named it Bo-ing, they should have known where it was going.
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