Posted on 06/29/2005 11:42:22 AM PDT by areeves79
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - At first glance, Walt Temple thought the animal he saw hopping through the city was a deer. "But then, why would it be on its back legs?" he wondered.
It turns out a deer wouldn't be hopping on its hind legs. But a kangaroo would. So he called South Bend Animal Care and Control on Monday to let them know he thought he just saw a kangaroo, not far from the South Bend Regional Airport.
"I didn't believe him," animal control officer Sumyr Springfield said.
Then Springfield, who was first on the scene, saw the top of the kangaroo's head. It was time to call for backup.
Additional officers began scouring the brush and looking into drain pipes looking for the kangaroo. The search continued Tuesday, although officials don't know where the animal would have come from. The Potawatomi Zoo said it was not missing any animals and airport officials said they did not know of any runaway kangaroos.
Kim Lucas, a supervisor with animal control, said the kangaroo is likely not a danger to anyone.
"It would likely run away from people," she said.
Bert, an average mouse eats 12 pounds of cheese in a lifetime. I figure tonight we've lived 2000 years.
If he can carry a football, Notre Dame will recruit him -- Mever mind his SAT scores.
I'm sure kangaroo scores on the SAT might even be better than some of the UW Huskies football players out here in Washington. Then again I'm a Wazzu Cougs fan. 8>)
Other lines have "Keep me Cockatoo cool" and "Take me Koala back", with "Tan me hide when I'm dead" next to last and "So we tanned 'is 'ide when 'e died, Clyde, an' that's it 'angin' on the shed"
But I suppose that'd be a no-minder to you, 'ay?
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