# Killer Kangeroos! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187 "2006-07-12T15:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/1 "2006-07-12T15:20:47Z")
[Complete with big sharp pointy teeth!](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5172292.stm) > [@](#): > > He said the killer kangaroos would not have been like the creatures of today. > > “There were meat-eating kangaroos with long fangs, and galloping kangaroos with long forearms, which could not hop,” he told The Australian newspaper. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/2 "2006-07-12T15:35:20Z")
[Here’s a pic](http://www.lostkingdoms.com/snapshots/miocene_early_animals_roos.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/3 "2006-07-12T15:51:36Z")
[The Return of the Kangaroo Rex](http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?42375) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/4 "2006-07-12T16:18:05Z")
Even more interesting is the bit about the “demon ducks of doom”. I see movie potential. Setting: Prehistoric Australia An aboriginal caveman is holding a spear and quietly stalking something. Suddenly he gets the feeling that he is not alone. He slowly turns, his eyes widen and he is frozen with fear. The camera stays focused on the panicked caveman and starts to fade to black as we hear an ominous “quack”. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/5 "2006-07-12T16:21:14Z")
I noticed a related story on that sire. Australia is on an [angry kangaroo alert](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3874379.stm). Could the kangaroos be reverting back to their prehistoric state? I wish I lived somewhere that had “angry kangaroo alerts”. We just get hurricane and tornado alerts… boooorrrrriinng! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/6 "2006-07-12T16:48:38Z")
If you could somehow get the karnivorous kangaroos to eat the rabbits, it would be a good thing… ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/7 "2006-07-12T16:52:46Z")
meh…it’s the killer koalas you have to watch out for! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/8 "2006-07-12T16:54:39Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > [The Return of the Kangaroo Rex](http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?42375) Hey, I _thought_ that sounded familiar 🙂 For those not in the know, that’s from the book Mirabile, by Janet Kagan (some of which was published separately. With a story about the Loch Moose Monster, I _had_ to own it). Very entertaining reading. /hijack ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/9 "2006-07-12T17:12:49Z")
Great. One more animal the wife will make me buy for her. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/10 "2006-07-12T17:36:57Z")
> [@](#): > > The flesh-eating marsupial would have lived between 10 and 20 million years ago, scientists say. Cool, says I. > [@](#): > > The research team has also unearthed evidence of a large carnivorous bird dubbed the “demon duck of doom”. That’s just to wierd. Them fellers been drinkin’ some of that industrial strength Aussie beer. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/11 "2006-07-12T18:08:26Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Even more interesting is the bit about the “demon ducks of doom”. > > I see movie potential. > > Setting: Prehistoric Australia > > An aboriginal caveman is holding a spear and quietly stalking something. Suddenly he gets the feeling that he is not alone. He slowly turns, his eyes widen and he is frozen with fear. The camera stays focused on the panicked caveman and starts to fade to black as we hear an ominous “quack”. As noted over in the “dinosaur” thread in GD, Pleistocene Australia had some amazing critters. First, a giant monitor related to the living Komodo dragon that was evidently about the size and shape of a subcompact car. Then a giant wombat the size of a hippopotamus. A marsupial lion (_Thylacoleo_) – although South America had the marsupial sabertooth _Thylacosmilus_. And all this is ignoring the fact that probably half the species in and around Australia are venomous. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/12 "2006-07-12T19:56:18Z")
> [@](#): > > The research team has also unearthed evidence of a large carnivorous bird dubbed the “demon duck of doom”. I’m thinking that either Anaheim Mighty Ducks or the Tampa Bay Devil Rays should immediately drop their team names and adopt this one. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/13 "2006-07-13T00:27:14Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > meh…it’s the killer koalas you have to watch out for! Well, them and the Drop Bears. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/14 "2006-07-13T07:11:11Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I’m thinking that either Anaheim Mighty Ducks or the Tampa Bay Devil Rays should immediately drop their team names and adopt this one. And the team’s slogan can be “Don’t fuck with the Demon Ducks of Doom!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/15 "2006-07-13T14:59:50Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Complete with big sharp pointy teeth!](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5172292.stm):eek: from the cited article: > [@](#): > > The research team has also unearthed evidence of a large carnivorous bird dubbed the “demon duck of doom”. Anyone lurking and thinking of registering as soon as they find a good screen name? ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-kangeroos/364187/16 "2006-07-13T15:10:43Z")
> [@Buckler of Swashing](#): > > Well, them and the Drop Bears. [Exactly!!!](http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3695/db.htm) Careful not to confuse these with Bundaberg Rum’s polar bear interloper!