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Not all things in Australia want to kill you..........

dsio
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Another idiot roo deciding to jump in front of a Mustang GT3 while its doing 250kph (155mph) at the Bathurst 12 hour.

The roo exploded into meat mince as it went through the hood and windscreen, driver got covered in stinky bits. Not the first time and won't be the last. They make deer look like sensible pedestrians by comparison.

Also for once, the Mustang driver was entirely innocent in this crash, he did a great job throughout.


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dsio dsio
Also for once, the Mustang driver was entirely innocent in this crash
Ha! It seems every time I see a burn out gone wrong from some street event it’s always a Mustang crashing into things…
 
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dsio dsio
Another idiot roo deciding to jump in front of a Mustang GT3 while its doing 250kph (155mph) at the Bathurst 12 hour.

The roo exploded into meat mince as it went through the hood and windscreen, driver got covered in stinky bits. Not the first time and won't be the last. They make deer look like sensible pedestrians by comparison.

Also for once, the Mustang driver was entirely innocent in this crash, he did a great job throughout.


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Old Skippy got turned into some meaty goodness.......it would've been quick for the poor bugger!
I found a taxidermied kangaroo head and bolted it to the old Ford F250 4x4:
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We used to refer to it as the Roo Bar and Grill!
 
dsio
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Old Skippy got turned into some meaty goodness.......it would've been quick for the poor bugger!
I found a taxidermied kangaroo head and bolted it to the old Ford F250 4x4:
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We used to refer to it as the Roo Bar and Grill!
Yea the Mustang got a hood ornament and a helmet ornament for the driver.

BTW anyone from overseas feeling bad for skippy, the gene pool was improved by this bloke's demise, and we have more than enough spares.

These things only know how to root, fight, and get themselves into trouble being complete dickheads.

They do make good watch straps though, very light, flexible and strong, far more so than most leathers, if you haven't tried kangaroo leather I highly recommend it. This one is probably past being peeled however.

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At our home track, it's deer. And more deer. And more deer. In the Fall months, you see them standing in the grass inside the track -- only way out is back across the pavement. What's even worse are the roads leading to the track -- once you exit the highway it's country roads with trees up close to the shoulder on each side. People from our club lose more cars driving on those roads than on the track.

There is an occasion turkey as well. People who have had the pleasure of introducing their car's windshield to a poorly-flying turkey liken it to a bowling ball coming through the windshield.

The rescue crew at the track have a pistol for finishing off deer that don't perish in the strikes. Rumor has it no deer meat is left behind, and there is always a pot of chili in the cafeteria.
 
dsio
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At our home track, it's deer. And more deer. And more deer. In the Fall months, you see them standing in the grass inside the track -- only way out is back across the pavement. What's even worse are the roads leading to the track -- once you exit the highway it's country roads with trees up close to the shoulder on each side. People from our club lose more cars driving on those roads than on the track.

There is an occasion turkey as well. People who have had the pleasure of introducing their car's windshield to a poorly-flying turkey liken it to a bowling ball coming through the windshield.

The rescue crew at the track have a pistol for finishing off deer that don't perish in the strikes. Rumor has it no deer meat is left behind, and there is always a pot of chili in the cafeteria.
We've got a lot of deer too, and the biggest population of feral camels on earth, which all need to be gotten rid of, and feral pigs, horses, just a range of animals that breed too much in a land that despite the snakes and spiders really has no land-based apex predators to keep them in check.

It does lead to some interesting solutions though, blokes heading up in a Robinson helicopter with endless amounts of ammo an knocking off 800 pigs in 4 hours from the sky. Hunting season for pests is all year around and it's highly encouraged in a lot of areas, we have a lot of pests that need eliminating.

 
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We've got a lot of deer too, and the biggest population of feral camels on earth, which all need to be gotten rid of, and feral pigs, horses, just a range of animals that breed too much in a land that despite the snakes and spiders really has no land-based apex predators to keep them in check.

It does lead to some interesting solutions though, blokes heading up in a Robinson helicopter with endless amounts of ammo an knocking off 800 pigs in 4 hours from the sky. Hunting season for pests is all year around and it's highly encouraged in a lot of areas, we have a lot of pests that need eliminating.

You'd be surprised how often trains hit camels, We had a contract repairing freight trains and they would come in from across the continent absolutely reaking of rotten camel, there be bits of camel all over the train, and it was delightful after it had been baking in the desert heat for days!

What happens is ,in the desert the camels find it easier to walk along the solid ground of the train tracks so when the train comes along there are camels all over the track. the poor bloody camels try and run for it, but they stay on the tracks as with the solid footing they think they can run faster, and get away, however, they cannot run faster than a train! 1.8 km of freight train can't stop as it has too much momentum

We do export live camels to the middle east.
 
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Camels in Australia? Did the Brits bring them in?
 
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They were brought in for transport in the desert regions of the outback , as were Afghan camel drivers also brought in too. Which is why the train that runs north- south from the cites of Darwin and Adelaide is called "The Ghan"
Once they were replaced by mechanical transport a lot were let loose to fend for themselves and they did quite well at adapting, hence the feral camel problems we have today.
Throw in water buffalo, deer, pigs, brumbies (wild horses) goats, rabbits, cane toads, foxes, feral cats, european carp etc. and we still aren't scratching the surface of the feral animal problems
 
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Quite true. Got swooped when walking through a park in Essendon. Still have a scar on my left temple, about 10mm from my eyeball.
We have a few in the park at the back of our place, they know us and we never get swooped but the postie gets hammered.
 
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We have a few magpie families in our suburb, and none have ever been a problem. Last week a young one ran up to my wife, chirping madly, wanting to be fed.
 
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Quite true. Got swooped when walking through a park in Essendon. Still have a scar on my left temple, about 10mm from my eyeball.
We have a few in the park at the back of our place, they know us and we never get swooped but the postie gets hammered.
Geez, you were bloody lucky!
 
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They were brought in for transport in the desert regions of the outback , as were Afghan camel drivers also brought in too. Which is why the train that runs north- south from the cites of Darwin and Adelaide is called "The Ghan"
Once they were replaced by mechanical transport a lot were let loose to fend for themselves and they did quite well at adapting, hence the feral camel problems we have today.
Throw in water buffalo, deer, pigs, brumbies (wild horses) goats, rabbits, cane toads, foxes, feral cats, european carp etc. and we still aren't scratching the surface of the feral animal problems
I think we have to have more stupid animals that need shooting than any country on earth at this point.

Mind you if the British had thought ahead they would have introduced bengal tigers to take care of them all, such is the way they approached it in the first place.
 
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Ah, we have some stupid people that could use being shot. Count yourself lucky.
 
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Life on the farm in Aus, bought groceries in from carport, wire door to laundry held open by door closer and wind for about 1 minute. This copperhead slid in very quickly.
All day we walked thru the laundry, whilst this snake hid behind the cats cage, eventually the cat found it out and there was a standoff.
This can happen so quickly and could had had dire consequences.

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Swimming in Australia 🤣
Sorry, got diverted for a while and missed the point, what was that all about?
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