The National Forum   Donate   Your Account   On Line Opinion   Forum   Blogs   Polling   About   
The Forum - On Line Opinion's article discussion area



Syndicate
RSS/XML


RSS 2.0

Main Articles General

Sign In      Register

The Forum > General Discussion > Kangaroo in mourning

Kangaroo in mourning

  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. Page 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. ...
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. All
o sung wu,

I'm pretty sure a senior lecturer in veterinary pathology and a principal scientist of the Australian Museum are going to know what they're talking about without having to actually read the male Kangaroo's mind. From the article I linked to...

"But Dr Derek Spielman, a senior lecturer in veterinary pathology at the University of Sydney, told Guardian Australia that he had “no doubt” that the male was in fact attempting to mate with the female animal – and might have caused the injuries that she died from."

He said the photographs showed the male kangaroo “mate guarding” – holding other males at bay.

...

“Pursuit of these females by males can be persistent and very aggressive to the point where they can kill the female. That is not their intention but that unfortunately can be the result, so interpreting the male’s actions as being based on care for the welfare of the female or the joey is a gross misunderstanding, so much so that the male might have actually caused the death of the female.”

...

The kangaroo’s “sinister” intentions were first flagged in an explosive blog post by Dr Mark Eldridge, the principal scientist of the Australian Museum. He praised Switzer’s “great photos of the kangaroos”, but said they had been “fundamentally misinterpreted”.

“This is a male trying to get a female to stand up so he can mate with her,” he said.

He pointed to the “highly stressed and agitated” state of the male kangaroo, which had been licking its forearms to cool down. Eldridge also pointed to “evidence … sticking out from behind the scrotum” of the kangaroo’s sexual arousal."
Posted by AJ Philips, Saturday, 23 January 2016 1:54:58 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
The joke is that tree huggers and their ilk have gone all moony over this happening; some people, out of touch with the real world, are attributing to kangaroos emotions that the pea brained 'grass hoppers' cannot possibly possess.
Roos are so intelligent that they haven't yet worked out that it can be fatal to hop in front of a moving motor vehicle.
Just Google "Kangaroo in mourning" for an hilarious update on this, lots of photos and web sites.
Posted by Is Mise, Saturday, 23 January 2016 2:02:06 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Is Mise was the female kangaroos death the result of the actions of another crazed hunter? You say " the pea brained 'grass hoppers' cannot possibly possess. Roos are so intelligent that they haven't yet worked out that it can be fatal to hop in front of a moving motor vehicle."

There are no recorded instances of kangaroo's shooting themselves with there own gun, unlike many in the gun happy brigade. Not knowning which end the bullet comes out of, now shooting yourself with your own gun, that is brainless.

Hunters are so intelligent that they haven't yet worked out that it can be fatal to stick your head down the barrel of a gun and pull the trigger!
Posted by Paul1405, Saturday, 23 January 2016 3:29:29 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Paul,

Thanks for that intelligent contribution, always appreciate your attempts at ??.
Posted by Is Mise, Saturday, 23 January 2016 3:40:23 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Had a little to do with kangaroos where the big bucks rule over several groups of females. The buck will spend his time sniffing out which females are about to come on heat and will hang around until she goes off, then move on to another group, fighting off any challenge as well.

Any person who thinks he has kind feelings toward the female should visit a horse stud and they might just find out what violent animal sex is all about.
Posted by Banjo, Saturday, 23 January 2016 4:36:05 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Well, what a surprise.

Here we have Paul1405, eyes wide shut, fingers in ears, mouth flapping, spewing bulldust as usual.

Do you actually believe any of your bulldust Paul, or you simply hope there are some even more dumb people, who just might?

Yes Banjo, the urge to breed must be very strong in the mares, most are obviously terrified of the stallion, but most can't resist the urge.

When I was breeding horses, we liked to catch the foal heat, usually within a week of foaling. We could control that mating, & keep the foal safe. If you missed that one, a lactating mare could take anything from a month to 3 months to come into season.

One problem was some could injure themselves trying to get to the stallion, if you didn't see the signs, & lock them up. If they did, an uncontrolled mating often injured the foal, terrified at the goings on.
Posted by Hasbeen, Saturday, 23 January 2016 5:34:10 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. Page 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. ...
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. All

About Us :: Search :: Discuss :: Feedback :: Legals :: Privacy