Thursday, 22 September 2011

Kangaroo leaves owner, 80, in hospital...

From The Daily Mail:

The 80-year-old owner of an exotic animal farm was hospitalised after he was subjected to a brutal 15 minute assault - by a kangaroo. John Kokas was repeatedly punched in the face and upper body by the aggressive 6ft, 200lb three-year-old red male.

He had reared the animal, which had never attacked before, since it was six months old - but now faces having to put it down... Experts believe Tuesday's attack, at the Kokas Exotics Animals Farm outside Green Camp, Marion County, Ohio, occurred because the beast was protecting a female on heat.

4 comments:

The Brooster said...

Note to self: don't flirt with a kangaroo's girl.

Mark Wadsworth said...

B, where horny kangaroos are concerned, it's also good not to be a girl either.

Pavlov's Cat said...

occurred because the beast was protecting a female on heat.

Or it had just realised it was in Ohio, when they told him he was just going to Victoria

James Higham said...

Always these females on heat. Premier wildlife blog here.