To stick up for yourself and not back down with their large back feet and tail kangaroos find it hard to move backwards.

Does a kangaroo kick hurt. Male kangaroos have thickened skin around their bellies to protect themselves from this and they can take hundreds of kicks in the course of a fight. However unlike their human counterparts adult males fight their rivals to gain higher status within a local group or mob and the dominant male will father the next generation of joeys. Though the horse has more muscle power and inertia from its far superior weight going for it I think the kangaroo might win because of the sharp claws.

It may push or grapple with its forepaws or sit back and kick out with its hind legs. Kangaroos can disembowel opponents be it other kangaroos or predators like dogs-. But in this case maybe the dog surprised the roo and got too close.

When kangaroos fight they do tend to wrestle and kick but they would normally view dogs and dingoes as predators and flee from them. One of the healthiest properties of kangaroo meat is its low fat content. A few kicks like this would be sufficient to disembowel a human.

According to Professor Kerin ODea an expert in nutrition at the University of South Australia theres no reason to doubt kangaroo being a healthy red meat. The punching of the front legs is pretty harmless but the powerful hind legs with their long sharp toenails are a dangerous weapon. The Victorian governments Department for Environment Land Water and Planning warns on its Help for injured wildlife website.

Do kangaroo kicks hurt. Thirty years ago we used to see only an occasional. The division between kangaroos and wallabies is arbitrary.

Emerald Beach near Coffs Harbour January 2010. Special instructions apply if the attacking kangaroo is a male displaying dominance behavior such as rearing up high on its hind legs arching its back repeatedly tensing its muscles pulling up. Why Do Cats Bunny Kick.