Sanctuary

In Alice Springs, went to a kangaroo sanctuary run by a guy name Brolga (a 6’7″ Aussie who got his nickname from a type of tall, slender bird.)There are 50 million kangaroos in Australia, compared to only 25 million humans.Most of the kangaroos at the sanctuary were rescued from the pouches of female kangaroos killed by cars.  The muscles around the marsupial pouch often protect the joey from the impact and they can live for several days after the mother is killed.The collective noun for a kangaroos is a “mob”.(The sun started setting at this point, which is why all the following pictures continue my trend of the worst wildlife photography you have ever seen.)Kangaroos are often found clustered around water sources.  They lick their arms to cool themselves.Male kangaroos can emasculate(!) or eviscerate a grown man with their toe nail.  Like a velociraptor.The collective noun for kangaroos is a “mob”.Although only migrating to the continent relatively recently (in the last 4,0o0 years), the dingo is the natural predator of the kangaroo.Mothers consume all the excreta of their joeys so that dingos don’t pick up their scent.Kangaroos sleep during the say, curled under trees, and become active at night.  The best thing you can do to not hit a kangaroo with a car is to not drive at night.Water vapor from car exhaust often means the only strip of green grass in the Outback lies along either sides of the highway, compounding the problem.A pillowcase can be used to simulate the cosiness of a mother’s pouch.  Kangaroo welfare groups encourage people to keep a pillow case in their car and check for joeys in the pouches of kangaroo killed on the road.I hate selfies, but…