Get ready! Fight!

October 8, 2014 7:12 AM

Street-fighting 'roos. Irritable marsupials duke it out. Who will be crowned king of the cul-de-sac?
posted by Mayor Curley (31 comments total)

The objectively correct soundtrack to this video.

Also, kangaroos are terrifyingly jacked.
posted by griphus at 7:16 AM on October 8, 2014

To be fair, the low blow fighting style of these sugarplum 'roos could be considered a nut cracking dance.
posted by johnnydummkopf at 7:22 AM on October 8, 2014 [2 favorites]

What's with that trailer full of giant sugar cubes?
posted by moonmilk at 7:23 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

In Australia, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the 'roos.
posted by griphus at 7:24 AM on October 8, 2014 [2 favorites]

I was wondering if they were fighting over territory, which would a bit of a poisoned chalice in this location, but it seems they are fighting over access to estrous females according to Wikipedia.
posted by asok at 7:34 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

the australian government conducted an online contest to come up with a restaurant name for kangaroo. i'm still unhappy with them for choosing "australus" over my "ambroosia". i was this close to a lifetime supply of roo meat.
posted by bruce at 7:48 AM on October 8, 2014 [2 favorites]

Here's the original video (longer).
posted by mykescipark at 7:55 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

I bet they're fighting over that ute.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:00 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

On the left side of the screen (more prevalent on the extended play video) there is a small pickup, almost a modern version of the El Camino. Does anyone know what make and model it is? Almost looks like a Mercedes.
posted by 724A at 8:00 AM on October 8, 2014

Ute.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:02 AM on October 8, 2014

It's probably a Holden Monaro ute, specifically.
posted by dudemanlives at 8:04 AM on October 8, 2014

Thanks Sys Rq. I would fight over that Ute myself.
posted by 724A at 8:05 AM on October 8, 2014

I've always wondered what it would be like to have a third leg. Now I know.
posted by longdaysjourney at 8:10 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

Just what I was thinking, longdaysjourney. It'd be super useful when delivering a two-footed gut kick.
posted by GrammarMoses at 8:19 AM on October 8, 2014

Also, kangaroos are terrifyingly jacked.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Roo.
posted by tommasz at 8:29 AM on October 8, 2014 [2 favorites]

Meh. Kung Roo is pretty, but it can't compare to the lethality of Roo Jitsu.
posted by tdismukes at 8:43 AM on October 8, 2014

Mynd you, Røø Kicks Kan be pretti nasti.
posted by TheLittlePrince at 9:00 AM on October 8, 2014 [5 favorites]

♫ Everybody was kangaroo fighting ♫
posted by Room 641-A at 9:57 AM on October 8, 2014 [5 favorites]

Thanks Sys Rq. I would fight over that Ute myself.

This weekend while driving, my wife asked what the point of a Subaru Baja was. My response was, "I'm not totally sure but I still want a Holden Ute." An El Camino with a nicer interior that does 140mph? It feels like the perfect New Hampshire vehicle (once you add the Terrorist Hunting Permit sticker and a US flag to communicate you aren't some foreign agitator).
posted by yerfatma at 10:38 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

Nature programs have told me that the kangaroo uses the tail as a third limb, but I've never really seen how strong it is before that video. They really are pentapods.
posted by tavella at 12:20 PM on October 8, 2014 [2 favorites]

which would a bit of a poisoned chalice in this location

I fucking love the idea of calling cul-de-sacs poisoned chalices! BRILLIANT!
posted by srboisvert at 12:22 PM on October 8, 2014

More marsupials fighting.
posted by Johnny Assay at 12:42 PM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: super useful when delivering a two-footed gut kick
posted by CynicalKnight at 12:51 PM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

I'm kind of in awe of the ugliness of the street-- what I can see of the far-left house looks like a re-purposed 1980's Pizza Hut, and the one at center looks like a pretentious re-imaging of the house from "The Brady Bunch."
posted by Mayor Curley at 1:47 PM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

Newish housing estate, probably early to mid oughties. They spring up overnight where there used to be habitat for native animals, and are made with the cheapest possible materials by the most lazy possible builders and cookie-cutter architects. They basically start falling apart at about the 5 year mark, the commute is a nightmare, and there is no infrastructure other than roads and sterile 7-11 petrol stations. On the plus side, remarkably affordable, and if you don't have a stereo to call your own you can easily listen to music being played by your neighbours on all four sides. For a very particular class of bogan, as evidenced by the vehicles in the street (bogans like to have at least three cars each to park everywhere).
posted by turbid dahlia at 2:54 PM on October 8, 2014 [6 favorites]

I'd guess all that gut-punching in a mating battle reflects the value of a tough, resilient pouch and abdomen for the joeys to any female offspring the winner might sire -- like the enduring appeal of six-packs among humans, perhaps.
posted by jamjam at 3:42 PM on October 8, 2014

There are no architects involved in those housing projects. Often designed by the builder and drawn up by a draftsperson with absolutely no engagement of brain.
posted by deadwax at 3:58 PM on October 8, 2014

But on the plus side, street-boxing kangaroos.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:54 PM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

hey, mister kangaroo man, play a song for me
i am not sleepy and there is no place i'm hopping to...
posted by bruce at 8:38 PM on October 8, 2014

Oh god, I love the long video so much. So much kicking and third legging. Five minutes of them fighting down the street while a guy just stands around taping. This is why I wish I could go to Australia.

On a related note, the other day I was watching some penguin documentary and now I have to link to a penguin slap fight. Just look at how effective THAT is.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:23 PM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

Newish housing estate, probably early to mid oughties. They spring up overnight where there used to be habitat for native animals, and are made with the cheapest possible materials by the most lazy possible builders and cookie-cutter architects. They basically start falling apart at about the 5 year mark, the commute is a nightmare, and there is no infrastructure other than roads and sterile 7-11 petrol stations. On the plus side, remarkably affordable, and if you don't have a stereo to call your own you can easily listen to music being played by your neighbours on all four sides. For a very particular class of bogan, as evidenced by the vehicles in the street (bogans like to have at least three cars each to park everywhere).

You think you guys invented crappy tract housing or something? This absolutely reinforces my perception that Oz is at least the third most American country in the world, though - you might beat Canada and hell you might beat the US.
posted by atoxyl at 12:39 AM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]