Thread: Bloody Kangaroos

Incredible twist after man hit by kangaroo


An Aussie grandfather who was hit by a kangaroo while bike riding in Victoria said he feels incredibly “lucky” after his birthday gift alerted emergency services.

Bruce Mildenhall, 70, was enjoying a mid-day ride at Mount Macedon, 64 km northwest of Melbourne, in April 2021 when a kangaroo emerged from the bush out of nowhere and slammed into his bike, knocking him unconscious.
“Once a month, I would ride to the top of Mount Macedon to make sure I wasn’t losing my fitness. I remember as I came down the hill, I saw my watch and it said it was midday,” Mr Mildenhall told news.com.au.

Then came a flash of fur in front of him.
“The next time I looked at my watch it said 12.20pm and I was in the back of an ambulance.”
It was his Apple Watch – a birthday gift he had received from his wife a month earlier – that helped get him there.

Bruce Mildenhall was hit by a kangaroo and knocked off his bike during a routine ride at Mount Macedon. Picture: Supplied
The kangaroo had rammed into the left side of his bike, hurling him over his handlebars and into the middle of the road.
Detecting the fall, the watch notified emergency services, along with his wife, who was listed as an emergency contact in his phone.
“I woke up in the ambulance … and I thought hang on what am I doing here?”
“Then I felt this massive neck brace that (paramedics) had put on and that’s when I thought oh god this is pretty serious.”
The next thing he heard was his wife banging on the ambulance door to find out if he was OK.
“She had been notified by the SMS so she came over to find out whether I was alive or dead.”
Paramedics informed his wife he would be OK before telling Mr Mildenhall his watch had alerted them to his fall.
“I thought, Oh, I didn’t know they could do that,” he recalled.
If an Apple Watch detects a hard fall, it can connect its owner to emergency services. If it detects movement, it will wait for you to respond to the alert. However, if the watch detects that you’ve been immobile for about a minute, it will make the call automatically.
Mr Mildenhall had suffered broken ribs, a head injury, crushed vertebrae and a dislocated shoulder as a result of the incident.
“I was pretty lucky I had my helmet on because the side of the helmet was crunched in, and there was a bit of blood on the outside of the helmet. So I hit the road pretty hard.”
Mr Mildenhall said his wife, three children and four grandchildren were glad she bought him the watch.
“They were very happy”

Apple Watch alerts paramedics after Victorian man hit by kangaroo | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Man dies after motorcycle crash involving kangaroo north of Hawker in Flinders Ranges

A 73-year-old motorcyclist has died after a crash in South Australia's Flinders Ranges, with early reports suggesting the man collided with a kangaroo and a tree.

SA Police were called to Flinders Ranges Way, 40 kilometres north of Hawker, at about 9:30am.
The man, from Alice Springs, died at the scene.
His was the 16th life lost on South Australian roads so far this year.

https://www.xxx.xxx.xx/news/2024-03-03/hawker-motorcycle-crash-death-kangaroo/103539840

the x’s above are abc dot net dot au

Fascinating stuff.

Alternate headline in the Daily Kangaroo:

Bloody cyclists!
10,000 human drivers agree.

Make that 10,000 and one.

The first time I visited Perth, I saw a ton of kangaroos....dead alongside the road where cars had hit them. It wasn't until my third visit that I saw a live one.

Some of those adult kangaroos look scary - very ripped.

Mob of kangaroos invades a golf course.


Kangaroo stampede on Melbourne golf course | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

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A pair of Brisbane tradies weren’t too pleased when a kangaroo hopped through their freshly-cemented footp... | Instagram

This was scary. Kangaroo tries to drown dog

Yup, they are dangerous animals.

^yup. Scary thug-like animals. Just look at the muscles on the roo's arms/ paws! Very ripped.

There are other vids on YT of roos trying to drown dogs. They view dogs as a threat so they'll stay in the water. If the dog follows them in the water, they'll try to drown the canine.

We Aussies always laugh at the way foreigners think there are kangaroos hopping down the streets in Aussie cities. Then one day, one came hopping towards me down the road in suburban Brisbane. The experience was quite surreal.

Originally Posted by katie23

There are other vids on YT of roos trying to drown dogs.

They've lived for years with dingos stealing their babies. Not surprising they've evolved this instinct.
Aussies have caught on in recent years.