Kangaroo grabs a dog in a headlock before the pooch's owner comes to his rescue by PUNCHING [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | December 4, 2016 | Josh Hanrahan

[C19fan]

They're meant to be best friends, but not every man and his dog shares this kind of bond. Incredible footage has emerged of a man fighting a large kangaroo in the Australian Outback in an effort to protect his pet pooch from the aggressive animal's clinches. The moment the man stood toe-to-toe and traded punches with the marsupial to save his dog 'Max' was captured on camera by a friend, who videoed the fight from the safety of his vehicle. The video was taken on what appeared to be a hunting trip in rural bushland.

[C19fan]

The man was lucky the roo did not disembowel him with a kick to the stomach.

[Gaffer]

I don’t care....that was really funny.....the look on the roo’s face was priceless.

[metmom]

That was GREAT!!!!!

[Vaquero]

I hear tell that kangaroo meat is tasty.

[em2vn]

The roo had never fought a southpaw before. He will be ready next time for that left handed bloke.

[Vendome]

ROTFLMAO!

[Rusty0604]

Good one!

[farming pharmer]

Where was this guy’s gun?

[Bigg Red]

Why shoot the beast when a punch will do?

[wrench]

It happened in Australia, where gunz are bad

[Bigg Red]

I don’t know anything about kangaroos, so I am wondering why it had the dog in a headlock. Kangaroos are herbivores, right? So he was not planning to eat the dog.

[gaijin]

Later

[null and void]

Any herbivore will defend itself.

[Bigg Red]

True. So that dog started it, I guess. :)

[TomGuy]

"... was captured on camera by a friend, who videoed the fight from the safety of his vehicle."

What a friend!

He was probably also yelling instructions out the window: "Hit him again. Move a bit to the right so I can get a clearer video shot. Sucker punch him in the gut. Duck!"

[null and void]

Probably, or perhaps it looked enough like a predatory dingo that the ‘roo preempted a perceived attack?

But knowing dogs, I think it was apt to run at the ‘roo yapping all the way.

Maybe the ‘roo had a headache and just wanted the noise to stop?

[Bon mots]

Nice job.

[caver]

Ha, ha!

[xp38]

It is. Tastes a bit like beef but given that’s the case just have beef.

[AlaskaErik]

Not fair. He has longer arms than the roo.