Comments on: Errant Kangaroo Alert!

By: gators7365

gators7365 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:51:08 +0000

Oh my goodness – I also recently saw an unusually small kangaroo (maybe a baby?)! I was at Berman Park in a suburb of Fort Lauderdale with my partner when it hopped out in front of us! It looked just like this:

http://critteristic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/baby-kangaroo-legs-500.jpg

By: frogleaper188

frogleaper188 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:34:37 +0000

I’ve lived in Ft. Lauderdale Florida for 3 years (I use to live in Tennessee). I was walking near the Oak Tree golf club and a creature dashed through some trees on west side of the course. At first I figured it was just a large rabbit or skinny dog (maybe a whippet????), but when i went for a closer look I saw it was a small kangaroo. I did some research and quickly learned kangaroos are not native to Florida. This sighting concerns me since I own a Shetland Sheepdog and I don’t know if kangaroos eat those. Please let me know if you have heard anything! I’m very concerned and don’t know if I should report this to a zoo or animal police!!

By: Gummerfan

Gummerfan — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:48:19 +0000

If they can swim, then I suppose crossing the bay is a possibility. It’s not that wide.

By: youcantryreachingme

youcantryreachingme — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:43:45 +0000

How big’s the bay? Kangaroos have been known to swim some distance – including in the ocean.

By: Gummerfan

Gummerfan — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:48:57 +0000

I volunteer to interview the sorority sisters.
(all for the sake of science, of course)

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:41:56 +0000

I would question the frat guys…
And the sororities for equality’s sake…

Could be an escaped ‘Roo.

By: Gummerfan

Gummerfan — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:55:39 +0000

There’s also a zoo in Gulf Shores, AL, literally a hop, skip, and jump from Pensacola. But a lone kangaroo crossing the bay unaided and unnoticed is hard to imagine.
Maybe it’s a prank pulled by some guys at the FloraBama roadhouse who grew bored with tossing mullets?

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:09:06 +0000

Newland said police have checked to see if anyone is the area has a license to keep exotic animals, but the search has yielded no leads.

duh…I can almost guarantee the parties involved are not going to be legal. Why do you think these things are out and about? Someone(s) did a poor job containing them and now are scared and probably embarrassed to say anything. Although, being a college campus, I wouldn’t put it past anyone to have brought them in as a prank. Maybe they should extend their “ownership” search radius. I can remember getting pretty ingenious with my pranks in college, so I’m thinking that if it is a prank, the ones pulling it might have been willing to “go the extra mile” shall we say.