Fighting kangaroos crash into a family tent at Trial Bay Gaol camp on the North Shore of New South Wales
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Roo wants a piece of me? Chaos at the camp as two brawny kangaroos engage in a savage fight ‘over a female’, before crashing into a tent where four children were sleeping
- Two ‘roos have caused chaos in a NSW camp
- They crashed into a family tent after a prolonged fight
- It landed on four children and wrecked the store.
Two fighting kangaroos have caused chaos in a camp after they fell on a tent where a family was sleeping.
The two eastern gray kangaroos woke the campers when they crashed into tables and tents while fighting at the Trial Bay Gaol campsite in Arakoon, on the north coast of New South Wales, on the morning of January 14.
The fight ended when the two pounced on a family’s tent, landing on top of four sleeping children and smashing the structure.
Two kangaroos caused mayhem after their fight (pictured) at the Trial Bay Gaol campsite on the north coast of New South Wales ended with the pair crashing into a sleeping family’s tent.
The seven-minute fight was recorded by Larry Whiteman and posted on his Instagram account, OutbackLarry.
The video shows the kangaroos sizing each other up and fighting over campsites before heading down the hill towards the family’s tent.
“They went through the tent and crashed into the girls’ mattress,” Whiteman posted.
“It was pure luck that the kangaroos didn’t hurt them.”
The mother of the family, who had been up early and seen the fight with Mr. Whiteman, can be heard screaming as the family tent was torn apart by one of the chicken coops claws.
Whiteman had to stop the mother from trying to separate the animals.
“She knew that if she got between those two kangaroos, one of them would hurt her,” he told The Maitland Mercury.
‘The kangaroos moved away from the store after that and I think one passed out from being suffocated… They left shortly after that.’
The two ‘roos had battled for seven minutes before landing on top of four children and cutting through the tent they were sleeping in. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
It is believed that the fight was caused by a common interest in a woman.
According to the Department of Environment and Science, eastern gray kangaroos can fight year-round as they do not have a set mating period.
This means that in a kangaroo crowd, the dominant male is constantly on the lookout for any threat to the females in his crowd, including other male kangaroos or even humans.
“Do not approach male kangaroos that are training, fighting, or displaying their size and strength,” the DES website warns.