This time it is not deer but kangaroos!
Huge numbers of you reacted so wonderfully to my post of last Tuesday, Afloat on a Sea of Kindness, in which I republished the account of the boat Alaska Quest saving the lives of four deer that were somehow cast into the water.
One of the many comments to that post was from Barb who writes the blog Passionate about Pets.
Barb left a comment to say that she had recently published an account of drowning kangaroos being saved and I thought all you good people would enjoy reading Barb’s post.
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Drowning Kangaroos Hitch Boat Ride
This photo of kangaroos hitching a boat ride touched my heart, and I felt I had to share it with you guys.
The photo was sent to me from friends during the recent evacuation of Theodore, a small country town in Queensland, Australia, which felt the full brunt of the recent floods.
Animal losses were high during the floods with farmers losing livestock, and wild animals were no exception – many got swept away in the flood waters and drowned – but these guys got lucky.
Under normal circumstances a kangaroo would normally panic and take a swipe at a human, easily tearing him to pieces with his long, strong claws. The feet and tail are even more powerful and dangerous.
So you can imagine how hard it would be to get wild kangaroos into, and then sit, in a boat under normal circumstances . . . this is not a sight you will see often . . . but then, these were not normal circumstances.
These desperate and drowning kangaroos willingly accepted human help and were quite happy to hitch a ride to dry land. Better than the alternative.
I think even wild animals recognize when a human is trying to help them and the compassion this kind man showed to these kangaroos certainly restores my faith in human nature.
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Two very cool acts of love towards our animals!
Anyone got a story of an animal saving a human from drowning? (I bet there must be more than one account in history!)
Learning from Dogs 
Poor, but lucky things.
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Kangaroos are fascinating animals. I spent the whole of 1969 touring Australia, much of the time spent in the outback, and rarely was able to get close to ‘roos’.
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I was attacked by one on my First Holy Communion day 🙂
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😄 There must be an anecdote somewhere in there!
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Positively. 1.5 hours after being introduced to “God,” I was seriously questioning his existence 😉
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What took you so long? 😉
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Carmelite nuns… They’re very, very strict 🙂
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Hi Paul, I didn’t see last weeks post, we were out of town. I love the picture of the deer and I must go back and read last week’s post. This is beautiful.
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Thank you, and please do read the earlier item. You will love it!
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Bless their little hearts. The poor things sure lucked out when the boat came along. Great post. I love these stories.
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Then fingers crossed I keep coming across more of them! (And never hesitate to point me in the direction of a story that you would like shared on LfD.)
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Hopefully I can help out with a good story. 🙂
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I am so glad to see the roos were saved. Animals do have an innate instinct that tells them when people are being kind. They read body language better than we do. Another heart warming story.
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Yes, they certainly make up for their poor speaking skills by a very sophisticated way of reading body language. Thanks, Susan.
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Thanks for the re-blog Paul and glad to see everyone enjoyed the read.
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Just love sharing these sorts of wonderful tales! 😊
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These were the Lucky ones Paul.. So sad that so much wild life and livestock drown in those floods.. Animals I think know instinctively when a Human is trying to help them.. Great share.. thank you
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Yes, animals pick up so much in an instinctive way. Big hugs, Sue.
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