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NEWS ABOUT: kangaroo

kangaroo stories: 11 news summaries

 'Roo On the Lam in Germany 


Aug 26, 09 3:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The silly season has reached its peak: Der Spiegel reports a lost kangaroo hopping through the western German countryside. Locals have spotted the stray marsupial on a highway and a sports ground, but nobody has been quick enough to catch it. With no zoos or kangaroo farms reporting a lost... More »

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escape • kangaroo

Aussie Surfer Saves
Skippy the 'Roo From Jaws

Aussie man bounds into action after swimming kangaroo gets in trouble

May 14, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Aussie surfer saved a kangaroo from near-certain death in shark-infested waters, reports the Times of London reports. John McCallum watched dumbfounded from the beach as the 'roo hopped straight into the ocean and was pulled 200 yards offshore by a dangerous rip. He then jumped on his board and... More »

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Australia • beach • surfers • kangaroo

 Aussie Dad Wrestles 
 'Roo Invader 

Creature burst in to bedroom before underwear-clad man got it out

Mar 9, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waking up can be a bear, but for one Aussie family it was an 88-pound kangaroo crashing through their bedroom window and hopping around on a bloody rampage until the skivvies-clad dad wrestled it out of the house, the Canberra Times reports. “My initial thought when I was half... More »

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Australia • family • house • kangaroo • invasion

 Our Not-So-Distant 
 Relatives: Kangaroos 

Scientists decode marsupial's genome, find much in common with humans

Nov 18, 08 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The kangaroo genome has much in common with that of humans, the Telegraph reports. Scientists in Australia, under the auspices of the Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics, have completed mapping the marsupial’s genetic code. “There are a few differences, we have a few more of this,... More »

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evolution • Australia • genome • human • scientific research • kangaroo

 Eat 'Roo, 
 Save Planet, 
 Aussies Told 

Cutting back on traditional livestock in favor of native fare better for environment: report

Oct 2, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Australian government's chief climate-change adviser says emissions could be drastically reduced if farmers and consumers switch from beef and lamb to kangaroo meat, the Australian reports. The marsupials emit much less methane than sheep and cows, the professor argues, and, as Australia heats up, are much better able to... More »

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climate change • environment • Australia • livestock • kangaroo • greenhouse-gas emissions

 Aussies Hunt 
 'Roo Beater on Tape 

Young man beats kanga on camera while friend laughs

Sep 12, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Animal rights activists in Australia are on the hunt for a young man who beat a kangaroo unconscious on camera while an onlooker laughed, the AP reports. The assault is documented in a grainy 15-second video clip that has been yanked from the porn site where it was originally posted.... More »

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Australia • animal cruelty • kangaroo

Save Planet, Eat 'Roo Burgers,
Scientist Urges

Belching sheep and cattle account for 11% of Aussie emissions

Aug 10, 08 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can kangaroo burgers save the world? One Australian scientist thinks so. Farming kangaroos to replace conventional livestock could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he says. Cattle and sheep expel methane gas—more harmful than carbon dioxide—through belching and flatulence, but 'roos don't, thanks to unique microorganisms in their digestive tracts,... More »

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environment • cattle • Australia • carbon footprint • kangaroo • greenhouse-gas emissions

OPINION

World, Don't Fret Over
Aussie Kangaroo Cull

Measure trims massive population—plus they taste good

May 2, 08 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Worldwide outrage over a plan to cull 400 kangaroos in Australia doesn't surprise native Robert Skeffington, he writes in the Wall Street Journal. But he argues that outsiders are missing key facts: The ubiquitous 'roo would overwhelm Aussies if not for such measures, and the hoppers happen to taste good,... More »

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Greenpeace • Australia • kangaroo • bald eagle • dragon

 Kangaroo Cull Canceled 

Hopping mad protesters win reprieve for Canberra 'roos

Apr 2, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of kangaroos living on a former Australian naval base have won a stay of execution, the Independent reports. Plans to cull the animals met with a public outcry, and protesters vowed to form a human shield to protect the 'roos. The animals have been grazing heavily on grassland at... More »

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Australia • animal rights • New South Wales • animal • kangaroo • Canberra

Aussies Face Protests Over Kangaroo Cull

Pro-whaling Japan pounces on neighbor's seeming hypocrisy

Mar 17, 08 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australia is planning to cull 400 kangaroos on a military base, and Japan—oft-criticized by Australia for its whaling practices—is jumping at the opportunity to hail its neighbor as hypocritical, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Not so, says Australia’s PM. The whaling issue is subject to "... More »

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whale • hypocrisy • Kevin Rudd • whaling • Japanese whale hunt • kangaroo • kangaroo hunt • cull • hypocritical • Canberra • protesters

Kangaroo Farts Could Help
Curb Warming

Secret to methane-free gas could be transferred to cattle and sheep

Dec 8, 07 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Australian scientists worried about global warming have turned to one of Mother Nature's cleanest "natural gas" producers, the kangaroo, for help. It seems that when kangaroos fart, the stuff contains none of the methane produced by cattle and sheep breaking wind. Scientists want to transfer the bacteria from kangaroos'... More »

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cattle • Australia • greenhouse gases • global warming • methane • scientific research • kangaroo

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