Man dives into river and fights off kangaroo ‘drowning’ his dog
A man has gone viral after footage shows him saving his dog from being ‘drowned’ by a kangaroo.
He filmed himself rushing into a river in the Australian outback to save his pet from the wild animal.
The man waded in and attempted to fight the kangaroo, which he said was ‘seven foot’ tall.
Unfortunately he said his Brazilian Ju Jitsu skills were ‘ineffective’ in this instance.
Shared on TikTok by the Mildura Martial Arts school in Victoria, the video has now been viewed more than 2.5 million times in just 10 hours.
In the footage, which has been captioned ‘martial arts are for everyone, even kangaroos’ the kangroo can be seen holding the dog just above the water.
The man then rushes into the river to try to save his pet, and can be heard cursing the kangaroo.
He shouts: ‘I’m going to punch your f****** head in. Let my dog go.’
Then, moments later, the kangroo lunges at the man, sticking its arms and claws out towards him.
The video then goes black as the camera was presumably knocked out of the man’s hand and into the water during the fight.
Sounds of a struggle can still be heard though, and then the video reappears.
It now shows the kangaroo standing tall in the river and the dog is free.
The man splashes water at the kangaroo as he rushes towards the shore and gets out of the river, laughing to himself while also cursing the animal.
The kangaroo stays still in the river.
TikTok users were completely baffled by the whole video.
One person asked if kangroos ‘eat’ dogs as they were confused as to why the wild animal was trying to choke the pet.
Another admitted they thought the kangaroo had drowned the man in front of his dog at one point.
In another very unusual animal attack, a woman in the US recently had her ear bitten off by an otter.
Jen Royce, from Bozeman in Montana, was floating down the Jefferson River with two friends earlier this month when she was attacked by the animal for around five minutes.
Jen, 37, suffered multiple injuries to her face and limbs, including part of her ear being bitten off.
She said she thought she might die in the attack – and due to their remote location she had to wait nearly an hour for paramedics to arrive.
Attacks from otters are incredibly rare – there have only been an estimated 59 otter attacks with injuries or deaths worldwide since 1875.
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