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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Kangaroo Boxing


Mike's series of a heron battling a Florida water snake reminded me of a recent interaction I came across here in Western Australia, where kangaroos are plentiful. I happened to have my long lens with me and was able to capture this short sequence... The mob of kangaroos were about 100 meters away in a field. I had heard that when threatened, these animals can disembowel an opponent by leaning back on their tails, using their razor sharp claws to rake their opponent's abdomen. The last photo captures this behaviour (but I'm pretty sure these two were just young males playing around, so no blood and guts). I also noticed that the autofocus system locked onto the wire fence (very surprising at this distance) during one of the captures...





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Mar 28, 2014 at 07:58 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Kangaroo Boxing


Nice Set, would have been cool to see. Great timing!


Mar 28, 2014 at 08:20 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Kangaroo Boxing




That is quite something, 1 and 3 are my picks

Morris



Mar 28, 2014 at 08:26 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Kangaroo Boxing


A double boot to the gonads. Sort of like Aussie rules football.


Mar 28, 2014 at 09:39 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Kangaroo Boxing


morris wrote:
That is quite something, 1 and 3 are my picks

Morris


Thanks Morris! What an incredible coincidence that you should respond to this post..... I just stopped browsing a few forums on DP Review a few minutes ago only to come across a thread titled " Anybody Remember Morris from NYC" posted 3 hours ago.... the comments were very flattering regarding your work!

Cheers and good light,
David



Mar 28, 2014 at 10:05 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Kangaroo Boxing


Great shots...


Mar 28, 2014 at 10:08 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Kangaroo Boxing


very nice!


Mar 28, 2014 at 10:43 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Kangaroo Boxing


nicely done David


Mar 29, 2014 at 04:00 AM





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