Animal linkdump!

[tardis_stowaway]

Hi friends!  Would your day be improved by some animal-related links?  Of course!  Luckily, I am here to help.

-First, were you aware that there was a prehistoric reptile that was able to glide with membranes not on its forelimbs like a normal flying/gliding creature but its REAR LEGS?  It's called Sharovipteryx.  You really should click on the

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[kerravonsen]

Of course, I'm wondering "which suburb in what city?" in regard to the Kangaroos. Two alpha males having a bit of a rough-up (but not a serious fight - no blood). Agreed that the music is just WRONG. It isn't a dance, that's just mocking them.

[tardis_stowaway]

I looked in the comments on YouTube (always risky), and the poster says it's in "Wyee point suburb." Perhaps that means more to you than it does to me. :)

[kerravonsen]

Looks like it's in New South Wales, near Newcastle (north of Sydney).

[locker_monster]

The music on the kangaroo video made me think the kangaroos were trying to hug each other instead of punch each other. :-) Also, how weird to see two kangaroos just punching each other on the street. I mean, I get deer wandering the street at home, but they don't attack each other.

Love that exchange from Buffy. One of my favourites. Does this mean some poor soul in Manhattan disturbed a Chumash burial site?

[tardis_stowaway]

Yeah, it's definitely the middle of the suburban road setting that makes the kangaroo video especially interesting.

It wouldn't be a Chumash burial site, since they live in south-central California. Wikipedia informs me that the Lenape were the tribe who originally inhabited Manhattan, so if any burial sites got disturbed it would be theirs. Unfortunately I suspect that any of them buried in NYC have been disturbed many times over many years, so who knows why the sudden bear now.

[qwentoozla]

I love that kangaroo video! The suburban setting definitely adds something, but I've also just never seen kangaroos fight before! They sure have strong tails! They always seem like made up animals to me, somehow.

[tardis_stowaway]

Kangaroos are so cool. They definitely seem like something an imaginative child or creature designer for a science fiction movie might imagine. Though I suppose part of that is how exotic they are to those of us from other continents. I suppose if I lived in Australia and they habitually wandered down my street they wouldn't seem so made up, while stuff like raccoons would seem totally weird and unlikely.

This is not the case for the platypus. There is no way the platypus could possibly seem normal.

[iwouldbegood]

The thing with the bear cub is distressing, so yay for the Buffy picspam to lighten up the mood again :)