'Ripped' kangaroo goes viral in stunning photos
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}PIC FROM Jackson Vincent / Caters News - (PICTURED:Kangaroo in the creek) - This is the bizarre moment a gardener spotted a threatening bodybuilder 16st kangaroo bathing its bulging biceps in an Australian creek. Jackson Vincent snapped these astounding photographs of the huge roo tensing its rippling muscles in Boodjidup Creek in Margaret River, Western Australia, yesterday (TUES). The 27-year-old couldnt believe his eyes when he clocked the mammoth 6ft 5in mammal standing in the water and feared it could be preparing to attack beloved dog Dharma. SEE CATERS COPY (Jackson Vincent / Caters News)
This is the bizarre moment a gardener spotted a threatening ‘bodybuilder’ 100 [kilogram] kangaroo bathing its bulging biceps in an Australian creek.
Jackson Vincent snapped these astounding photographs of the huge roo tensing its rippling muscles in Boodjidup Creek in Margaret River, Western Australia.
The 27-year-old couldn’t believe his eyes when he clocked the mammoth two meter mammal standing in the water – and feared it could be preparing to attack beloved pet dog Dharma.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}PIC FROM Jackson Vincent / Caters News - (PICTURED:Kangaroo in the creek watching Dharma) - This is the bizarre moment a gardener spotted a threatening bodybuilder 16st kangaroo bathing its bulging biceps in an Australian creek. Jackson Vincent snapped these astounding photographs of the huge roo tensing its rippling muscles in Boodjidup Creek in Margaret River, Western Australia, yesterday (TUES). The 27-year-old couldnt believe his eyes when he clocked the mammoth 6ft 5in mammal standing in the water and feared it could be preparing to attack beloved dog Dharma. SEE CATERS COPY (Jackson Vincent / Caters News)
Jackson, from Freemantle, Perth, had been visiting his grandmother in Margaret River and saw the gargantuan animal on her property at about 11.30am.
He said: “I have been going to that creek since I was a little boy and there have always been kangaroos on the property.
“I was walking my dog and we saw this huge roo standing in the water. I have never seen a kangaroo standing in the water like that, we could just see his head at first.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“As I ran around him to take a picture he came closer and that was when I realised he was coming right at me and he was really big – one of the biggest I have ever seen.
“I am pretty confident around animals but the moment when he started to come out of the water my heart definitely jumped and I decided to take a few steps back.
“He looked to be at least two meters tall or taller and must have weighed at least 100 [kilograms].
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“He had a really big body and was taller than me. There are a lot of roos at my grandma’s place but I have never seen one that muscular before – he was a big macho male.
“I decided to get Dharma out of there as we thought the kangaroo was going to lure her into the water to drown her.”
Jackson’s Facebook post with his images of the kangaroo’s muscular physique instantly went viral, racking up thousands of likes and shares.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Online commenters were quick to point out the animal’s impressive bodybuilder-like muscular shoulders, biceps and chest and threatening posture.
After dropping Kelpie Dharma back at his grandmother’s house Jackson returned to the creek to see the kangaroo was still there.
Jackson added: “His claws were really big – they were as long as my hand. That for me was even scarier than his muscles, they looked nasty.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I have never seen a kangaroo be so defensive – it definitely looked like he was puffing his chest muscles up.
“I definitely wouldn’t like to take him on in a boxing match.”
This story originally appeared in news.com.au.