Macropus giganteus
1 Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Mount Ainslie
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| Macropus giganteus | MichaelBedingfield | 27 Jan 2020 | |
| Macropus giganteus | rawshorty | 26 Jan 2020 |
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Things must be desperate, i watched this female licking and chewing a bone.
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27 Jan 2020
Rare as. Black Wallabies (Swamp Wallabies) have been recorded eating animal tissue but EGKs are not known to do it. However they avidly dig for salty soil in many locations (generally unrecognised). And when food is short they eventually start attempting to eat a wider range of things, most of which would probably use more energy to process than they provide (same as some starving humans). My guess is that the kangaroo found the bone had a slightly salty flavour. I wouldn't assume this behaviour reflects only the dire food shortage they are experiencing. That is, it might happen in good conditions too, so strong is their desire for salty things.
28 Jan 2020
Yes i thought there must have been some salty taste to it. When i go fishing up in the mountains after fishing down the coast they lick our rods and boat to get the salt off them, even had one jump into the boat to lick the inside. One time camping in the mountains we returned to our camp to find the Skippys eating our eggs :0
Location information
- Coordinates 149.174510-35.279288
- Maps Mount Ainslie Campbell Park Woodland
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2020 07:08 AM Recorded on
- rawshorty Recorded by
- Mixed Gender
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- rawshorty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Macropus giganteus Kangaroos & Wallabies Mammals
Species information
- Macropus giganteus Scientific name
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1357m Recorded at altitude
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