Just for reference, most farms do not have kangaroos. Or camels. Not sure about the kangaroos, but the camels were someone's pet but grew too big for their back yard so the farm adopted them.
Cool pics, thanks! What do they do with the kangaroos? Typically ranch animals in the U.S. are kept for some combo of milk, meat, wool, or labor. It's hard to imagine roos fulfilling any of those roles.
I live in southern California, and we have some ostrich, emu, and alpaca ranchers in the rural areas of the county.
You can eat kangaroo meat, although there is some reluctance to do so, maybe in part because the kangaroo is (unofficially?) Australia's national symbol.
I have a baseball glove made from Kangaroo leather. Much softer than cow leather.
Also, camels always look like they are having a great time. Strikes me as a no nonsense animal.
This camel was off in the middle of the field. It had a rope around its neck and I thought "He's not going to come all the way over here". He did. Slowly and purposefully. I backed away and zoomed the camera in a bit. Those things are big.
Although I did have a camel ride a few years ago - not very comfortable. And you have to hold on when the thing stands up.
Those kangaroos like so comfy. They're just lounging!
They were all lying around when we arrived, but when the food bags came out most of them came over to the fence.
So do you milk the kangaroos or eat kangaroo eggs or something?
http://www.gamemeats.com.au/kangaroo.htmlSo do you milk the kangaroos or eat kangaroo eggs or something?
Yeah too bad the eggs only come scrambled.
Shaken, but not stirred.
that last picture is amazing I didn't know Australia had grass, I always see it as a big field of red looking clay
There is a lot of grass here, but mostly around the edges. In the middle is lots of sand. THe very edges have sand too. Some of the grass is green.
