You Have To See This Adorable Baby Kangaroo Take His First Hops At A Sanctuary

Sep 18, 2018 by apost team

Seeing this little baby kangaroo take its first jumps will melt your heart. If it doesn’t we’re not sure you have a soul!

Recently filmed at the Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs, Australia, this beautiful video records the first steps of a baby kangaroo orphan named Bradley taking his first bounces. In the video you can see the baby kangaroo bouncing after his caretaker Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns, the human that he imprinted on while being cared for at the animal sanctuary.

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Chris, 44, is a kangaroo expert who goes out and saves baby kangaroos, or “joeys,” whose mothers have been killed or who have abandoned their joeys. Chris adopted Bradley after his mother was killed by a car. He has spent the last four weeks looking after Bradley and carrying him around in a little fabric pouch.

In the video, you can see the little guy hopping around with Chris right next to him.

Tahnee, Chris’ wife, helps run the sanctuary. She said that Bradley is allowed out of his protective pouch to jump around their home. She said that letting Bradley jump around their home for a few minutes each day will help Bradley build the strength he needs to be an adult kangaroo.

As you can see I the footage below, the workers at he sanctuary try to recreate the security that a joey feels in its mothers pouch by using a pillowcase. This helps the orphaned joey feel more comfortable at the sanctuary.

You can probably guess that the little joey won’t be a little joey forever. He will soon become a full sized adult kangaroo, which are notoriously huge.

And when we say huge, we mean huge. Like Olympic body builder huge. These guys use the world as their own personal gym.

To see what this cute little joey will eventually turn into, watch the video below. Kangaroos will often have boxing matches to settle whatever kangaroo drama may be going on at the time.

They even stand on their tails and kick the daylights out of each other.

These fights usually start when one kangaroo walks into another kangaroos territory. Then, like gentlemen, they solve their problems with a good old sporting boxing match. The winner gets to stay, the loser walks away.

National Geographic wrote an article about how dangerous Bradley will become when he grows up:

“Things can get downright deadly when male kangaroos fight over mating rights. With their gigantic feet, these “boomers” deliver kicks that can crush bone… and even kill their opponents.”

A person who will agree with NatGeo’s assessment is Joshua Hayden, who was out hunting with his brother when he was attacked by one of Bradley's bigger cousins.

Josh and his brother retreated to their car to get away, only to be chased down by the angry kangaroo, who charged their car and broke the windshield.

What would you do if a kangaroo attacked you? Would you like to see Bradley in person before, or after he gets big? Comment below, and don’t forget to tell your friends about this article. This information could save their lives (or their windshields) one day!