Mitchell Lyons captured video of a mob of kangaroos travelling at high speed to escape wildfires during the extreme 2019 Australian wildfire event.
Mitchell Lyons tweeted:
Look, they don't know which way to run from cars, but they sure know which way to run from fire #NSWfires #bushfirecrisis 🤞 pic.twitter.com/EguanpLJq0
— Mitchell Lyons (@mitchest) December 30, 2019
Kangaroo in flight in Cardinia Reservoir Park, Muddy Creek, Victoria, Australia, 15 Jan 2011. Provided here for context -- not the present observation.
Chris Samuel (CC BY 2.0)
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