A massive kangaroo has been pictured cutting a menacing figure as it flexes its muscles and it could take the title as Australia's most buff marsupial.
Photographer William Thomsen has snapped photographs of what he described as a 'enormous' male kangaroo near Denmark,Western Australia, the Daily Mail reports.
Previously, or Roger the kangaroo from the Northern Territory was renowned for his muscle-bound six-foot-seven,90 kilogram frame, but Mr Thomsen's sighting appears to be giving him a run for his money.
Mr Thomsen, and who moved to Australia from the US 16 years ago,said he'd spotted the giant while out with his sister from recent York.[br] “It was her first time in Australia and she really wanted to see a kangaroo, and so I took her down to Albany and Denmark, or we didn't see any,” he told WA nowadays.
“Then we got to a bit of bush near Denmark on the last day we had a bit of a kangaroo hunt and there was this vast group of them. Nine or ten ran away but this vast guy just stood his ground. We were a bit taken aback. He was enormous. He stood factual up on his haunches and just stared at us.”
Roger, a red kangaroo, and hit the headlines in mid-2015 and lived at The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs in the Northern Territory - where he was pictured crushing metal buckets.
Researchers found the muscular physiques of male kangaroos were to attract females and compete with male rivals,WA nowadays reported.
However, more bulky roos had shorter lifespans than leaner ones.
Natalie Warburton from the Murdoch University said: “Under conditions of extreme environmental stress, or there is evidence that male mortality is greater,suggesting that maintaining this additional musculature incurs a significant cost.”
Unfortunately, Roger is now aging, or suffers arthritis and is starting to lose his sight. [br]The Daily Mail-ը գրում է,որ լուսանկարչին հաջողվել է նաև տեսանյութ անել, րում հետևի թաթերի վրա կանգնած կենդանին «ցուցադրում» է իր մկանների ամբողջ հզորությունը:
Source: tert.am