Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
Wom, can kangaroos and wallabies swim? You may notice that link if from our local paper, the Boston Globe, and when we saw that first photo we wondered whether the wallaby was just getting a good vantage point to see what direction to swim, or if they cannot swim, why didn't the photographer send a rescue crew for it?
Oh yes, they are very good swimmers, both kangaroos and wallabies. In the water their legs act like any other creature, you know left right left right, but on land they can't use their legs like that.
I would suppose the reason why that guy never got a rescue crew for that wallaby, is that he probably made a decision that the wallaby was quite able to swim away to safety.
The guys in the boats usually pick them up when they can see the animals tired out or in distress, such as in fast moving water.
They also swim in the ocean, and now and again we hear of them taken by sharks.
Here's a link for you.............
http://www.kangaroo-protection-coali...aroo-swim.html