GIANT KANGAROO LOVES STUFFED BUNNY TOY AND WILL ATTACK ANYONE WHO TRIES TO TAKE IT AWAY

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Man-sized kangaroo gives stuffed bunny toy a bear hug... and his handler says he'll fight anything that tries to take it away from him

Roger is an alpha male at the Alice Springs Kangaroo Sanctuary in the NT

He was gifted the new stuffed toy bunny by a fan and grew attached to it

Manager Chris Barnes said he tried to take it off Roger and was attacked

Mr Barnes adopted kangaroo after finding its mother dead on a highway

With Roger's impressive muscles, nobody will dare to take away his beloved bunny.

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Roger with his friend Chris Barnes, manager of the Alice Springs Kangaroo Sanctuary

 

'Roger received the bunny from a fan. I thought Roger would probably like to play with his soft toy,' Mr Barnes said.

 

'When I gave it to him he snatched it off me really quickly and proceeded to attack it, giving it a "bear hug" and wrestling it, even hugging it and kicking out as he would do in kick boxing match, he's an expert kick boxer.'

 

But Mr Barnes and his team made the mistake of trying to take it away from him.

 

'After about 10 minutes of not giving up his bunny Roger lost interest in it, but when I tried to take it off him so he tried to attack me instead, which is a daily ritual for us,' he said.

 

Mr Barnes was rescued Roger in 2006 after finding his mother dead on a highway.

 

'Baby kangaroos are often found still alive in the pouches of dead kangaroos out on the roadside,' he said.

 

Being an alpha male, Roger is often very protective of the female members of his group.

'[He] will attack anyone or anything that gets too close to him or his women,' Mr Barnes said.

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3038281/Not-cuddly-Man-sized-kangaroo-MASSIVE-guns-gives-cute-stuffed-bunny-toy-bear-hug-handler-says-ll-fight-tries-away-him.html

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