OT: Kangaroos on Freeways

[pmulcahy11b]

My mother saw one of those home video shows on TV and asked me to ask our Aussie friends if there is a big problem in Australia with Kangaroos congregating on freeways, or was that an isolated incident.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

It's an isolated incident.
There are problems with kangaroos on roads but most of the time it's out in the countryside and typically it's a single 'roo or a small group attempting to cross from one side of the road to the other.

Naturally enough they become a traffic hazard but more often than not, because it's on a country road, there isn't much human traffic for the 'roos to worry about so they cross the roads relatively safely.

I'd rate the risk of encountering a kangaroo on the road about the same as encountering deer on the road in the USA - yes it happens often enough that the media doesn't bother reporting it most of the time but it doesn't happen often enough to be truly newsworthy.

[pmulcahy11b]

Was I correct when I told my mother that a herd of kangaroos is actually called a "mob"?

[Targan]

Was I correct when I told my mother that a herd of kangaroos is actually called a "mob"?

Absolutely correct.