Tag Archive for 'Eastern gray kangaroo'

Recent experiments have demonstrated that carnivores and ungulates in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America fear the human ‘super predator’ far more than other predators. Australian mammals have been a focus of research on predator naiveté because it is suspected they show atypical responses. To experimentally test if mammals in Australia also most fear humans, McGann et al. quantified the responses of four native marsupials (eastern gray kangaroo, Bennett’s wallaby, Tasmanian pademelon, common brushtail possum) and introduced fallow deer to playbacks of predator (human, dog, Tasmanian devil, wolf) or non-predator control (sheep) vocalizations. Image credit: Pen_ash.

Australian Marsupials Fear Humans Far More Than Any Other Predator, New Study Shows

May 23, 2024 by News Staff

Scientists from the University of Tasmania and Western University have experimentally demonstrated that kangaroos, wallabies and other Australian marsupials...

The western gray kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) in Donnelly Mills, Western Australia. Image credit: Sean Mack / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Study: Kangaroos Can Intentionally Communicate with Humans

Dec 17, 2020 by News Staff

Kangaroos, marsupial mammals that have never been domesticated, can intentionally communicate with humans, according to new research led by the University...

A red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) manipulating food with one hand. Image credit: Andrey Giljov / National Geographic Society.

All Kangaroos Are Lefties, Scientists Say

Jun 18, 2015 by News Staff

Kangaroos and other macropod marsupials display left-hand preference at the population level for everyday tasks in the wild, says a team of scientists...