Aussie Man Documents Chaotic Day Looking After 'Pet' Kangaroo

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August 31, 2022 at 6:25 a.m.

An Aussie man showed what a day looking after his “pet” kangaroo looked like in a TikTok video posted on August 18.

The chaotic footage was shared by Dominic Whalen from Western Australia, who told Storyful he was taking care of the joey after its mother was killed.

The chaotic video documented multiple marsupial shenanigans, including a car ride, hopping around the living room, and even the aftermath of the roo jumping in a dam pond — which forced Whalen to jump in to save it, according to a TikTok comment.

“You’re drenched, and I’m drenched,” Whalen can be heard telling the soaked kangaroo, adding that the animal was a “silly bugger” for jumping the water. Credit: Dominic Whalen via Storyful

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DOMINIC WHALEN: What are you doing? Sit down, put your seat belt on. We're going home. Oh, when you've got to go and round the kangaroo up, because [? Hayden ?] leaves the back gate open. Run that way, chase it right around the bush block. I've blocked that off, and it should go into my gate and back up home. You're drenched and I'm drenched. Silly bugger, jumping in the dam.

What are you doing? Sit down, put your seat belt on. We're going home. Oh, when you go to and round the kangaroo up, because [? Hayden ?] leaves the back gate open. Run that way, chase it right around the bush block. I've blocked that off, and it should go into my gate and back up home. You're drenched and I'm drenched. Silly bugger, jumping in the dam.

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