KANGAROO VS. MAN

I'm working on an idea about a boxer and I wanted to open my book-to-be with kangaroos boxing men. This was done in the 1800 and 1900s. And, of course, the wonderful youtube has some clips!

This one looks in good fun:



While this looks like serious business. Not play acting at all:



Kangaroos have very strong legs and could knock out the strongest of men. Interesting stuff. This practice of men fighting kangaroos was done away with in the mid 1900s.

I love writing nonfiction for this reason. You never know what you might learn!