The ABC has a story on research out of the ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services.
They’ve been GPS collaring kangaroos to study their behaviour.
Contrary to popular thinking it seems skippy’s a bit of a home body:
- So far the research has revealed male kangaroos stay in an area of about three-square kilometres, while female kangaroos remain in an area of about half a square kilometre.
Senior ecologist Don Fletcher says some of the data will be used to help reduce the number of wildlife road accidents around Canberra.
The things we learn.
“Senior ecologist Don Fletcher says some of the data will be used to help reduce the number of wildlife road accidents around Canberra.”
How’s that going to help ?
I saw one of these tagged skippys in South Tuggers on Sat afternoon, then another on the hill as I was driving down the parkway near Woden yesterday. Considering they’ve only tagged 19 kangas my strike rate is pretty good!
hellspice said :
the tiny electro shock device that immediately zaps the roo when they get within 100m of a road…
The ABC article says: “We’ve got a few plans in that area and we’d like to be able to inform the road engineers better.” So maybe they plan to start a lobby that will whinge anytime a new road is proposed with a few kms of a roo in a collar.