Study Shows Wild Kangaroos Can Intentionally Communicate With Humans

[Michie]

Animals that have never been domesticated, such as kangaroos, can intentionally communicate with humans, says a new study.


Challenging the idea that such behavior is restricted to domesticated animals like dogs, horses, and goats, the research was done by the University of Roehampton and the University of Sydney.

Involving kangaroos—marsupials that were never domesticated—at three locations across Australia, the findings revealed that these animals gazed at a human when trying to access food which had been put in a closed box.

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[Landon Caeli]

Interesting... Its as if the kangaroos have developed the knowledge that humans can do 'miraculous' things for them... So they try and see if they can get it to happen.

 

[Tigger45]

Pretty much every animal I’m aware of utilizes the natural responses of a baby communicating to its parents for food can easily be developed to humans as a food provider.