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Another Kangaroo has been spotted trying to 'drown dogs' in the latest attack by the marsupials of mayhem, but experts have argued that this is unusual behaviour for the creatures, who have a natural 'flight response'.

The disturbing footage, captured in Australia, showed a kangaroo standing in a creek as four dogs barked at it from the shore, before one of the pack lunged at the kangaroo, only to be knocked away in a tussle. 

But this wasn't the first time the usually docile animals have been caught throwing punches with the public, last year there was a string of viral videos, showing the beefed up animals caught in entanglements with locals and their pets.

Rachel Leather, an animal behaviour expert, told MailOnline: 'We must remember kangaroos are herbivores so they're not going to be aggressive in the same way that a predator would be. 

'They are much more likely to flee rather than be aggressive, generally they will always choose flight given the option.'

She added that changes in behaviour, such as the rise in attacks, can likely be linked to resource or habitat pressures in the area.

'Any change in behaviour like that [attacking other animals] is almost always to do with the pressures of the resources in the local area.

'For example, with predators, if there's a big increase in the population, or there's a big decrease in the resources available. Then that puts pressure on the individual animals to turn elsewhere, either for prey or habitat.

'Similarly, if it's around the mating season, male kangaroos will have threat displays and dominance displays during the mating season, and so any anybody encroaches on him is much more likely to be seen as a threat.' 

Last October another man and his dog crossed paths with a Kangaroo in the outback, when he filmed it in a viral video holding his pet just above the water. 

Rushing in to save the visually distressed animal, the man is heard cursing at the kangaroo, saying: 'I'm going to punch you f*****g head in. Let my dog go'.

Then, the kangaroo lunges at the man before the video cuts out - a struggle is heard before the video reappears showing the kangaroo stood facing the man and the dog now free.

Professor Benjamin Kear, a researcher in Australasian palaeontology, said that the real problem here is 'urban environments encroach on natural environments', as settlements expand you are going to see more and more incidents of wild animals coming into clash with humans.

To prevent these attacks though, he said the simple solution is for owners to ensure they can control their pet.

'Australia is has a long term issue with introduced animals, and this goes back thousands of years.

'The kangaroos have adapted to dingoes, the not so native dog in Australia for thousands of years, introduced by people and so they view the dog as a predator.

'And the dog views any kind of large animal coming into its territory is something to to get aggressive with. That's just a dogs behavior.'

Adding Kangaroos are 'skittish' and no threat to people, so he recommended that you just 'back away slowly' if ever caught in a stare down with one. 

In a shocking incident with a human, a raging 'roo' put a farmer in a headlock in 2023 after dragging him off his motorbike in county Victoria.

Brian O'Donnell, 74, was riding his Honda across his farmland to check on a cow that was due to give birth when he noticed the massive marsupial stalking him.

Instead of hopping away - as most kangaroos would - the creature 'started growling and jumping up and down', he told the ABC.