Re: [lace-chat] Skippy

2003-09-24 Thread David Collyer
as well as I do that kangaroos don't make any sound - not even CLICKING with their tongues!!! :) David in Ballarat - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Skippy There was a wonderful

[lace-chat] Skippy

2003-09-22 Thread Jean Nathan
There was a wonderful (apparently true) story on our local radio station this morning. An Australian farmer was hit on the head by a falling branch during a storm. He received severe head injuries. The alarm was raised at his farmhouse by a kangaroo that the family had adopted. It was blind in

Re: [lace-chat] Skippy

2003-09-22 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, it's true!! Of course, the family concerned thinks it was a deliberate act of kindness and concern on the part of the kangaroo. A wild-life expert has a more mundane explanation: that the kangaroo was used to following whoever left the back door of the house for food...and probably had

Re: [lace-chat] Skippy

2003-09-22 Thread A+Y Farrell
- From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Skippy There was a wonderful (apparently true) story on our local radio station this morning. An Australian farmer was hit on the head by a falling branch during