This is the Friends Vistur Debating Society.

I'm John Batchel to New South Wales, Jeremy Zakis.

The kangaroos, Jeremy has instructed me having never met a kangaroo,

that they're extremely ordinary and in his neighborhood routinely,

traveling in pairs or trios, and they can be very large, and they're

extremely energetic. And the people of Australia have learned not only to live with them, but to

expect them as what should have to say, alien friends. They have their own rules. They have their own life cycle, and having never been

around an animal that large except for deer, I'm not quite sure what I'd make of it, something

that can grow to seven feet tall and deck you and do worse if you are in any way dangerous, threatening. However, those are the

kangaroos of New South Wales. I expect the kangaroos are in different parts of Australian continent,

different presentation of themselves. But I saw one story once Jeremy sent me, where I think it was three

kangaroos moving through a wedding party that just halted and waited for them to mosey on through.

I think one of them was interested in the cake, but I don't remember the details.

So now a kangaroo story that seems alarming, which is collisions. Jeremy, what's happened?

Well, John, this is very alarming, especially living in Adelaide, South Australia. What's happened

is that every year in Australia, as you do, the insurance companies and even our local police

keep statistics about how many collisions are caused

by cars hitting kangaroos. And believe it or not, the number on any given year is relatively

high for most urban centres because, of course, there are kangaroos out there. There's lots of cars

and kangaroos are not the brightest animal in the world. They will typically try to run into a car and not really

think about it and think they can win. So it happens a lot. But in Adelaide, it turns out that

the statistics for 2025, so we're talking about between May and 2024 to May 2025, has revealed

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