But still a perfect example of not how to train an animal.
The kangaroo is obviously overburdened with the situation, being thrown into a TV studio, lots of lights and sounds, pretty confusing.
So its asking its two-legged "masters of the universe" for help, instructions, codes of behavior, whatever you might call it.
But the two-leggers are also intimidated by the unusual situation in front of a live camera and are unable to assist.
This is when the punching starts: The kangaroo is forced to react to an unusual situation by taking control of it. In essence it is trying to force his two-leggers to regain control of this situation so they can tell it what to do.
You might have noticed that the moderator of this TV show was never attacked by the kangaroo - simply because from the kangaroos point of view he is not a part of its problem.
I never worked with kangaroos so far but there are lots of similar reactions caused by stress with other animals.
The prime example might be dogs "forced to take over the pack" because they have no faith in the abilities of their owners. It is bad enough already when your dog is forced to run your household ("puppy, why are you barking when the door bell rings?"),
but when the dog is emotionally and intellectually unfit to take that role - then you got a real problem on your hands.
As for the kangaroo... I think its owners deserved a few punches because of not knowing anything about animal training at all.
Oh, and hello NFOHump, took me a while to get here.
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