2019/07/15 - Rood

[D-Rock]

[2019/07/15 - Rood]
Title Text: "At least we stay in our enclosure" "True, but the local unemployment rate is still high after we had to let our security fleet go following his departure"

It's always nice when a customer gets put in their place, though.

[Champion Wallace]

Yay, more cute roos. Regardless if it’s a coincidence or not, the second line in the second panel is a lyric from Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit (music video link for refrence).

[LunarFox]

I was just going to say that... cute roos, though.

[fenrirblack]

"Here we are now, entertain us." Well excuse me your majesties.

In the outback temperatures can reach 35 C (95 F) and 40 C (104) during the summer. This is dry arid heat to so they should feel right at home.

Really makes you wonder what Kari did the those zoo staff.

[IceKitsune]

Adorable! And those humans deserved it.

[Gbr23]

Roos be like

[LunarFox]

Roos be like

Exactly my thought too!

[dr_eirik]

I suspect people shout that at roos here and now. Imagine if they were sapient and could answer back? And spray annoying patrons with the hose

[Welsh Halfwit]

You need to get it, kids,
all the entertainers need relaxation.
Forcing them to perform
may lead to chants of protestation.
The inventive can turn
and give you exactly what they want;
the rude ones as targets
for all their bright wits disagreement.
So value them highly
and never look to treat them bad
or you never know
when you’ll find one as funny as Karishad...

[fenrirblack]

Here's something from wikipedia "Red kangaroos are mostly crepuscular and nocturnal, resting in the shade during the day."

[Padgriffin]

In a world of intelligent animals, you really ought to not beef consumme them off. Also, I nearly forgot that Kari was a zoo animal.

[Sleet]

Yay, more cute roos. Regardless if it’s a coincidence or not, the second line in the second panel is a lyric from Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit (music video link for refrence).

Almost certainly intentional.

Though he missed the part about marbles in your mouth.

[LunarFox]

Yay, more cute roos. Regardless if it’s a coincidence or not, the second line in the second panel is a lyric from Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit (music video link for refrence).

Almost certainly intentional.

Though he missed the part about marbles in your mouth.

I think we all did, seeing how the lyrics are unintelligible! Don't believe me? Ask Weird Al!

[jrh150482]

Bruce and Roosevelt
Don't want to go in the sun
Now the owner's mad

What exactly did Bruce do in the timeskip between panels two and three that got the zoo's owner in such a tizzy?

[fenrirblack]

Bruce and Roosevelt
Don't want to go in the sun
Now the owner's mad

What exactly did Bruce do in the timeskip between panels two and three that got the zoo's owner in such a tizzy?

It would seem that Roosevelt sprayed those two patrons with the water hose.

[Champion Wallace]

In real life kangaroos can jump 6 feet so the fence in the background doesn't look tall enough to contain them. Then again, Housepets! mammals are anthopamorfic enough they could climb the fence or escape any number of other ways, so it's probably just there to keep disgruntled guests out as a formality. It's not like we haven't had refrence points before, but now that Bruce is standing next to a human, it's clear that kangaroos are shorter in that universe. In our world adult male kangaroos approach 6 ft tall. Is it possible that Bruce and Roosevelt aren't true Kangaroos, but are actually wallaroos?

"Here we are now, entertain us." Well excuse me your majesties.

It was rude of them to say it like that, but that is kinda the quid pro quo. Imagine you bought tickets to see a concert, but after you were admitted the band said they won't perform because "it's way too hot to leave the shade". Being a zoo animal is like having a (compulsory) job [with] greater supervision. The zoo provides them with food and shelter and kitschy vacations in exchange for being entertaining for visitors.

Really makes you wonder what Kari did the those zoo staff.

Probably stuff on the level of putting alligator clips on an alligator, but my guess is you would need to ask the patrons therapists if you want a straight answer.

[Silly Zealot]

Four things:
1) "You are both baby-boomers? But you look so young!"
2) "Last time someone asked me to show him my pouch, it was at gunpoint right after leaving the ATM."
3) "Ain't you a little short for a red kangaroo?"
4) Oh, no, the summer is in full swing now. That means Marion missed out on finals week AND summer school, too. Whoever is behind the transformation is going to suffer more than a..........than a.......um....ideas, give me ideas.

In a world of intelligent animals, you really ought to not beef consumme them off. Also, I nearly forgot that Kari was a zoo animal.

He was not trapped in the zoo with them. They were trapped in the zoo with him!

[Saturn381]

Nice to see the kangaroos again.

[bjchan95]

Some days you get a story about a human turned into a squirrel and the existential distress that comes with that


Other days you get a cute strip with kangaroos

[Hlaoroo]

Heh. It's funny how many people don't realise male marsupials don't have pouches, actually. They have, er, other important bits in that place.

It's not like we haven't had refrence points before, but now that Bruce is standing next to a human, it's clear that kangaroos are shorter in that universe. In our world adult male kangaroos approach 6 ft tall. Is it possible that Bruce and Roosevelt aren't true Kangaroos, but are actually wallaroos?

3) "Ain't you a little short for a red kangaroo?"

Actually, they average at closer to 5 feet. It's not uncommon for them to reach 6 feet but it's not exactly the norm either. A 6 foot roo is BIG!

1) "You are both baby-boomers? But you look so young!"

XD
"Boomer" is actually Aussie slang for an adult male kangaroo as is evidenced by the popular Christmas song "Six White Boomers". Look up a video of kangaroos in full flight and you can tell why they're called Boomers.

Here's something from wikipedia "Red kangaroos are mostly crepuscular and nocturnal, resting in the shade during the day."

This is correct. Most roos are like that actually.
Fun fact: they can't sweat so they cool themselves down by covering themselves in saliva and letting it evaporate.

In the outback temperatures can reach 35 C (95 F) and 40 C (104) during the summer

Oh, it can get hotter than that. Temperatures around 45C/113F aren't uncommon in some places.

[Argent]

Fun fact: they can't sweat so they cool themselves down by covering themselves in saliva and letting it evaporate.

According to this paper they can pant, sweat, or spread saliva as needed.

As for the temperature, unless they're in Death Valley the humidity is probably higher than the outback. The USA is more sweaty than sunburnt.

[Nathan Kerbonaut]

Don't remind me of the heat and humidity... I wouldn't mind getting sprayed by a hose out there

[SeanWolf]

Well, you know what they say "The Customer is always right"...a saying I always hated. Though now I'm imagining Bruce/Roosevelt (Not sure who's holding the hose) taking the hose and spraying the bystanders like he was James Bond.

[Buster]

Bruce is the one with the warmer brighter colors, Roosevelt has the darker more muted colors.

[Hlaoroo]

Bruce is the red kangaroo, Roosevelt is the Eastern Grey.

[Buster]

Roo, not everyone's going to know there's more than one kind of kangaroo. that's like expecting someone not from northern canada to know that there are four different kinds of moose, or someone overseas to know that there's an island near mexico that has racoons who look completely different.

it's just easier to identify them by color palette.

[Hlaoroo]

Personally I find markings help too. Roosevelt has darker fingers and a pale spot on top of his muzzle. Bruce's muzzle is uniform and he has pale fingers.

Also, the hint is in the name. Reds are redder, greys are greyer.

[trekkie]

Hey, Bruce and Roosevelt, you guys are adorable. I too, now wonder what kind of mischief Kari caused that we didn’t get to see.

[dr_eirik]

Is it just me, or is their design slightly different? They seem thinner to my eye than they did the last time we saw them.

[shadowlucario50]

Wonder what their usual entertainment routine is. Do they just talk like Australians and put up a comedy act? Or do they have more routines they pull out?

[Cesco]

Great comic strip. Don't disturb the sleepy kangaroos. Eheh, some watering is the best solution for such problems, and a nice entertainment. I agree, that's so rude (and ignorant) to ask! There can be a double trouble with these two roos than with that one fox.

[Silly Zealot]

Roo, not everyone's going to know there's more than one kind of kangaroo. that's like expecting someone not from northern canada to know that there are four different kinds of moose, or someone overseas to know that there's an island near mexico that has racoons who look completely different.

I was not aware of the racoon island thing, but at this point, the thing that surprises me the most is that there are ONLY four different species of moose. Also, ever seen an albino racoon before?

I don't know what's real anymore.

Wonder what their usual entertainment routine is. Do they just talk like Australians and put up a comedy act? Or do they have more routines they pull out?

Only way to find that out is going to the zoo and paying the ticket.

[Argent]

The differences between the red and the grey kangaroo are really noticeable. The "greys" can be kind of brownish, but the males of the red are really red. Also they're built like the Hulk: you do NOT mess with a red kangaroo.

They're also actually different species: there's more than half a dozen subspecies of moose (except one's called an elk because crazy Europeans have to be different), but they're all Alces alces.

[Nobody]

Roo: "We're both boomers."
Kid: "Does that mean you're gonna try and puke on us?"

This dated reference has been brought to you by a guy who doesn't have time to play new video games.

[Hlaoroo]

Also, ever seen an albino racoon before?

I don't know what's real anymore..

I have not but I have seen a golden brushtail possum. The gold is a mutation in the fur colour gene, similar to albinism but not quite going all the way there. ^^

[Silly Zealot]

Roo: "We're both boomers."
Kid: "Does that mean you're gonna try and puke on us?"

This dated reference has been brought to you by a guy who doesn't have time to play new video games.

Call me Captain America, because I understood that reference!

I have seen a golden brushtail possum. The gold is a mutation in the fur colour gene, similar to albinism but not quite going all the way there. ^^

*sniff* I love this world, sometimes.

[Argent]

* And yes I do know that the moose/elk thing is because Europeans called the American red deer "elk" before they ran into the actual American relatives of the elk.

* Something something elk/ilk pun goes here.