Health Roadkill of the World

[Aussie Assault]

I live in Country Victoria and on average every 100kms in any direction you'd find 3-4 dead kangaroos on the road at any given time. My question is that is there anywhere else in the world where a local animal (be it native or whatever) the size of a kangaroo, or bigger, can be roadkill so often? As in something that is going to stuff up a normal car pretty bad if you were to hit it?

I've travelled quite a bit and havent come across anything from memory. The speed at which we can travel on our roads would be a factor to I'd imagine with poorer countries not having the quality of road to get to higher speeds. But anywhere others have seen? Cows somewhere? Moose? I've heard of a camel being hit in outback Australia which would destroy a car, but it'd be quite rare I'd imagine.

Answers please.

 

[Ross Prunster]

Lots of roos North West of WA, emus always an issue as well. Huge cattle farms up there, always see remnants of cows that road trains had destroyed. Unfortunately had a fatality, young child, killed when the parent's car hit a cow a couple of K's out of town

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Rabbits , Foxes & Birds.

 

[lemon chicken]

Wombats, I think they are bit too slow to get out of the way. Kangaroo's are quite fast when they want to be so it quite weird that they get hit. Riding a bike you see heaps of it which is not nice but possums are always on the road around where I am.

 

[blueboy25]

I live in Country Victoria and on average every 100kms in any direction you'd find 3-4 dead kangaroos on the road at any given time. My question is that is there anywhere else in the world where a local animal (be it native or whatever) the size of a kangaroo, or bigger, can be roadkill so often? As in something that is going to stuff up a normal car pretty bad if you were to hit it?

I've travelled quite a bit and havent come across anything from memory. The speed at which we can travel on our roads would be a factor to I'd imagine with poorer countries not having the quality of road to get to higher speeds. But anywhere others have seen? Cows somewhere? Moose? I've heard of a camel being hit in outback Australia which would destroy a car, but it'd be quite rare I'd imagine.

Answers please.

Traveling around Canada last year in particular British Columbia they have large fences along the side of the highways to stop animals crossing and causing chaos. They have built animal specific bridges and underpasses so the animals can continue to move freely around the countryside taking away the chance of getting hit by a car or truck.

 

[Aussie Assault]

Wombats, I think they are bit too slow to get out of the way. Kangaroo's are quite fast when they want to be so it quite weird that they get hit. Riding a bike you see heaps of it which is not nice but possums are always on the road around where I am.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a wombat in the bush although they are around my area. I'd imagine they'd make a decent mess if you hit one.

Had a mate hit a roo on his bike & stuff his knee pretty bad. Shook him up and that was the last time he got on his bike.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Snakes & Lizards

 

[kickazz]

Kangaroos are quite fast when they want to be so it quite weird that they get hit.

Would seem that way, but the thing is that they get 'dazzled in the headlights' and actually come for you sometimes.

I hit one last year on an outer suburban road, doing 80. I saw it off the side of the road, but didn't slow down too much. It wasn't until the last minute that it came out at me, too late to take any evasive action.

After that I actually pay attention when I see the kangaroo sign - if you see one ahead at the side of the road you really need to assume they'll come for you, and if you don't want to damage your car (or the roo) probabaly slow down early in anticipation of that.

Or get massive a bull/roo bar.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

I have seen some dead goanna's on the Nullarbor