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A kangaroo slashed an Australia man's abdomen and face as he tried to stop the bouncing beast from drowning his dog.
Chris Rickard, 49, said he was walking his blue heeler Rocky on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek, north east of Melbourne.
The dog chased the animal into a pond, but it then turned and pinned the pet underwater.
When Mr Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him.
The first hit (he) gave me opened up a wide gash above my eye and blinded me.
Lashing out with its powerful hind legs, the marsupial tore a deep gash into his abdomen and across his face.
"I thought I might take a hit or two dragging the dog out from under his grip, but I didn't expect him to actually attack me," Mr Rickard told The Herald Sun newspaper.
"I was stuck having to hold onto the dog with both hands, because it was half drowned and, I couldn't really see anything because the kangaroo just ripped into me.
"It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5ft high. They don't go around killing people.
"Then, all of a sudden, I realised the first hit (he) gave me opened up a wide gash above my eye and blinded me."
Mr Rickard said the onslaught left him "flailing away underwater, carrying a dog with a kangaroo ripping into me".
"All I could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water," he continued.
The wounded man said he ended the battle by elbowing the beast in the throat.
Kangaroos rarely attack humans, but will fight if they feel threatened
Chris Rickard, 49, said he was walking his blue heeler Rocky on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek, north east of Melbourne.
The dog chased the animal into a pond, but it then turned and pinned the pet underwater.
When Mr Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him.
The first hit (he) gave me opened up a wide gash above my eye and blinded me.
Lashing out with its powerful hind legs, the marsupial tore a deep gash into his abdomen and across his face.
"I thought I might take a hit or two dragging the dog out from under his grip, but I didn't expect him to actually attack me," Mr Rickard told The Herald Sun newspaper.
"I was stuck having to hold onto the dog with both hands, because it was half drowned and, I couldn't really see anything because the kangaroo just ripped into me.
"It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5ft high. They don't go around killing people.
"Then, all of a sudden, I realised the first hit (he) gave me opened up a wide gash above my eye and blinded me."
Mr Rickard said the onslaught left him "flailing away underwater, carrying a dog with a kangaroo ripping into me".
"All I could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water," he continued.
The wounded man said he ended the battle by elbowing the beast in the throat.
Kangaroos rarely attack humans, but will fight if they feel threatened
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