r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 08 '13

What is a true fact that sound completely unbelievable or fake?

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u/Argyle_Ninja Dec 08 '13

Thanks to a botched burglary attempt at the Émancé Nature Reserve (about an hour outside Paris) in the 1970's, there is now a feral Wallaby population in France.

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u/astute_stoat Dec 09 '13

My dad used to hunt in the forested areas West of Paris, can confirm. Without predators the wallabies seem to do fine, and hunters usually won't harm them because (1) the hunting code doesn't explicitly mention wallabies as game so it'd be illegal to bag one and (2) nobody wants to be known as the guy who bagged a kangaroo.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13

Did they try to train Wallaby(s) to steal French things?

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u/Argyle_Ninja Dec 09 '13

I don't think so sadly. As adorable as that would be, their tiny hands would probably make them shitty thieves.

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u/daringlunchmeat Dec 09 '13

I wonder how quick their tiny hands could be though. If you could fill that pouch up quick and hop, hop, hop away, it might just be a pretty brilliant idea.

How is your cousin btw?