HUNTER VALLEY, Australia, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A kangaroo knocked an aerial drone from the sky after the device hovered too close to a small group of the animals, as video above shows.

The footage was captured in Hunter Valley, Australia from a camera attached to a small drone. As the device comes in low across a field to observe four to five kangaroo at the edge of a brush-line, the larger of the animals hops forward to inspect the intruding machine.


The drone lifts in elevation and once more moves lower before the kangaroo advances and punches it out of the air, sending the drone into the grass and damaging it enough to prevent further lift-off.

According to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, there are over 60 different species of kangaroo and close relatives in Australia, where the marsupials are almost entirely exclusive.

Kangaroos are known for their strong back legs and tail. If threatened, they will box and kick opponents or stomp a foot on the ground to warn others.

Male kangaroos are known to box each other, leaning back on their tails to deliver blows over potential mates, while in some cases, kangaroos have been pitted against humans in boxing matches: