Loving This Video Of Kangaroos In The Snow

Australian kangaroos bounce around in a snowstorm this week
in Australia. 

A viral video making the rounds, which you can see at the bottom of this post, has me smiling.

It's winter in Australia and southern parts of the nation closest to Antarctica had a pretty substantial blast of cold and snow in the past few days. This left kangaroos bouncing around in the snow, which is pretty fun to watch.

This winter blast was fairly substantial by Australian standards, but this does happen from time to time in parts of Victoria and New South Wales. After all, there are ski resorts in Australia.  This cold snap was slightly unusual because it lasted several days.

According to The Conversation, Australia has seen much bigger winter storms than this in the past. In fact, the frequency of snowfalls has generally been declining. The Conversation says an analysis of Australian ski resorts shows that the number of days that it snows has fallen, though the number of large snow events is pretty much unchanged.

That kind of echoes the way things are going in the Northeastern U.S. during our winters.

In any event, here's our snowy kangaroos. Video credit goes to Stephen Grenfell: