Picture of the Day: The Unlucky Kangaroo

This had to be quite painful for the kangaroo, it is good to see he was able to pull through:

Melbourne, Australia, May 9, 2009–A
gray kangaroo (pictured) that was shot through the head with an arrow
had survived for up to a week before being found in the southern city’s
outer suburbs.

The injured marsupial, which underwent surgery at the Melbourne Zoo, is expected to recover.

Meanwhile, the conservation group Wildlife Australia has posted an
Australian $10,000 (U.S. $7,600) reward to find the kangaroo’s shooter,
according to the Agence France-Presse news agency.

—Photograph courtesy Wildlife Victoria via AP  [National Geographic]