During World War II, an enduring Australian legend emerged about soldiers in New Guinea attempting to train kangaroos as makeshift pack animals. The story paints a vivid picture: resourceful yet desperate troops, bogged down in treacherous jungle terrain, allegedly sought to use the native marsupials to carry ammunition, rations, and medical supplies through areas impassable to vehicles or horses. According to the tale, the experiment failed spectacularly when the kangaroos, unnerved by the deaf
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