Kangaroos might try to drown your dog. Here's why.

Kangaroos perceive dogs as a threat because they closely resemble dingoes, one of their native predators. (Image credit: John and Tristia Lakey/Lakey Farm)

Mick Moloney was walking on the banks of the Murray River in northwestern Victoria, Australia, when he noticed his dog Hutchy was missing. He glanced toward the water and saw a kangaroo standing waist-deep in the river with its arms submerged.

"Next thing you know, Hutchy came up gasping for air, water spilling out of his mouth and screaming his head off," Moloney told the Australian broadcaster 7News.