Kangaroos are not greatly bothered by predators, apart from humans and occasional dingoes. As a defensive tactic, a larger kangaroo will often lead its pursuer into water where, standing submerged to the chest, the kangaroo will attempt to drown the attacker under water.

Do kangaroos wait in water to drown you?

But given kangaroos get no benefit from killing an animal, it's likely they're actually entering the water in the hope they're not followed. ... "But they tend to just wait [in the water] until the animal gets bored. "I don't think it's about trying to drown them."

Has anyone died from kangaroo?

Kangaroo deaths were reported within about 100km of Tibooburra NSW, including within Sturt National Park (NP) in early march 2010. ... It appeared to last from mid-February to March, 2010. The event occurred after a series of heavy summer rains, from November 2009 to February 2010.