The Brief: A kangaroo TikTok video is going viral after viewers are shocked by its boxer-like movements, which include throwing jabs and moving back-and-forth like a boxer.

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A video of a kangaroo is circulating the internet and viewers are in shock after seeing the animal move like a human. Farm account @farm_and_meadow uploaded video of a kangaroo who was reluctant to leave their stall on TikTok. The video captioned, “This is what I imagine havifn [sic] a toddler is like,” showcases the animal rocking back and forth on its legs while quickly extending its arms, much like a boxer would. At one point, the kangaroo takes the owner’s hand into his paws. The video received over 23.7 million views and 4.5 million likes.

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The video then appeared on Twitter after it was shared by user @IvyKungu. The tweet received over 5 million views, 206,000 views, and 45,000 retweets.

Viewers across social media were gripped by the Kangaroo’s movements, saying it looked like a human in a kangaroo suit, a gigantic rabbit, a boxer, and rapper NBA YoungBoy (aka YoungBoy Never Broke Again).

As the internet would have it, one Twitter user (@decemberson) reshared the kangaroo video with NBA YoungBoy’s music over it. That video received over 191,000 views, 14,500 likes, and 4,300 retweets.

The original video is also growing on Reddit.

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