Going back over the popular take on the origin of the word kangaroo which is still debated in some circles. The original story concerned Captain Cook asking an Aborigine the name of the grey hopping animal in 1770. The answer was "kangaroo", but since the question was misheard was translated as roughly either "I don't know" or "I don't understand." Later, in the 1970s this was supposedly refuted after a study of the Guugu Yimidhirr language as related to ganguruu for the grey. One assumed anglicized or morphed into kangaroo as recorded in Cook's log. But since there are many Aboriginal languages, other names got recorded. Captain King wrote Meenuah which some argue meant "edible animal" (Minha) and there is another tribe that called it a Jangaruk! So, which is it???

Yes, I've tried Kangaroo meat. Tastes like typical game meat, but more moist than venison, a bit leaner than bison... I prefer Ostrich.