Roger the super buff kick-boxing kangaroo is back and bigger than ever

Come at me bro. You really don’t want to mess with this muscly marsupial named Roger

Muscly kangaroo Roger is back in Australia and bigger than ever
Roo want some: Muscly kangaroo Roger Credit: Photo: Facebook / Kangaroo Sanctuary

A super-strong kangaroo who likes to show off his muscles for the camera has won an army of online fans.

Roger, who lives at the Kangaroo Sanctuary, in Alice Springs, in Australia’s Northern Territory, is back and he looks like he has definitely been pumping some iron at the gym.

After a summer break we reopened this week for our guided sunset tours. Here is Roger enjoying the attention of our visitors! If you'd like to know more about our tours visit www.kangaroosanctuary.com

Posted by The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs on  Thursday, 4 February 2016

The ripped roo is the sanctuary’s star attraction after a photo of him crushing a metal bucket in his arms went viral in 2015.

Thousands have liked a new photo of Roger posted on the sanctuary’s Facebook page. They reopened their doors this week following a summer break.

Your most loved posts of 2015 - No.5 is mighty Roger crushing his bucket! Better the bucket than me!

Posted by The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs on  Sunday, 27 December 2015

“Here is Roger enjoying the attention of our visitors!” said the post.

One user joked: “You could see why you could never win a fight with a kangaroo.”

Roger had a great Australia Day holiday yesterday. Now it's back to work today looking after his mob. (-:

Posted by The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs on  Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Another wrote: “Nice guns Roger… I bet the girls love you.”

“He must be having lots of protein shakes,” wrote Irene Perez.

Roger my huge, beautiful alpha male kangaroo! The noise Roger is making is kangaroo language for 'I am warning you, go away or I will kick-box you'.

Posted by The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs on  Saturday, 9 January 2016

Roger’s carer, Chris ‘Brolga’ Barnes, told Buzzfeed last year he rescued the marsupial from his dead mother’s pouch in 2006 and reared him by hand.

“Roger’s muscle is human-like. He appears to have the same muscles that a bodybuilder has, really defined biceps and triceps,” he told the site.

“That’s because the big males need to be expert kickboxers and wrestlers. There are no single girls in the bush, they’re all under the care of one dominant male, so these need to be tough to survive.

“Kangaroos usually live between 12 to 15 years, and the male reach their maximum size in their later years.”

Meanwhile, photos of a baby kangaroo who suffered extensive burns in a bushfire in Western Australia are being shared online.