An American tourist found himself fighting off a 'frisky' kangaroo while on holiday in Australia, and people online are loving it

• An American tourist was seen fighting a kangaroo in Perth, Western Australia.
• The man was shown lightly kicking the animal away, which kept charging towards him.

An American tourist had the once-in-the-lifetime encounter of fighting a kangaroo while on holiday in Australia.

In a TikTok posted by @brooke.so.hip on June 11, a man was seen shielding a woman away from a small kangaroo trailing behind her at an enclosure in Perth, Western Australia. It's garnered some 17.5 million views as of June 14.

"My dad was just trying to make sure that kangaroo stopped getting frisky with that lady," @brooke.so.hip wrote in the video. In the video, the kangaroo was shown standing up and flailing its arms toward the man. The man then held the animal back with one hand.

The man was later shown lightly kicking the kangaroo away as it continued chasing him and another man, who looked to be much younger. At the end of the video, one staff member at the enclosure was shown sternly telling the kangaroo off.

Users on TikTok were thoroughly entertained by the video, with several users saying that the kangaroo was taunting the man.

One user wrote: "It's like the kangaroo just wanted to have a bar fight because the dude was messing with his lady."

"That kangaroo turns its head looked at the kid when he walked up like you wanna piece of me too," another user wrote, referring to the young man in the video.

One user even had a piece of advice for the man who fought the kangaroo, writing that he should never hold the arms of the animal, as it "gives them the confidence to kick" back, which could have hurt him.

While a fatal kangaroo attack took place near Perth last September, it was the first in Australia since 1936, per Associated Press. Death by kangaroo is extremely rare.

@brooke.so.hip did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.