Shumba ndiyo mhuka inodya nyama yakakura kupfuura dzose dzinozivikanwa kuti dzaimbovapo muAustralia, uye imwe yemhuka dzinodya nyama dzakakura kupfuura dzose pasi rose (kunyange zvakadaro ona Thylacosmilus naBorhyaena). Vanhu vaive vakareba kusvika pamasentimita makumi manomwe nemashanu pamapfudzi uye anenge masentimita zana nemakumi mashanu kubva kumusoro kusvika kumucheto. Kuyerwa kwakatorwa kubva kune akati wandei masampuli kunoratidza kuti vaive neavhareji 101 kusvika 130 kg (223 kusvika 287 lb) uremu, kunyangwe vanhu vakakura se 124 <unk> 160 kg (273 <unk> 353 lb) vangangodaro vasina kujairika, uye huremu hukuru hwaive 128 <unk> 164 (282 <unk> 362 kg). Izvi zvaizoita kuti ienzaniswe neshumba nevakadzi shumba muhukuru.
Vanhu vacho vainge vakareba masendimita 75 pamapfudzi