Kangaroos are animals that can be found in the country of Australia.
Kangaroo is a very unique kind of animal as it can only be found in Australia and it is very cute. So let’s find out more about maybe the cutest Australian animals!
- Kangaroos belong to the animal family Macropodidae.
- Macropodidae means ‘bigfoot.’
- There are four different kangaroo species, the red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, western grey kangaroo, and antilopine kangaroo.
- Due to their large feet and powerful hind legs, kangaroos can travel more than 56km/h.
- They can also and leap more than 9m in a single bound.
- Theis front legs though are small.
- They also have a long, strong tail.
- It helps them balance while jumping.
- Kangaroos are the tallest of all our planet’s marsupials.
- They can stand over two meters tall.
- Kangaroos live only in Eastern Australia.
- They can be found in small groups which are called troops or herds.
- Australians call these groups “mobs”.
- The mobs are typically consisted of 50 or more kangaroos.
- If they are in danger, kangaroos pound the ground with their strong feet to alert and warn the others in the group.
- When they fight, they punch and kick with powerful blows, and will sometimes even bite.
- Males will often fight each other over access to females.
- Female kangaroos sport a pouch on their belly to keep their baby kangaroos safe.
- It is made by a fold in the skin.
- Newborn kangaroos are called joeys.
- Joeys have the same size as grape and live in the pouch.
- They can’t swallow, so their mother feeds them by using her muscle to pump milk down its throat.
- After birth joeys live their mother’s pouch.
- At around 4 months, the youngster emerges from the pouch for short trips.
- At ten months, it’s mature enough to leave the pouch for good.
- Kangaroos are herbivores.
- They like to chew on grasses, herbs, and shrubs.
- They are not hunting down other animals.
- In general kangaroos face few natural predators.
- Heat, drought, and hunger due to vanishing habitat are amongst the dangers these amazing marsupials face.
- Kangaroos usually live to around six years old in the wild.
- Kangaroo meat is commonly found in Australia.
- Actually it is considered to be a healthier and more sustainable option than other types of meat.
- In Australia, kangaroos are more than humans.
- Australian airline Qantas uses a kangaroo as its symbol.
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