KANGAROOS
Marsupial - Vertebrate - Herbivore
Marsupial - Vertebrate - Herbivore
KANGAROO AND JOEY
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Male: Buck, Boomer, Jack
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Female: Doe, Flyer, Jill
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Young: Joey
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KANGAROOS
There are 47 varieties of kangaroos.
There are 47 varieties of kangaroos.
- Are the only large animal that moves by hopping.
- Have strong hind legs and large feet.
- The tail is used for balance when hopping.
- Can move at about 40 miles per hour.
- Eats grass, young shoots and leaves.
- Can go for months without drinking.
- Have excellent hearing and can swivel their ears in all directions.
- Have good eyesight.
- Live in 'mobs' of about 10 individuals.
- Males 'box' either in play or in competition over females.
- Have a pouch in which their young live.
- Babies, when born, look like a tiny pink, hairless worm.
- Babies pee and poo in their mother's pouch, which she cleans with her paws.
- It makes its way into the pouch and attached itself to one of the four teats.
- The joey remains in the pouch for 9 months and continues to suckle until it's 12 - 17 months old.
- If a joey is frightened, it will jump head-first into it's mother's pouch.
- Cannot walk backwards.
- Females can produce full-fat and skimmed milk simultaneously.
- Male kangaroos attract females by showing off their biceps.
- Swim doggy-paddle.
- Almost all kangaroos are left handed.
Dingiso Tree Kangaroo . (also known as Bondegezou)
- Lives in Western New Guinea
- Has thick black and white fur - white belly, black head, back and limbs.
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Tree-Kangaroos of Australia and New Guinea
By: Roger Martin |