The kangaroo's tail helps to support the animal as he or she sits and leaps. |
The kangaroo is one of the most strangely-formed animals in the world, found in a wild state only in Australia and nearby islands.
12 Incredible Kangaroo Facts:
- The most noticeable feature about the kangaroo is the disproportion between the upper and lower parts of the body. The head is small and deer-like in shape, with large ears; the fore legs are small, and the hind legs are relatively large and powerful.
- The tail is long and thick at the base and helps to support the animal when it sits erect, and to assist it in its long leaps.
- When moving at an ordinary rate, the kangaroo jumps about its own length, but when frightened it can leap from three to four times that far.
- Kangaroos are among the most ludicrous of all animals, and are objects of great interest in a "zoo."
- The young are born very immature, being in most instances less than an inch long, and are protected and nourished for about eight months in a pouch on the mother's abdomen.
- Kangaroos live entirely upon vegetable growths, and where still plentiful, they are a serious pest to farmers.
- They are very timid, but are alert in time of danger.
- The kangaroos include many species, varying in size from that of a hare to that of a large sheep, and remains of still larger extinct species have been found in Australia.
- The larger and more common kinds belong to a genus including the giant kangaroo, the gray kangaroo and the brush kangaroo.
- The kangaroos can kill a dog with a blow of the hind foot.
- The animals were hunted for their hides, which make excellent leather, and also for their flesh.
- Smaller species include the tree kangaroos and the wallabies.
More About Kangaroos From The Web:
- Family Macropodidae, Genus Macropus from Bush Heritage Australia
- Kangaroo Life In The Wild
- Inside a Kangaroo Pouch by SmarterEveryDay
- Baby Kangaroo Rescue!
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