What is a Kangaroo?

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Have you ever heard of a kangarookangaroo? What is a kangarookangaroo? What does a kangarookangaroo do?

Let’s learn a little about kangarooskangaroos today!

What is a Kangaroo?What is a Kangaroo?

They are the only large mammal that can hop.

Male kangarooskangaroos are called bucks.


Females are called doesdoes.

Babies are called joeysjoeys.

What is a Kangaroo?What is a Kangaroo?JoeysJoeys are the size of a jellybean when they are born. They are born pink with no hair.

JoeysJoeys live in their mother's pouch drinking her milk. After they are a year old, They eat only grasses, leaves and the shoots of small trees.


•At around 4 months, the joey emerges from the pouch for short trips and to graze on grass and small shrubs. At 10 months, the joey is mature enough to leave the pouch for good.•Female Kangaroo’s are very protective over the Joey’s.


KangaroosKangaroos are very good are very good swimmers but they only swimmers but they only choose to swim when chased choose to swim when chased or if they have no other or if they have no other choice.choice.

They have very good hearing, They have very good hearing, eyesight and sense of smell.eyesight and sense of smell.


The mother kangarookangaroo can control the muscles that control the size of her pouch and the size of the opening. She can pulls the pouch tight against the body.


Try tightening your stomach. Can you do it? By tightening her muscles, she can hold her baby safe in her pocket.

That is why when the mother kangarooskangaroos jumps, her babies (joeys) stay in her pouch.


If the mother kangaroo kangaroo wants to clean her pouch and wants the joey out, she can also relax the opening allowing the joey to fall out.

Some interesting Kangaroo Facts!• Kangaroos are animals that are found in Australia.• There are four different kangaroo species, the red kangaroo, eastern

grey kangaroo, western grey kangaroo and antilopine kangaroo.• Kangaroos can hop around quickly on two legs or walk around slowly

on all four.• Kangaroos can’t walk backwards.• Kangaroos have very powerful legs and can be dangerous at times.• Kangaroos can jump very high, sometimes three times their own height.• Kangaroos can swim.• Most kangaroos eat grass.• Baby kangaroos are known as ‘joeys’.• A group of kangaroos is called a ‘mob’, ‘troop’ or ‘court’.• Kangaroos usually live to around six years old in the wild.

Kangaroo quiz!1. A baby Kangaroo is called a ______2. There are ______ different types of

Kangaroos.3. Kangaroos are not able to swim, true

or false.4. Kangaroos usually life until the age

of ____.5. A Kangaroo is not able to walk

________.

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What is a Kangaroo?