The Kangaroos are naive of Australia. These animals are regarded as strange animals. Kangaroo has head like a deer and can stand up right like man and hops like a frog. Female Kangaroos have a pouch called as a marsupium in which the children ( called as joeys) complete post natal development. The Kangaroos are the only animals which use hopping as means for movement. A red kangaroo's hopping speed is about 20-25 Km/h, but speeds upto 70 Km/h can be attained. Here are some of the interesting facts about Kangaroos.
- A new born Kangaroo weighs only 0.03 ounces and is so small that it can fit in a tea spoon.
- A Kangaroo can jump upto a distance of 45 feet!
- A Kangaroo uses less energy if it jumps faster. That means the faster the kangaroo hop, the less energy they use.
- A group of Kangaroos is called as a mob.
- The average life expectancy of kangaroo is about 4 to 6 years but some kangaroos lived upto 23 years.
- A young kangaroo is called as joey.
- A male kangaroo is called as buck where as a female one is called as doe or a flier.
- Kangaroo always moves forward and never moves backward.
- Kangaroo have excellent eye sight but only when the object is moving.
- Some species of Knagaroos live in trees
- Kangaroo can live many weeks without water
- There are more knagaroos in Australia than humans
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