Kangaroos

1.    Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head.

2.    Like all marsupials, kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which their young complete their development after birth.

3.    Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of locomotion.

4.    There fast and energy-efficient method of travel has evolved less in response to the danger of predators, but more because of the need to regularly cover large distances in search of food and water.

5.   The average life expectancy of a kangaroo is about 9-18 years, with some living until they are about 28.

6.    Kangaroos are large herbivores, feeding on grass and roots, and they chew cud.

7.    Kangaroos have few natural predators.

8.    The mere barking of a dog can set a full-grown male boomer into a wild frenzy.

9.    Kangaroos and wallabies are apt swimmers.

10.   A mob may have ten or more
males and females.