the kangaroo one of Australia’s most
recognizable marsupials there are a
handful of species found all over the
country from the until open kangaroo in
the far northern reaches to the aptly
named Eastern gray the only large animal
to hop as a primary means of travel many
can cover 25 feet almost eight meters in
a single bound
while reaching sprinting speeds as high
as 35 miles for 56 km/h their genus name
of macro puss literally means Big Foot
with some standing over 6 feet or 2
meters tall they have the height to
match kangaroos are social animals that
forage together in a group called a
troop herd or mob as herbivores they eat
a variety of plants and grasses
kangaroos graze similar to cows and
goats with the same cud-chewing
abilities recently swallowed food can be
regurgitated and chewed again before
final digestion as they forage along
their tail acts as a kind of fifth leg
helping to push off from the ground one
of their most apparent features however
is the female pouch here the offspring
called Joey’s spend their time until
mature enough to emerge anywhere from 4
to 13 months depending on the species
before hitting the pouch the tiny barely
inch long newborn needs to find its way
there blind and with the use of its four
limbs only it instinctively crawls
through its mother’s thick fur once
inside the pouch the newborn begins to
nurse when it eventually leaves the
pouch it can continue to suckle from its
mother for up to a year or more
amazingly female kangaroos can be
perpetually pregnant a Joey can be
developing inside the pouch while an
embryo is held in a sort of suspended
animation known as a diapause waiting
for its sibling to leave to accommodate
females produce two distinct types of
milk one higher in fat
newborns and another for more mature
Joey’s in poor environmental conditions
such as dry spells or limited food
kangaroos will often stop breeding
altogether
they’ll resume having offspring once
resources become stable kangaroo mothers
tend to give birth to females first
relegating males – later in life no one
knows exactly how or why they do this
though the core bond of a mob revolves
around clusters of females males usually
wander off around adolescence so the
sisterhood looks after itself whether
jacks are Jill’s these mascots of
Australia are both abundant and
impressive
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recognizable marsupials there are a
handful of species found all over the
country from the until open kangaroo in
the far northern reaches to the aptly
named Eastern gray the only large animal
to hop as a primary means of travel many
can cover 25 feet almost eight meters in
a single bound
while reaching sprinting speeds as high
as 35 miles for 56 km/h their genus name
of macro puss literally means Big Foot
with some standing over 6 feet or 2
meters tall they have the height to
match kangaroos are social animals that
forage together in a group called a
troop herd or mob as herbivores they eat
a variety of plants and grasses
kangaroos graze similar to cows and
goats with the same cud-chewing
abilities recently swallowed food can be
regurgitated and chewed again before
final digestion as they forage along
their tail acts as a kind of fifth leg
helping to push off from the ground one
of their most apparent features however
is the female pouch here the offspring
called Joey’s spend their time until
mature enough to emerge anywhere from 4
to 13 months depending on the species
before hitting the pouch the tiny barely
inch long newborn needs to find its way
there blind and with the use of its four
limbs only it instinctively crawls
through its mother’s thick fur once
inside the pouch the newborn begins to
nurse when it eventually leaves the
pouch it can continue to suckle from its
mother for up to a year or more
amazingly female kangaroos can be
perpetually pregnant a Joey can be
developing inside the pouch while an
embryo is held in a sort of suspended
animation known as a diapause waiting
for its sibling to leave to accommodate
females produce two distinct types of
milk one higher in fat
newborns and another for more mature
Joey’s in poor environmental conditions
such as dry spells or limited food
kangaroos will often stop breeding
altogether
they’ll resume having offspring once
resources become stable kangaroo mothers
tend to give birth to females first
relegating males – later in life no one
knows exactly how or why they do this
though the core bond of a mob revolves
around clusters of females males usually
wander off around adolescence so the
sisterhood looks after itself whether
jacks are Jill’s these mascots of
Australia are both abundant and
impressive
[Music] you
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