Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Clio's animal of the week #7: Kangaroos

Kangaroos are marsupials.  A marsupial is an animal with a pouch.  There are four main kinds of kangaroos; the eastern grey, the western grey, the antilopine, and the red kangaroo.  Kangaroos eat grass and some other plants.  They are grazing animals.  A group of kangaroos are called a "mob".  They look cute and fuzzy.  Their faces look like dog faces to me.  The joey (baby kangaroo) spends 190 days in the pouch before it comes out the first time.  After 235 days it leaves the pouch forever.  Kangaroos stomachs are similar to cows.  They don't eat meat or insects.  They are herbivores.  













5 comments:

  1. Hi Clio,
    I like all the photos of the kangaroos. It's nice that you can get so close to them. We are studying food chains and food webs and we were wondering if the kangaroos have any predators....
    Mike D.

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  2. Clio,
    Gorgeous pictures! Did you "hug" one of them? You describe the head as being similar to a dog's. Isn't it more like a rabbit?
    How many babies in the pouch at one time? It looks like only one. Do they have one baby at one time, or multiple?
    Love, Papou.

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  3. Hi Clio,
    I had no idea there is more than one type of kangaroo. The name antilopine must be that it looks like an antelope. But I agree with papou, the head
    looks like a rabbit. Nice to see you in the picture.
    kisses, AYA

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  4. That's really cool Clio. Can you really get that close to the kangaroos?

    Connor Murray

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  5. You got to pat one! Awwwww...

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