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Kangaroos are the largest marsupial mammals. They were selected as symbols of Australia to represent the country's progress, because they are always moving forward and never backwards. A kangaroo moves by hopping on its hind legs, using its tail for steering and balancing. They can travel at speeds up to 60 kilometres an hour. When a kangaroo is moving slowly its tail is used as an extra leg and a support when it is standing on its hind legs. Most kangaroos can only move both back legs together and not one at a time.
Kangaroos are found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They need very little water to survive and are capable of going for months without drinking at all. The Red kangaroos graze during the night on a wide variety of grasses and low growing plants, though sometimes this grazing period starts late evening and ends early morning Western grey kangaroos feed mostly on grass but will eat certain native shrubs. They are strictly herbivorous and can survive on high fibre plants and require very little water.
A male kangaroo is called a buck, a boomer or an old man. A female kangaroo is called a doe, or a flyer and baby kangaroos are called joey. Kangaroos have good eyesight but only respond to moving objects. They have excellent hearing and can swivel their large ears in all directions to pick up sounds. They are social animals and live in groups or mobs of at least two or three up to 100.
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Kangaroos are found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They need very little water to survive and are capable of going for months without drinking at all. The Red kangaroos graze during the night on a wide variety of grasses and low growing plants, though sometimes this grazing period starts late evening and ends early morning Western grey kangaroos feed mostly on grass but will eat certain native shrubs. They are strictly herbivorous and can survive on high fibre plants and require very little water.
A male kangaroo is called a buck, a boomer or an old man. A female kangaroo is called a doe, or a flyer and baby kangaroos are called joey. Kangaroos have good eyesight but only respond to moving objects. They have excellent hearing and can swivel their large ears in all directions to pick up sounds. They are social animals and live in groups or mobs of at least two or three up to 100.
And here's the link!
We have this beautiful Royal Langnickel copper foil engraving set for you to win, courtesy of the Model Shop.
Just tell us the name of a book or film with a kangaroo character in it.
Send your answer, together with your name, age and address, to Junior News by March 23.