Kangaroo

Kangaroos (Macropus rufus) are marsupial animals specific to Australia. When the British arrived in Australia they saw a strange animal jumping.
They asked the natives by signs what the name of the animal was. the answer was Kan-ghu-ru, and the colonizers took the name as such, believing that it was called mersupial. After a long time the researchers found that, in fact, the word meant: "I do not understand!”.
Until the arrival of Europeans in Australia there were 53 species of kangaroos, and since then 8 species have disappeared, today there are only 45 species.
Many of the current species are at varying degrees of risk. Kangaroos can be found in Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea.

Kangaroo Food

Kangaroos are herbivorous mammals, they enjoy a vegetarian diet. They have stomachs similar to cattle and sheep. Kangaroos eat buds, leaves of shrubs, grass, etc.
Grazing time varies depending on the season from 7 to 14 hours. Kangaroos drink water but in small amounts, they take water from their food, being able to withstand water for up to four months.
Lack of food can cause death.

Kangaroo Appearance

Kangaroos are medium and large mammals, ranging in height from 0.9 m to 3m and mass from 30 to 100kg, depending on species and sex. They are also called macropods, that is, Bigfoot.
Because of their legs their locomotion is not like in other mammalian animals. They use both lower limbs in sync to move.
The color of the coat of kangaroos can be of several colors depending on the species: gray, brown, brown-reddish, brown-yellowish, blue-light or black.

Kangaroo Behavior

The kangaroo is often friendly, but it also becomes aggressive when it has cubs, during mating or when defending its territory. Kangaroos are classified by their size, they differ by age or environment where they live.
Most of them are the color of where they live. They are classified superior to Platypus.

Kangaroo Breeding

Kangaroo mating season usually occurs during the rainy season. At birth the cub is incompletely developed; it is small, naked, without eyes and ears, with undeveloped limbs.
The mother takes it with her mouth and puts it in the abdominal bag called marsupium, hence the name marsupial.
The baby's lips remain on the mother's nipple and thus the milk flows directly into his mouth, he remains "trapped" by the nipple until full development that occurs after 8 months, when he leaves the marsupial feeding himself.
The marsupial returns for a period of time only in case of danger.