Don't Mess With The Kangaroos

♣ There are over 60 species of kangaroos

♣ Kangaroos are gentle herbivores

♣ Male kangaroos are known as Bucks, Boomer, or Jacks

♣ Females are known as Does, Flyers, or Jills

♣ A kangaroo can jump 45 feet

♣ They can hop up to 60 km/h

♣ The faster kangaroos hop, the less energy they use

♣ They can draw enough moisture out of their food to go for long periods without water

♣ They will dig their own water wells when they need water

♣ The kangaroo has a chambered stomach, much like sheep and cows

♣ They are a good swimmers

♣ When they are in danger, they will beat the ground with their hind feet

♣ Kangaroos cannot move backwards

♣ Their extremely long feet make them incapable of walking

♣ Kangaroos generally stand upright and use their long thick tails as support-like a third leg-when standing or fighting, and for balance when hopping

♣ The Red Kangaroos are the largest of all kangaroos

♣ A female Red Kangaroo is the fastest of all kangaroos

♣ All kangaroos are marsupials with pregnancies as brief as 33 days

♣ Baby kangaroos are called joeys

♣ A newborn kangaroo weighs approximately 0.03 ounces, it's about the size of a cherry and small enough to fit in a teaspoon

♣  Hairless, blind, and still far from developed, the newborn will crawl up the outside of its mother's belly until it enter her pouch

♣ It takes several months until the young is covered in fur

♣ The joey usually stays in his mother pouch for 9 to 18 months, depending on species

♣ Even after the joey has moved out, it will continue drink milk from the pouch

♣ Kangaroos mate again as soon after a joey is born, but the development of the second embryo stops, or rather, is paused after a few days

♣ If a joey is lost, or if one has grown up and left the pouch, they can immediately give birth again

♣ When kangaroos give birth again, one of their teats will continue to produce a high carbohydrate milk for the older joey

♣ The new baby will attach itself to another teat that produces a different kind of milk with a higher fat content

♣ A female kangaroo can have three babies at the same time, an older joey living outside the pouch but still drinking milk, a young one in the pouch attached to a teat, and an embryo awaiting birth