1. Diet: What do Kangaroos eat ?
1.1. Kangaroos are herbivores
1.2. They eat grasses, flowers, leaves, ferns, moss and even insects
1.3. kangaroos regurgitate their food and re-chew it before it is ready to be totally digested.
2. Habitat: Where do Kangaroos live?
2.1. Most kangaroos live on the continent of Australia
2.2. the musky rat-kangaroo likes to nestle down in little nests on the floor of the rainforests in northeastern Queensland
2.3. grey kangaroos like the forests of Australia and Tasmania.
2.4. Tree-kangaroos live in the upper branches of trees in the rainforests of Queensland, as well as on the island of New Guinea
3. Offspring: How do Kangaroos reproduce?
3.1. They carry their young in a pouch.
3.1.1. Red kangaroo joeys do not leave the pouch for good until they are more than eight months old.
3.1.2. Grey kangaroo joeys wait until they are almost a year old.
3.2. A female kangaroo is pregnant for 21 to 38 days
3.3. At birth, the baby, called a joey,
3.3.1. can be as small as a grain of rice, or as big as a bee, at 5 to 25 millimeters.
3.3.2. Inside the pouch, the joey is protected and nurse as it grow and develop.
3.3.3. Joeys grow quickly, though, and at 14 to 20 months for females or 2 to 4 years for males
4. General description: What is a kangaroo?
4.1. large marsupials that are found only in Australia
4.2. sub-type of mammal
4.3. identified by their muscular tails, strong back legs, large feet, short fur and long, pointed ears
5. Size: How does a Kangaroo look like?
5.1. the largest kangaroo is the red kangaroo
5.1.1. length from the red kangaroo's head to its rump is 1 to 1.6 meters long.
5.1.2. tail adds another 90 to 110 centimeters to its length and its entire body weight around 90 kilograms
5.2. The smallest kangaroo is the musky rat-kangaroo
5.2.1. It is only 15.24 to 20.32 cm long and weighs only 340 grams.
5.2.2. Its ratlike tail adds another 12.7 to 15.24 cm to its length.
6. Habits: What do Kangaroos do?
6.1. Kangaroos are the only large animals that hop as a primary means of locomotion
6.2. Kangaroos can cover 7 m in a single hop and can hop as fast as 30 mph.
6.3. When feeding, kangaroos use a slower, walking movement, and for that they use their muscular tail as a kind of fifth leg, pushing off the ground as they move along.
6.4. Kangaroos are social and live in groups
6.4.1. mob,
6.4.1.1. Kangaroos in a mob will groom each other and protect each other from danger.
6.4.2. A herd or a troop
6.4.2.1. If a kangaroo suspects there is danger in the area, it will stomp its foot on the ground to alert others