Take a Grand Tour Inside This Kangaroo’s Cozy Pouch
Marsupials are mammals known for carrying their young in a pouch. This pouch is called a marsupium, which is a Latin word ...
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The Giant Kangaroo's Extinction Is More Depressing Than We Thought
As the last ice age was ending, Australian megafauna that included giant kangaroos went extinct, and it is even more ...
National Geographic news4 年
Australia’s beloved kangaroos are now controversial pests
They also destroy crops and cause car accidents. Is killing them the solution? Red kangaroos thrive in arid grasslands like these in Sturt National Park. Australia is home to 25 million people and ...
National Geographic news3 年
Eastern Gray Kangaroo
Gray kangaroos, red kangaroos, and wallaroos are called the great kangaroos because they are so much larger than the nearly 70 other kinds of kangaroos. Eastern gray kangaroos hop along on their ...
Business Insider3 年
A kangaroo pouch is more than a pocket. It's a complex joey nursery.
It has to be, because the joey inside is not your average baby. An adult male red kangaroo can stand over 1 1/2 meters tall and weigh 90 kilograms. That's larger than a grown man. But the newborns ...