Kangaroos

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Kangaroos

• Yamel Rodriguez
• May 24, 2005
• Reading

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Where are Kangaroos commonly found?

• Most of Kangaroos are found in Australia or
  island of New Guinea.

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Kangaroos use less energy

• Kangaroos are extraordinary animal that they
  dont have to walk or run, instead of doing these
  they hop.

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Do you know how Kangaroos take care of their
babies?

• Kangaroos are like human beings. They like to
  take care of their babies until they grow enough
  to let them be free.
• Kangaroos keep them in their stomach called a
  pouch.

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Species

• There are 60 different species of Kangaroos, for
  example
• Big Kangaroos
• Nailtail Rock Wallabies
• Hare Wallabies
• Tree Kangaroos
• Rat Kangaroos

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Big Kangaroos

• Big Kangaroos are actually male kangaroos, and
  females are blue and gray.
• Male red kangaroos can weigh up to 190 lbs.(86
  kg) and they can grow to 8 ft.(2.4m) from nose to
  tail-tip, and a male gray can be almost as big.
• These kangaroos can leap over 30 feet. (9m), and
  one bound can reach around 35 miles per hour (56
  km/h).

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Nailtail and Rock Wallabies

• Basically they are named like this because of
  their small, horny, nail-like tip on their tails.
• Theyre much smaller than Big Kangaroos. Males
  can grow to about 4 ft.(1.2m) long from head to
  tail-tip and weigh up to 12 lb.(5.5kg).
• Most of them like to live alone, they hide in the
  bushes by day in shadow holes that they dig with
  their long front claws. When night falls they
  come out and feed of grass.

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Hare Wallabies

• The Hare Wallaby gets its name from the orange
  ring around its eye. It makes the animal look as
  though it is wearing eyeglasses.
• This Kangaroos are tiny and only grow up to 15
  in. (38 cm)

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Tree Kangaroos

• Do you know why are named tree kangaroos?
• They are named like this because they adapted to
  trees. It was easier for them because there was
  more food in trees and there were less animals
  enemies.
• One of the bigger tree kangaroos is Bennett. This
  kangaroo can weigh up to 28lb.(13kg) and grow up
  to about 5ft.(1.5m) long from head to tail-tip.

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Rat Kangaroos

• These kangaroos are named like this because of
  their common like to rats.
• They are small however, they behave as their
  larger relatives.

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You can protect kangaroos by contacting the
following organizations

• Conservation International 1015 18th Street NW
  Washington, D.C. 20037.
• Defenders of Wildlife 1244 19th Street NW
  Washington, D.C. 20036.
• Metro Toronto Zoo 361A Old Finch Ave Scarborough,
  ON MIB 5k7.

• Wildlife Preservation Trust International 3400 W.
  Girard Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104.
• World Wildlife Fund 1250 24th Street NW
  Washington, D.C. 20037.