What shape is a kangaroo?

Kangaroos have long ears and short forelegs. A long tail drags behind them and stays on the ground like a stick. Two strong hind legs cooperate to make a good tripod. The most interesting thing is that the mother kangaroo has a small pocket in her abdomen, and the baby kangaroo has lived comfortably in it since birth.

Kangaroos have two colors of hair. Many male kangaroos have light reddish brown hair, while female kangaroos have gray hair and are smaller than male kangaroos. Kangaroo is the champion of long jump among mammals, and its natural long jump ability is extremely developed.

Living habits

Kangaroos are herbivores, eating all kinds of plants, and some also eat fungi. Most of them are active at night, but some of them are active in the early morning or evening.

Kangaroos feed on short, moist grass close to the ground, leaving long grass and hay to other animals. Individual species of kangaroos also eat leaves or small tree teeth. The "racial discrimination" of kangaroo family is very serious. They can't tolerate foreign members entering the family, and even don't welcome family members who have been away for a long time. Even if the family accepts a new member, it must be taught a lesson. After new members learn many "rules", they can be integrated with their families.

Kangaroos usually live in groups, sometimes as many as hundreds. But some smaller kangaroos live alone.

In the wild, when kangaroos are chased by the enemy, they have their own unique counterattack methods. With their backs to the trees, they hit the ground with their tails and kicked the running enemy's abdomen with their powerful hind legs. However, kangaroos are relatively docile and honest animals in zoos. They are carefully taken care of, eat nutritious feed and get used to life in the zoo. In cold weather, I moved into a greenhouse with big glass windows to live.

Kangaroo is the largest mammal jumping with its hind feet. Jumping is a strange gait for large mammals, but it is not the only way for kangaroos to walk. Kangaroos don't just jump. When they move slowly, they also crawl on all fours, but a pair of forelimbs and a pair of hind limbs move together, not alternately.