Kangaroo Facts

Amazing kangaroo facts such as behavior, lifespan, weight, etc. Learn all about how they care for their baby joeys and share your knowledge with your classmates.

• There are four species of kangaroo.

• There are more kangaroos than humans in Australia.

• Kangaroos are primarily herbivores, or plant eaters.

• Kangaroos can swim.
  

  When a kangaroo feels threatened it will pound the ground with it’s feet and kick.

• Kangaroos can’t walk backwards.

• Female kangaroos can determine the sex of their offspring.

• Kangaroos can go months without drinking.

• A group of kangaroos is known as a mob, a troop or a court.

• A male kangaroo is a buck, boomer or jack; a female is a doe, flyer or jill; a baby is a joey.

• A female kangaroo can get pregnant immediately after giving birth.

• Joeys do pee and poop in the pouch.

• Young kangaroos (joeys) will sometimes jump head first into their mother’s pouch when frightened.

• A fully grown kangaroo can jump up to 40 feet and bounce along at speeds up to 40mph.

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