About This Quiz
People love to see kangaroo babies peeking out from their mother's pouch. Take this quiz to learn more about these hopping marsupials and how they suckle their young.A kangaroo is a marsupial. Marsupials have pouches that are use to suckle and carry newly born kangaroos.
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Kangaroos have more than 50 species.
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Kangaroos use their large back feet and legs to hop instead of run.
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Young kangaroos are also know as joeys.
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The smallest of the species is the rat, and this kangaroo is smaller than a rabbit.
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The largest of the species is the great kangaroo.
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Great kangaroos can really move, up to 50 mph (80 kph) for short distances.
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The small front legs and feet are used to gather leaves from plants or to dig for water.
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One hop can move a kangaroo three to four time its body length.
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Kangaroos use their tail to push off when hopping and to balance on when standing.
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Kangaroos carry only one joey per pregnancy, except for the musky rat-kangaroo, which has two to three joeys at a time.
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Four to five weeks after fertilization, the newborn moves to the mother's pouch, and does not permanently leave until about eight months old.
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The newborn is the size of a lima bean when it instinctively makes its way into the mother's fur lined pouch.
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A kangaroo can be trained to box playfully with humans.
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Both animals belong to the marsupial family and are macropods, but wallabies have smaller bodies and feet than kangaroos do.
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The rock wallaby has tough pads on the bottom of its feet.
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The joey leaves the pouch at about eight months, but it may still nurse by poking its head back in.
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If a kangaroo feels threatened, it can kick with its back legs and deliver quite a blow.
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They are hunted for their meat and hides.
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Kangaroos like to graze on grass and small plants. Farmers consider kangaroos to be pests, and many kangaroos have killed by farmers.
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