The Kangaroo is a common marsupial from  Australia and New Guinea. 
There are 47 species of "roos." 


Kangaroos can hop up to 74 kph and go over 9 m in one hop. 
These shy animals live about 6 years in the wild and up to 20 in captivity. 


Most roos are nocturnal. Some are also considered pests due to the way 
they damage crops.


An adult male is called a Buck, Boomer or Jack. 
An adult female is called a Doe, Flyer, Roo, or Jill. 
A baby is called a Joey. 
A group of roos is called a Mob. 


Roos and wallabies range in size from 2 pounds (the Rock Wallaby)
And up to 6 ft and 300 pounds (the Red Kangaroo). 
The soft, woolly fur can be blue, grey, red, black, yellow or brown 
depending on the species. 


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Females have a pouch in which the young live and drink milk. 
Blind and unaided the tiny 18mm, 3/4 gram furless baby climbs from 
the birth canal to the mothers pouch in approximately 3 minutes. 
The mother does not lick a track as was believed and in fact most 
of the time is totally oblivious to the babys existence.
Once inside the pouch the baby attaches itself to one of the 4 teats 
and begins to suckle. 
For the first 40 days of the joey's life it is permanently attached. 
At about 150 days the joey starts poking it's head out of the pouch 
and starts to nibble at the grass.
40 to 50 days later the joey starts making short journeys away from 
it's mother.
Although not fully weaned until a year old, the joey permanently leaves 
the pouch at about 240 days old.


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These herbivores (plant-eaters) eat grass, leaves, and roots. 
They swallow their food without chewing it and later regurgitate a 
cud and chew it. 
Roos need little water; they can go for months without drinking, 
and they dig their own water wells.