Incredible Animal: 7 Amazing Facts About Kangaroos

Priyanka Soam
Oct 24, 2024

Jump

Kangaroos have remarkable jumping due to their large back feet, coupled with powerful hind legs, which allow them to jump 30 feet long and 10 feet high in a single bound.

Largest Marsupial Species

Kangaroos are the largest marsupial species who can weigh over 200 pounds and can grow 6.6 feets tall.

Groups Of Kangaroo

Newborn kangaroos are known as joeys, and are only an inch long when born and can crawl to their mother’s pouch without any support.

Herbivores

Kangaroos are most oftenly herbivores which eat a wide variety of plants, trees, grasses, and leafy shrubs.

Four Species

There are four species of kangaroos such as red kangaroo: largest species, the eastern grey kangaroo, the western grey kangaroo, and the antilopine wallaroo.

Good swimmers

Kangaroos are incredible swimmers due to their powerful tails which enable them to escape predators and find food.

Primarily Left-Handed

Kangaroos are left-handed and oftenly use their left hand for grooming or eating.

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