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Kangaroo

Name: Kangaroo
Type: Mammal
Home: Australia
Habitat: Various places, including forest
Food: Grass
Body: Strong tail and back legs; long, pointed ears. Some grow 2 metres tall. Female kangaroos have a pouch, where their babies live.
Life span: About 6 years
Family: A baby kangaroo is called a joey. When it is small it eats, sleeps and travels in the mother's pouch.
It can: hop quickly on two legs; walk slowly on four legs; jump very high and swim.
It can't: walk backwards.

Fun facts

There are more kangaroos than humans in Australia!
There are four different types of kangaroos.
A group of kangaroos is called a 'mob', a 'troop' or a 'court'.

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Which animals do you like? Tell us about animals in your country!

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Level 3

NAME: rix
TYPE: cat
HOME: Moscow
HABITAT: My flat
FOOD:Cats' food
BODY: Furry
LIFE SPAN: 20 YEARS
IT CAN: sleep
IT CAN'T: swim

it is is very brave it lives is India

My favourite animal is panda. It's tummy is big. It's life span is about 6 years. It's home is in China. It's favourite food is bamboo. It has baby pandas. It can walk. It can't run.

NAME: MACAWS
TYPE: PARROT
HOME: BRAZIL
HABITAT: RAIN FOREST
FOOD: SUNFLOWER SEED
BODY: LONG TAIL, COLORFULL FEATHERS
LIFE SPAN: 6 YEARS
IT CAN: TALK
IT CAN'T: CLIMB

The tiger is my favorite animal. It is a really dangerous creature. It has got black stripes, long legs and a long tail. It has pointed ears and black sparkling eyes. Mostly, it lives in the Sahara jungle. Because of hunting, there are now only a few thousand in the world. Environmentalists are working hard because they don’t want the tiger to become extinct.

My favorite animal is lion. I like lion because it is strong .I also feel sad for the animals that lions eat.

i like dogs

My favourite animals is hamster. It is so cute

My favorite animals are: -dog -cat -bird -fish -butterfly -fox -bug

My favorite animals; Rabbit Cat Dog Hamster Parrot Butterfly Blue jay And dolphin. That`s all.

My favorite animal is the lion. The type of this animal is mammal. You can find the lion in the grassland. Lion's home is Africa. The lion's tail is short, but its body is pretty strong. The female lion does not have a mane while the male lion has it. It can run fast so it can easily catch another animal. It can not fly.

My favorite animals : PANDA PARROT CHEETAH DOG CAT DEER THESE ARE MY FAVORITE ANIMALS

My favorite animals are: Tigers Wolves Rabbits Foxes Dogs Dolphins Goodbye!

Coooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

name:monkey type mammal home: everywhere food:banana body: Iigt body lif span : 5 years

My favorite animal is the pink dolphin in my country Colombia there lot of animals, jaguar, anaconda snake, monkeys, gorillas, parrots, cougars, tigrillo, aligatorr, butterfly, hummingbird, birds, . . .

I like dog and cat. In my country, panda is very famous, but I have never seen a real panda.

my favored animal`s rat

My favourite animals are ~rabbit ~dolphin ~dog ~cat ~ham star ~fox ~panda and ~dear. BYE!!!!!!!!

My favourite animal is the wolf because is a very beautiful animal. Im from Mexico and in my country are a lot of animals like: Foxes, Rabbits ,Farm animals, Sea animals, Desert animals and Forest animals. What animals are in your country?