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Kangaroo

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Animal Fact File

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'.

Discussion

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

Average: 3.9 (32 votes)

Submitted by CreamCheetah70 on Sun, 25/08/2024 - 06:03

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My favoorite animals is a Panda tiger Cat Dog bAt Bugs LEOParD monkey HAMSTER

Submitted by PrettyOpal5 on Mon, 22/01/2024 - 08:08

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Name: lion
Type: cat
Home: Africa
Habitat:Including desert
Food: Meet
Body: Strong teeth and nail
Life span: About 15 to 20 years
It can: run fast. The lion do hunting so lion need run fust

Submitted by ClimbingIndigoRock on Fri, 01/12/2023 - 16:33

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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

Submitted by SoftWooden40 on Mon, 16/10/2023 - 21:18

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it is is very brave it lives is India

Submitted by SportyPaper80 on Tue, 11/07/2023 - 09:53

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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.

Submitted by GreenFireTennis on Tue, 06/12/2022 - 15:10

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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

Submitted by VirtualMoonstone8 on Sat, 21/05/2022 - 03:11

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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.

Submitted by GoldLavenderJewel on Tue, 12/10/2021 - 06:15

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

Submitted by MasterMeteorSp… on Wed, 06/10/2021 - 09:46

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i like dogs

Submitted by QueenActressMisty on Wed, 29/09/2021 - 09:21

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My favourite animals is hamster. It is so cute

Submitted by FunnyGreenPanther on Sat, 04/09/2021 - 13:13

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

Submitted by DuchessPrinceF… on Sat, 06/02/2021 - 09:04

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

Submitted by WhiteMonkeyPlayer on Sun, 10/01/2021 - 01:26

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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.

Submitted by MasterDiamondPony on Sat, 28/11/2020 - 05:52

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

Submitted by GreenRose300 on Sat, 14/11/2020 - 20:02

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

Submitted by KickingT-Rex20 on Mon, 28/09/2020 - 17:18

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

Submitted by FierceMetal5 on Thu, 17/09/2020 - 17:49

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

Submitted by CaptainMermaidIsland on Tue, 01/09/2020 - 19:41

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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, . . .

Submitted by RubyCushionGarden on Tue, 01/09/2020 - 11:23

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

Submitted by LivelyOpalHors… on Sun, 23/08/2020 - 11:07

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my favored animal`s rat

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