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Kangaroos. Wondrous pouched creatures that hop around Australia and sometimes struggle to stay alive. In this report you will learn all about these pouched animals eating habits, babies, predators, different types, body features, and their habitats! There’s also a section that tells you other facts that don’t fit into all the other ones, but are still important. Let’s get into the first section, and it is called…

**__ …Eating Habits __** If you’ve ever wondered what a kangaroos eating habits are then you should pay attention when I read this section of the report. The main foods kangaroos eat are grass, green plants, and hay. Some types of kangaroos (such as the rat kangaroo) may even eat horrible insects. Another thing is, kangaroos are nocturnal animals, so you might not see a kangaroo during the day. Also, if you do see a kangaroo at night, he/she’s probably not alone. He/she’s most likely to be in a mob, or a group of kangaroos who are searching together. A certain kind of kangaroos called wallaroos can dig holes in the ground and with “water holes” they don’t have to go look for water. There is another type of kangaroos called the tree kangaroo that doesn’t look like any normal kangaroo. Not only do they look different they also act different, too. For example, their eating habits are different. They don’t eat hay or grass; they really eat lots of fruit and leaves. One more thing, baby kangaroos won’t eat anything until it’s big enough to come out of its mothers pouch. A baby kangaroo is called a joey, and speaking of joeys the next topic is all about…

Now, you know what a joey is, but unless you’re a kangaroo expert you probably don’t know much about joeys! This section will tell you all kinds of information about joeys. If you see a joey, it’s not going to look like a kangaroo. All it’s going to look like is a one inch tall pink blob. Joeys usually don’t come out of its mothers pouch for 6-8 months. Also, in a joeys first 6-8 months, a joey cannot survive out of its moms pouch. Next up, kangaroos have few predators and the next paragraph is about a kangaroos…
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**__ …Predators __** Kangaroos have few natural predators like I said before. Some of those predators are: dingoes (wild dogs), feral (wild) cats, foxes, and goannas. In some areas of Australia, kangaroos are known to be very good swimmers. In those areas, kangaroos often go down to the option of fleeing into waterways to get away from prey. Also, if the prey follows it into water, it uses its powerful legs to drown it and flea the area. Another way to defend itself is to disembowel it, or grab its shoulders and scrape at its body with its feet. Now to end this section, I’ll say that the next section is about kangaroos…

**__ …Different types __** Have you ever wondered what a kangaroo’s different types are? There’s the great gray (the largest type spotted so far), the wallaby (a rock lover), the tree kangaroo (a grass and tree lover), the red kangaroo (the largest after the great gray), the gray (it’s different from the great gray), and the wallaroo (not too much is known about them). If you want to see a certain type of kangaroos, start by choosing the right habitat for that kangaroo. For example, you can usually going to find a tree kangaroo in a grassy or tree filled area. But, if you see a kangaroo, it’s probably looking for food if it’s awake, and to a kangaroo, you’re food. Now you know lots of types of kangaroos, but the next section is…

**__ …Fun Facts __** This section will tell you facts that don’t fit into any other section of this report. That’s why I called this section “Fun Facts”. A kangaroo’s strength maybe it’s most important aspect. Strength is one reason why so many of the kangaroos that were in zoos or in the wild 7 or 8 years ago are still alive right now. A small tree kangaroo can actually be a baby and may be able to jump up to 20 feet away from an area in one hop. In fact, rumors say that a small kangaroo was able to jump up to 43 feet away from its original spot. Most kangaroos can’t jump that far, but most kangaroos are nocturnal, which means that they’re only awake at night, and they’re asleep during the day. If you’ve ever wondered when a Joey is born, they’re only born 1 month after mating. You may already know this, but male kangaroos like to fight other males, and sometimes fights start when males try to steal females from a different mob, or a herd of kangaroos. Now that this long section is over, let's go to kangaroos…

**__ …Body Features __** As many people know, a kangaroo has a fairly large pouch, strong legs, a very large body, and a large, formidable tail. Sometimes, a male can be as tall as a very tall man. Although most kangaroos have strong legs and not as strong arms, a tree kangaroo usually have weaker legs and very strong arms, and a stronger tail than other kangaroos. Sometimes certain kangaroos may not be as tall as a rabbit, in height! Also, in weight, some kangaroos can weigh up to 120 pounds or more. Now you know all sorts of facts about a kangaroo’s body and what some kangaroos can do with those body parts, and the last section of my report is about…

**__ …Their Habitats __** Lots of kangaroos live in two particular countries, which are Australia and New Zealand. In Australia they would prefer grasslands and forests, but if you want to find a kangaroo in New Zealand, don’t try it because New Zealand is located south of Australia in a region called the Oceana region. In the Oceana region, kangaroos would like woodlands, rocky hills, and (for tree kangaroos) trees. Also, red kangaroos may even live in deserts.

Now that’s a lot of information about kangaroos! Did you have a favorite section of the report? If so, what was your favorite fact in this report