Kangaroos 2
The kangaroo has adapted to many different types of climates. The gray kangaroo has adapted to life in the grasslands. It has stronger legs for leaping. Its feet are also wide. Its snout is longer and more pointed for finding berries. It also can hear better because there are more predators like dingoes and large birds in its environment. The smaller wallabies of Australia have adapted to dryer and higher conditions. It can go longer without water. Its claws are also sharper for finding water. Its legs are not as big or strong because they do not leap as much. Therefore, their body weight has been reduced, allowing them to be more efficient with they water they can find. They also have wider feet than the kangaroos living in wetter climates. This allows the kangaroo to be able to have more traction in the higher elevations. The kangaroos that live in the coastal regions also have several special adaptations. They have wider feet to allow them to walk is shallow water. They can eat several diff
A kangaroo's young, called a joey, is born very immature. It is only about two centimeters long and only weighs about a gram. After birth, the joey crawls up the mother's body into the mother's pouch. There, the joey attached onto one of four teats. The teat it attaches to enlarges to secure the young against the body, while the others get smaller. Here it is kept warm and safe from any outside conditions or dangers. Female kangaroos enter into heat just days after giving birth. They mate and conceive, but after only about one week of development, the embryo enters into a dormant state until the previous young leaves the pouch. Then it continues its development. After a gestation period of about thirty days, it is born. Days later the mother enters heat and the process starts over. J-K (11), page 213-215, World Book, Inc. A group of kangaroos living together is called a mob. The dominant male of the mob is called the boomer. The females are called flyers, and the young are called joeys. They joeys of the mob like to play and fight like most other animals. The boomer is the leader of the mob and shows by "boxing" with the joeys. As the male joey reaches the age of adulthood, he will learn to fight more. erent types of sea plants. They can do this because they have a higher tolerance to salt than normal kangaroos.
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