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#10     Kangaroo Facts,More info:livescience

Kangaroos are large marsupials that are found only in Australia. They are identified by their muscular tails, strong back legs, large feet, short fur and long, pointed ears. Like all marsupials, a sub-type of mammal, females have pouches that contain mammary glands, where their young live until they are old enough to emerge.

Kangaroos are in the Macropodidae family, which also includes tree-kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, quokkas and pademelons. When people think of kangaroos, the four species that typically come to mind are in the genus Macropus: the antilopine kangaroo, the red kangaroo, the western gray kangaroo and the eastern gray kangaroo. They are sometimes referred to as the “great kangaroos” because these species are much larger than other kangaroos.

#9     It’s time you learned the truth about kangaroos,More info:theverge

Not a lot of people know this, but kangaroos are diabolical creatures with the minds of disgruntled toddlers and the bodies of Zac Efron in the upcoming Baywatch movie. You may be thinking, “Wow, harsh words, Dami!” But I’ve always known the truth and I am glad that it’s finally coming to light. Don’t believe me? Just look at all the evidence.

#8   Kangaroo farts won’t save the world,More info:theverge

Scientists locked kangaroos in a room to measure their farts. In theory, this was to see if their guts contained bacteria that might reduce methane emissions if placed in other animals’ guts; in reality, this was done because there isn’t much else going on in Australia.

For decades, scientists thought that kangaroos produced very little methane — a greenhouse gas — when they farted. Because cows and pigs are responsible for a large portion of global greenhouse gas emissions, researchers figured that this might be able to harness the power of kangaroo fart production for the greater good. To do that, researchers suggested that kangaroos might have low-methane-emitting bacteria in their guts — bacteria that might be better for the environment than the super gassy bacteria that you find in cow guts. If that were the case, then scientists might be able to transplant those microbes in livestock to make them fart less. That, in turn, would help cows and pigs produce less methane, thus slowing climate change. The plot was both clever and ridiculous, and now it’s been blown to bits.

#7   Kangaroo Boxing Fight | Life Story | BBC Earth,More info:BBC Earth

#6   New documentary exposes Australia’s dirty secret – Kangaroos killed by the millions each year,More info:blog.humanesociety

The grisly and grainy images that open the jarring documentary “Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story” are not the most difficult images you’ll ever see in a feature film about animals’ suffering and abuse. That’s not because the callousness evidenced in the film is any less intense than the kind of cruelty on display in “The Cove” or, as we saw in “Trophy” on CNN the other night, or because it’s any easier to swallow the killing of kangaroos than the misery that animals endure on factory farms as shown in “Forks Over Knives.” It’s because the killing of kangaroos occurs at night. In the cloak of darkness in the remote, rural desert lands of Australia, and it’s hard to see what kind of mayhem is directed at kangaroos in these outposts.

#5     KANGAROO,More info:kids.nationalgeographic

#4      The Nation of Kangaroos,More info:project-syndicate

#3     Kangaroo attacks Australian wildlife caretaker who was attempting to save husband,More info:foxnews

An Australian wildlife caretaker feeding dozens of animals was attacked Saturday by a kangaroo while she was attempting to save her husband from the 6-foot marsupial.

Linda Smith, 64, was hospitalized for a collapsed lung, broken ribs and other injuries after she and her husband, Jim, were attacked on their Cypress Gardens property in Queensland, Australia, news.com.au reported.

Smith, speaking from the hospital, told Australian media that she feeds about 30 kangaroos and wallabies every night on the couple’s 60-acre land and was going on with the daily routine Saturday when they encountered a gray kangaroo.

#2   20-million-year-old kangaroo relative found to be a hopper,More info:phys

A team of researchers with the Swedish Natural History Museum and Uppsala University has found evidence of hopping by a 20-million-year-old kangaroo relative. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes their study of fossils unearthed in northwest Queensland, Australia, and what they found.

#1       KANGAROO LODGE – MARGARET RIVER,More info:exclusiveescapes

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