Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The red kangaroo has also been observed to engage in alloparental care, a behaviour in which a female may adopt another female's joey. This is a common parenting behaviour seen in many other animal species like wolves, elephants and fathead minnows .
Roger was rescued as a joey by Chris 'Brolga' Barns after Roger's mother was killed by a car. [2] Barns started the Kangaroo Sanctuary [3] on 188 acres (76 ha) in Alice Springs to house and protect Roger and other roos, including Roger's mates.
A male red kangaroo Red kangaroos, Liverpool Plains, Sydney, c. 1819. Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo. [1]
Two kangaroo joeys at a Central Coast zoo became close friends after spending hours “bouncing around together”, according to zookeepers at the Australian Reptile Park.Frankie was recently re ...
While they may not immediately scream "Mother's Day" at first glance, two new animals have been added to FarmVille's equally new Mother's Day item theme, and they come in the form of the Kangaroo ...
The Kangaroo Sanctuary shared a video on Sunday, May 12th of a joey named Jumper all swaddled up in blankets, adorably sucking on her tail and it's the cutest thing you'll see today.
New South Wales, 1884: when a redheaded five-year-old girl named Dot finds herself lost in the Australian bush, a female red kangaroo who has lost her joey promises to help the girl find her way home. In the process, the kangaroo introduces Dot to a number of other local animals, teaching her a greater appreciation for nature.
Dot and the Kangaroo is an 1899 Australian children's book written by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian bush and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. The book was adapted into a stage production in 1924, and a film in 1977.