Kangaroo facts: the largest living marsupials | Animal Fact Files

Kangaroos are classified in the same family as wallabies and wallaroos, but they're generally considered the largest members of the family. Kangaroos can be taller than a human! Though the ladies are often almost half the size of the beefy boys. Kangaroos are marsupials from Australia. The females have pouches in which they raise their offspring, typically raising two different aged babies at the same time!

Scientific Name: Family - Macropodidae
Range: Australia
Size: up to 8 feet (2.4m) tall; 200 pounds (90kg)
Diet: grasses, leaves, flowers, etc.
Lifespan: 10+ years

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[eunaekim]

For some reason, if you dream about a kangaroo that is jumping and has a visible joey in her pouch, it's supposed to be a sign that you are going to have an unexpected and exciting trip!

[eunaekim]

More facts that fit here:
When a baby kangaroo is born, it has two oarlike front legs, which are used for "rowing" to the mother's pouch.
There is a story that the word "kangaroo" meant "I don't know" in the language of the Australian Aborigines, but people now think that story is not true.
It is not uncommon for Australian Aborigines to eat kangaroo meat even today.
In South Carolina it is perfectly legal to keep a kangaroo as a pet, but in many other places in the United States and Canada you can keep wallabies but not kangaroos.

[Col]

Wow! It's amazing how much I didn't know about kangaroos!
Lots of good info. Thanks for the video.

[johndanieldeleondizon]

Saying "mobs, " reminds me of the Minecraft spawn eggs.

[markopolo]

Okay so you telling me kangaroos can have a whole two foot on me that's just terrifying i thought they seemed like a menace when i thought they were at eye level but now you sayin imma have to look up at them whist getting my chest kicked in

[mikeparkes]

Another great and interesting video. Thank you. By the way, groups of kangaroos (along with wallabies and wallaroos) are called mobs, not herds. They all carry up to 2 joeys plus an embryo.

[momofwifeof]

This is great! Kangaroos are my favorite animals.

[enricocaponnetto]

Please do next lemur fact file or baboon fact file

[Toenailish]

Okay this channel is pretty normal and chill and so are the comments and everything and I would’ve let it be this way forever except there are not jelly bean kangaroos climbing from the womb to suckle perpetually while we are all unaware what the fuck