Monday, November 16, 2009

KANGAROOS!!!



KANGAROOS-GREY AND RED!!!


In the WILD!!!
Kangaroos can hop as far as 6 feet far each hop and up to 3 feet high! In the wild, the main predators of the roos (short for kangaroos) are the dingo(s), canine’s that are wild dogs dogs that act like wolfs. Dingo(s) can be found in all states of Australia except for Tasmania The dingo(s) and the roos can run (dingo)/hop (roo) up to 65km/h (approx), which is really fast. However, the roos can maintain the same amount of energy for up to 32km/h without using any more; the dingo(s) however needs more energy the faster it runs. So, if the dingo(s) want to catch the roos , they have to catch it fast before they are exhaust of energy.


:)Awe, A dingo pup, very CUTE!!! Ain't it???


REPODUCTION
The roos mate on the mating season (naturally spring). The male will first exhibit its masculine then ferociously scratch the grass (I don’t know why). If the ladies ain’t impress, they would try the soft way, pawing the ladies taile, rubbing the fur etc. Then, there is the fight. Two males will fight each other. Box. Punch and the great KICK! The kangaroo will stand on its tail alone, which could support the body’s weight entirely for a short time and …kick. Yup. Kick.
When the baby roo is born, it is red, hairless, and blind. Only the size of a peanut, or a lime bean according to Wikipedia (I don’t know how the lime bean looks like), a new born baby roo is equal valiant to a 7 weeks old human baby. Thought you might want to know, the baby roo is first in the womb, then is delivered straight to the female roo’s pouch. The baby roo will then suck up to one of the mother’s 4 teats, where it will get sufficient amount of high fat milk. The baby will stay in the mother’s pouch for 9 months before it is ready to set foot on the world. The mother will provide the baby milk for as long as 18 months then no more. As the baby grows, the mother will provide different formula of milk, ranging from high fat milk to well, I don’t know. Nobody knows how but the roos did it. Another extra info: Female roos have two vaginas. It is also said that they could hold their babies and choose when to born them. The mother would extract the baby form it’s pouch when on the verge of death. That may seem cruel, but it’s the only chance of survival for the young joe. An extra info: The female roos on the early stage of their motherhood lives would most likely give birth to female roos and later in their live, male roos. Nobody know why. Yet another unsolved mystery. I did not really go into the depths of the reproduction system and all. Go Wikipedia for more info.


INTERACTION WITH HUMAN
The roos breed fast. The symbol of the Australia. But that ain’t mean they don’t interact with humans. Male roos cause a lot of car accidents, leading to the deaths of many roos. Before mating season, male roos would most likely cross the streets and prowl the streets, invading people’s backyard. To them, the backyard is nothing more than another…salad dish, waiting to be consumed into those herbivores’ tummy. The kangaroos are mostly harmless apart from causing car accidents. However, there are some occasions when roos attack humans. Humans don’t stand a chance to the roos’ ultimate kick. But so far, no deaths (I guess).
MEAT
At the western part of the Australia (OK, not so sure), the roos breed too fast for the framers to be pleasant. The more the roos, the more they consume, right? So, the framers aren’t that pleasant to find that 10%-30% of their crops are down in the roos tummy, right? So, what do they do? Yup. Thay call the legal poacher. The poacher can kill up to 500 roos per night and up to 10’ 000 roos per year. That is a lot of roos. So, where do all those meat go? They must end up somewhere, right? Yup. They end up on shelves of supermarket, processed from Perth. Kangaroo meat are most commonly used for BBQ or maybe using the oil for soap. So that where they end up. Don’t wince.
EARS, EYES, AND WHAT!
Roos have ears that can turn almost up to 360 degrees and hear sound from 360 degrees. They have very sharp eyes, which can see up to…maybe 6 km (I’m so not sure, Wikipedia it).They have a layer of fur and underneath skin and under the skin is a network of veins. The kangaroos hop around to keep themselves cool. They also lick their skin to keep them moisture. The kangaroos grow a set of new teeth which push the old teeth forward. I didn’t really get how it worked. Oh yeah, extra tip: The roos leg have a kind of vein or something that stretches from the knee to the their very toes, these, act as spring and helps the roos a lot when they hop. Roos have very strong legs. You know that when you see how they hop! Even though I only saw it through TV, I’m truly awed!



WARNING!!! THIS IS A LIGHT VERSION ABOUT ROOS! FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, LOG ON TO WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM.

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