https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation A wall with information and interesting facts about the Red Kangaroos. en-us 2016-05-25 17:34:12 UTC 2024-11-21 02:41:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/115649208/cbeceecf4eeae926ad3094ba29dca6c80c8d8607/77003214720583d5cc0efbba442ece51.jpg helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112571370 The Red Kangaroo is the world largest marsupial (a mammal whose members are born incompletely and have to be carried in a pouch) , and have powerful hind legs. The female is usually smaller than the male, and they are also faster. Surprisingly, they have blue toned fur, while only the male kangaroos have red toned fur.]]> 2016-05-25 17:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112571370 helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112574155 The scientific name of the species is: Macropus rufus, and the common name is Red Kangaroo.]]> 2016-05-25 18:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112574155 helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112574912 The Red Kangaroo can be found in Australia.]]> 2016-05-25 18:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112574912 helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112727508 The Red Kangaroo can be found in western and central Australia, in the grassland and desert regions. Abiotics factors includes sand and rocks, and biotic factors are trees and shrubs. ]]> 2016-05-26 17:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112727508 helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112729122 Kangaroos maintain a herbivore diet, feeding of leaves, forbs and grass. The most common predators of the Red Kangaroos are the eagles and foxes.]]> 2016-05-26 17:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112729122 helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112729615 The eyes of the Red Kangaroos are set far apart, so they are able to see well side to side. They also have very long and strong tales for balance and to act like a third large back foot.]]> 2016-05-26 17:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112729615 helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112730193 1) A female kangaroo can rule the sex of the baby kangaroo.
2) When kangaroos are on land they move their back legs together.
3) They can reach 65 km/h.
4) They can jump 3 meters high and almost 8 meters long.]]> 2016-05-26 17:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112730193 helena_trojahn https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112730839 In January of 2016 a new species of Kangaroo that lived 15 to 23 millions ago was discovered by scientists of the University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of New South Wales.
The scientists said that the new species are smaller than the Modern Kangaroos that live in Australia nowadays, and they couldn't hop, because their body structure wasn't in the right shape.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Cookeroo
Species: C. bulwidarri and C. hortusensis]]> 2016-05-26 17:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helena_trojahn/presentation/wish/112730839