Red kangaroo

Red kangaroos are iconic symbols of the Australian outback, and are the largest living marsupials. Their powerful giant hindquarters enable them to leap along, covering a monstrous nine metres in a single bound. Red kangaroos have the ability to breed whenever conditions are right and twins can occur when food is abundant. A newborn weighs a mere 0.75 grams, and takes three minutes to make its way through its mother?s fur into the pouch, where it spends the next 70 days.


A red kangaroo can cover more than 10 metres in a single leap.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Red_Kangaroo

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