The animal I would like to see - Kangaroo


  1. Australia's most famous animal
  2. Get around by hopping on their back legs
  3. Belong to a group of animals called Marsupials
  4. The largest Marsupials on Earth
  5. Carry their young in a pouch
  6. More than 50 species of kangaroo
  7. Some of the smaller species are called Wallabies
  8. Live in Australia and nearby areas
  9. Most live in grasslands
  10. Generally have soft, woolly fur
  11. Can be grey, brown, red and blue-grey
  12. Can stand 1.8 metres tall and weigh 90 kg, though some are much smaller
  13. Have long, powerful back legs that are good for jumping
  14. Balance themselves with their long, thick tails while jumping
  15. Female kangaroo usually has one young, called a joey, each year
  16. Just after the joey is born it crawls into a pouch on the mother's stomach
  17. Stays there for several weeks and feeds on its mother's milk as it grows
  18. Gradually, it learns to hop out and look for food
  19. When it is 7 to 10 months old, the joey is ready to leave the pouch