kangaroo

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The **kangaroo** is one of Australia’s most iconic animals. There are more than 60 different species of kangaroo and their close relatives, with all kangaroos belonging to the super family Macropodoidea (or macropods, meaning ‘great-footed’).

Flickr
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Wikipedia
[|Kangaroo] [|Guugu_Yimithirr_language]

Headlines
[|kangaroos-kicking-up-controversy]

Kangaroo Dundee
https://kangaroosanctuary.com https://www.facebook.com/thekangaroosanctuary https://www.facebook.com/kangaroodundeefanpage http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/kangaroo-dundee- http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/kangaroo-dundee http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/kangaroo-dundee-star-chris-brolga-barnes-needed-six-stitches-after-kangaroo-kick/news-story/550f47232f44f61b165a20e88c7da359 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3227235/Man-nicknamed-Kangaroo-Dundee-reveals-despite-finding-wife-priority-life-rescuing-orphaned-joeys.html

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Kangaroo Court] [|Kangaroos - About Australia] [|Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia] http://www.giftlog.com/pictures/kangaroo_facts.htm [|http://www.rootourism.com] [|Kangaroo - Google News] [|http://www.kangaroos.com.au] http://www.rootourism.com.au

Features
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-07/indigenous-disconnect/4869184

Misc
Here is an oft-repeated story (which needs confirmation). When explorers arrived in Australia and asked one of the Aborigine natives the name of this creature, he replied "kangaroo." Little did the explorers know, the word kangaroo meant, "I don't understand you."

Listening RN: A kangaroo has three ears [] [|@mikewilliams3] [|@RadioNational] [|@wildlife_aus] [|@EchidnaW]

[|A kangaroo has three ears]

 Buckle up (again)... 37 years after the original, we’re getting back on the highway for a radio homage of epic proportions.

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