Pandora's Perspective
Two For The Price Of One !
for Scavenge Challenge #20 From teaspoons to seconds, amperes to inches, how do you measure up?
and
#ds637 Make a photograph of something smooth.
The expression on two children's faces was priceless as they approached this kangaroo. They had no idea that they had scored a mum and her passenger. The long tail I recognise, however I never worked out which other black leathery part was protrudiing - perhaps the elbows.
There are over 40 different species of Kangaroo.The word 'kangaroo' is from the Aboriginal word 'gungurru' meaning grey kangaroo. However, the English settlers soon used the word to refer to any of the kangaroo family. The red kangaroo is a much larger animal than these greys. The female photographed here had eaten so much all she wanted to do was lie down. The joey was skittish and not keen to leave the pouch. It is amazing how the large joeys like this one can squeeze into the pouch. You never know which part of their body is going to pop out next.
Kangaroos belong to a group of marsupials called macropods, which means 'great footed animals'. Macropods hop using these strong back legs and the muscular tail helps to balance. I didn’t know that kangaroos are good swimmers, and will sometimes escape a threat by going into water.
A male kangaroo is called a buck, boomer, jack or old man. A female is a doe, flyer or jill. A young kangaroo is a joey, as are all marsupial young.
Two For The Price Of One !
for Scavenge Challenge #20 From teaspoons to seconds, amperes to inches, how do you measure up?
and
#ds637 Make a photograph of something smooth.
The expression on two children's faces was priceless as they approached this kangaroo. They had no idea that they had scored a mum and her passenger. The long tail I recognise, however I never worked out which other black leathery part was protrudiing - perhaps the elbows.
There are over 40 different species of Kangaroo.The word 'kangaroo' is from the Aboriginal word 'gungurru' meaning grey kangaroo. However, the English settlers soon used the word to refer to any of the kangaroo family. The red kangaroo is a much larger animal than these greys. The female photographed here had eaten so much all she wanted to do was lie down. The joey was skittish and not keen to leave the pouch. It is amazing how the large joeys like this one can squeeze into the pouch. You never know which part of their body is going to pop out next.
Kangaroos belong to a group of marsupials called macropods, which means 'great footed animals'. Macropods hop using these strong back legs and the muscular tail helps to balance. I didn’t know that kangaroos are good swimmers, and will sometimes escape a threat by going into water.
A male kangaroo is called a buck, boomer, jack or old man. A female is a doe, flyer or jill. A young kangaroo is a joey, as are all marsupial young.