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A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka: 65 species in all). The term kangaroo is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to all members of the macropod family. Kangaroos are native to the continent of Australia, while tree-kangaroos are also found in New Guinea.
Terminology
The word kangaroo derives from the Guugu Yimidhirr (an Australian Aboriginal language) word gangurru, referring to a grey kangaroo. The name was first recorded on 4 August,1770, by Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook on the banks of the Endeavour River at the site of modern Cooktown, when HM Bark Endeavour was beached for almost 7 weeks to repair damage sustained on the Great Barrier Reef.
Kangaroo soon became adopted into standard English where it has come to mean any member of the family of kangaroos and wallabies. The belief that it means "I don't understand" or "I don't know" is a popular myth that is also applied to many other Aboriginal-sounding Australian words. Male kangaroos are called bucks, boomers or jacks; females are does, flyers, or jills and the young are joeys. The collective noun for kangaroos is a mob, troop, or court. Kangaroos are sometimes coloquially referred to as 'roos.
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@joshinthe818 u know you're in the country when ur neighbor has kangaroos visit at dusk! #holidays
eugenehor (eugenehor) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:01:01 -0000
@joshinthe818 u know you're in the country when ur neighbor has kangaroos visit at dusk! #holidays
Short video of local kangaroos boxing near home http://gabriellebryden.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/boxing-kangaroos-video/
GabrielleBryden (Gabrielle Bryden) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:57:11 -0000
Short video of local kangaroos boxing near home http://gabriellebryden.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/boxing-kangaroos-video/
ahah! @ChreeesDunn is telling me a story of asians, austrailians, rice, kangaroos, and crocodiles. its amazing. :]
JadoreKat (Kat Shaughnessey) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:51:01 -0000
ahah! @ChreeesDunn is telling me a story of asians, austrailians, rice, kangaroos, and crocodiles. its amazing. :]
RT @eugenehor: To my American friends - yes we do have kangaroos in the backyard http://twitpic.com/vfgiv
judsonb (Judson Bartels) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:06:00 -0000
RT @eugenehor: To my American friends - yes we do have kangaroos in the backyard http://twitpic.com/vfgiv
RT @eugenehor: To my American friends - yes we do have kangaroos in the backyard http://twitpic.com/vfgiv // lol, nice. :)
joshinthe818 (Josh Roberts) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:04:57 -0000
RT @eugenehor: To my American friends - yes we do have kangaroos in the backyard http://twitpic.com/vfgiv // lol, nice. :)
To my American friends - yes we do have kangaroos in the backyard http://twitpic.com/vfgiv
eugenehor (eugenehor) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:03:55 -0000
To my American friends - yes we do have kangaroos in the backyard http://twitpic.com/vfgiv
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