My Mother Told Me: Why are Kangaroos Called Athletes Among Animals? Do You Know?
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Xiao Ming and his mother were visiting the zoo and arrived at the kangaroo pavilion. There were kangaroos dragging their long tails, jumping and playing in the park.
Xiao Ming watched with great interest, but a question also popped up. He thought to himself: 'Kangaroos look like this, it seems difficult to walk. Some have a small kangaroo under their bellies. How do they survive in nature?'
'Mom, Mom, how can kangaroos still survive in nature?' Xiao Ming asked his mother.
Mother smiled slightly and replied: 'Don't look at kangaroos as strange, but they have their skills! Do you know that kangaroos have amazing jumping ability? They use jumping instead of running, they can jump up to 4 meters and as far as 13 meters, which is the highest and farthest jumping mammals. Even if kangaroos have a baby pouch under their bellies, when running on the grassland, they can generally reach a speed of over 50 kilometers per hour.'
'Really? I didn't realize it!' Xiao Ming said.
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Xiao Ming listened in amazement and widened his eyes.
Mother continued to speak: 'Besides their strong running ability, kangaroos have other unique characteristics. Many people don't know that kangaroos are incomplete animals, they are premature offspring, which is why you see a baby kangaroo growing under the belly of the mother. Adult kangaroos may be large, but the baby kangaroos are very small when they are born, they have no sight and are bald, they can only stay in the mother's baby pouch. Generally, the baby kangaroos spend 6-7 months in the baby pouch before starting to leave the baby pouch for short periods to learn to live. It will not be fully weaned until a year later, but can only move around near the mother kangaroo for protection and assistance. The mother kangaroo is great, she can have a small kangaroo outside the pouch, a small kangaroo inside the pouch and a birthing kangaroo. Look, aren't kangaroos amazing, and ordinary animals can't compare to them?'
Xiao Ming listened in amazement.
Mother continued: 'Besides their running ability, kangaroos have other unique characteristics. Many people don't know that kangaroos are incomplete animals, they are premature offspring, which is why you see a small kangaroo growing under the belly of the mother. Adult kangaroos may be large, but the baby kangaroos are very small when they are born, they have no sight and are bald, they can only stay in the mother's baby pouch. Generally, the baby kangaroos spend 6-7 months in the baby pouch before starting to leave the baby pouch for short periods to learn to live. It will not be fully weaned until a year later, but can only move around near the mother kangaroo for protection and assistance. The mother kangaroo is great, she can have a small kangaroo outside the pouch, a small kangaroo inside the pouch and a birthing kangaroo. Look, aren't kangaroos amazing, and ordinary animals can't compare to them?'
Xiao Ming listened in amazement.
Mother said: 'I didn't realize it! Kangaroos are so amazing!'Listen to the Audio:
