FUN FACTS: Kangaroos 🦘 | Learn 13 Interesting Facts for Kids

fun facts about kangaroo kangaroos are the largest marsupials on earth the mother carries her babies in her pouch on her belly baby kangaroos are called joeys a newborn joey is only about 2.5 centimeters long one inch kangaroos come in many shapes and sizes up to two meters tall six feet seven inches and 90 kilograms 200 pounds kangaroos can move up to 60 kilometers per hour 37 miles per hour and jump up to eight meters long or 26 feet three inches in a single bound kangaroos eat grass like cows but burp less methane kangaroos are social animals they can live in a group of over 50 kangaroos called a mob kangaroos are mostly left-handed when doing everyday tasks such as grooming and grazing kangaroos belong to the macropod family meaning big foot in latin kangaroos live for just over 20 years in the wild kangaroos can swim to cross rivers or defend themselves and avoid predators kangaroos use their big tail to balance when jumping and to propel when swimming kangaroos are powerful kickers and sometimes wrestle kangaroos are only found in australia and new guinea