Fun Kangaroo Facts for Kids

Fun Kangaroo Facts for Kids

Check out our range of fun kangaroo facts for kids. Learn what they eat, how high they can jump, what a baby kangaroo is called and much more. Read on and enjoy a variety of interesting information about kangaroos.

• Kangaroos are marsupial animals that are found in Australia as well as New Guinea.
  
• There are four different kangaroo species, the red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, western grey kangaroo and antilopine kangaroo.
  
• Kangaroos can hop around quickly on two legs or walk around slowly on all four.
  
• Kangaroos can’t walk backwards.
  
• Kangaroos have very powerful legs and can be dangerous at times.
  
• Kangaroos can jump very high, sometimes three times their own height.
  
• Kangaroos can swim.
  
• Most kangaroos eat grass.
  
• Baby kangaroos are known as ‘joeys’.
  
• A group of kangaroos is called a ‘mob’, ‘troop’ or ‘court’.
  
• The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world.
  
• Kangaroos usually live to around six years old in the wild.
• Australian airline Qantas uses a kangaroo as their symbol.