Rapid Research

Write Ideas

Australia: Sightseeing Guide; History Timeline; Native Slang; Postcard; Australia Challenge; Aussie Animals



Australia is hopping with about 50 kinds of kangaroos. They range from the rabbit-size rat kangaroo to the five-foot-tall red kangaroo (shown here). Kangaroos are marsupials, or mammals that give birth to tiny, poorly developed offspring. In most species, the babies grow up in a pouch on the mother's belly.