Red+Kangaroo

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__ PART 1!! __
 __** Here are the Characteristics That Show How the Red Kangaroo is Alive: **__

__Is made up of one or more cells:__ The Red Kangaroo (like many other animals) have hundreds of cells. They have fur cells, skin cells, nail/claw cells, bone cells, blood cells and many others.

__Grows and develoups:__ When a baby kangaroo (a joey) is born it is blind and hairless. The joeys are only a few cm. long. They are very special because they are born with special pouches in the stomach to hold a baby. They hide in their mother's pouch for about 190-200 days! After that they will stay with their mother until they are able to survive on their own.

__Reproduces__: The red kangaroo is insteresting because it can only have one baby at a time. This is called a joey. The mother is pregnant with the joey for about 33 days and will take care of the baby for about 2 years.

__Responds__ The red kangaroo has great hearing/responding skills. That is why there relationship is so great with humans. They have super good hearing and eye sight.

__PART 2__

__Classifacation of the Red Kangaroo.__

__**How the Red Kangaroo Meets it's Basic Needs:**__
 * Kingdom ** **:** Animalia: Hunts, digests food, multicellular.
 * Phylum: ** Chordata: Has a spine
 * class: ** Mammalia: Breathe air,hear from ears, see from eyes, warm blooded, has spine
 * order: ** Diprotodontia: Have 3 parts in the jaw, is a herbivore (eats plants), 3 claws are attached but one
 * family: **Macropodidae:Have long narrow feet, muscular legs, move fast by hopping, can't walk backwards.
 * genus: ** Macropus: Olny a few in the group, able to go without drinking for a long time, live is dry lands, very dangerous, and have claws on hind legs.

Food: The red kangaroo gets it's food by eating off Water: The red kangaroo collects it's water like humans, by drinking it in from the mouth. Shelter: The red kangaroo lives in deserts and other dry places.

__**TASK 3-**__
 __ Special Things About the Red Kangaroo: __

__ Part A: __

The Red Kangaroo has big pointy ears to hear the animals that are going to attack them, and two sets of beady eyes. Although there eyes are small they can see very well, they can see from long distances and also from up close too. They also have a very long body and giant tail for balance (acts like tripod). They have very skinny arms but muscular legs, used for jumping and leaping. The Red Kangaroo has red/ light brown fur used to hide from predators. since they live in the deserts of Australia they will blend right in with the sandy deserts and use it for there advantage to camouflage.


 * __Facts About the Red Kangaroo:__**

__Description:__

The red kangaroo has red/ light brown fur and big pointy ears. they also have a tail used to balance themselves, the tail;s use is the balance the kangaroo from falling over. This tail is very big and can grow up to one metre long! The red kangaroo has big muscular legs for jumping and running from predators. It also has two very skinny arms on each of there arms and legs they. Have a few claws to catch there gipping. They also have a long snout to smell out predators and food!! The red kangaroo can grow up to a lenghth of 1.7 meters and can weigh from 70-190 pounds!

__Interesting Facts About the Red Kangaroo:__

- The average male can weigh up to 85kg and females can grow up to weigh 35kg.Did you know that the avarage height is 1.5 meters and can jump up to 9 meters in one leap?!? The red kangaroo can run/jump as fast as 12 miles per hour. -red kangaroo's live in group called "mobs". there are about 2-10 kangaroo's in each group. - when the red kangaroo jumps it stores 70% of it's energy in it's legs, to get ready for the next jump. - it is eaiser to breathe when it is jumping -can't walk backwards

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__**references:**__

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-http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=4712

-http://whozoo.org/Intro98/annseitz/annseitz4.htm

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-http://www.lpzoo.org/animals/images/facts/red_kangaroo.jpg

-http://animal.discovery.com/guides/baby-animals/mammals/gallery/red-kangaroo.jpg

-http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/rangelands/pubs/tracking-changes/images/photos/red_kangaroo.jpg

-Ryan Drennan

-Jeff Yan