Animal Planet

Photo by Fadzil Hisham The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia. There were about 34.3 million kangaroos lived in Australia in 2011. Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. They can leap some 30 feet (9 meters) in a single bound, and travel more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) per hour. Like most marsupials, female kangaroos have a pouch on their belly, made by a fold in the skin, to cradle baby kangaroos called joeys. Photo by Fadzil Hisham Newborn joeys are just one inch long (2.5 centimeters) at birth, or about the size of a grape. After birth, joeys travel, unassisted, through their mom’s thick fur to the comfort and safety of the pouch. A newborn joey can’t suckle or swallow, so the kangaroo mom uses her muscles to pump milk down its throat. At around 4 months, the joey emerges f

Photo by Fadzil Hisham The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. It is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern because of its wide range and possibly large population. The Himalayan marmot has a dense woolly fur that is rufous grey on the back and rufous yellowish on ears, belly and limbs. The bridge of its nose and end of tail is dark brown. It is one of the largest marmots in the world, being about the size of a large housecat. Average body mass ranges from 4 to 9.2 kg, with weights lowest post-hibernation in spring and highest prior to it in autumn. In the autumn, average weight is reportedly more than 7 kg in both sexes. Total length is about 45 to 67 cm, with a tail length of 12 to 15 cm. Photo by Fadzil Hisham The Himalayan marmot occurs in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,500 m in northeastern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and