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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 You may have heard people call them koala ‘bears’, these awesome animals aren’t bears at all. Koalas are in fact marsupials. They are a type of mammals, which have pouches where their newborns develop. Their name came form Aboriginal word meaning, ‘no drink’, maybe because they rarely drink water. Koalas can be found in the eucalyptus forests in Australia. They have grey fur with cream-coloured chest, and strong clawed feet. Koalas live in the branches of trees. A baby koala is called a joey. At average a koala can grow up to about 60cm-85cm long, and weigh about 14kg. Koalas are big eaters. They can consume up to one kilogram of eucalyptus leaves in a day. When the koalas are not eating, they can sleep for up to 18 hours a day. The most beautiful in the world is the world itself