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Something About Kangaroos ! Joey is a baby Kangaroo and by birth a Bangladeshi safari park dweller! Joey is the first Kangaroo born in this particular Safari Park in Gazipur , Dhaka in May, this year! The park authorities did not tell the visitors about the birth earlier for fear of diseases and also security! Joey left her mother’s pouch in the later part of August and was put in the intensive care unit of the park. A newborn Kangaroo is pink in color, without any fur and it is only 3 to 4 centimeters in length at the time of birth. It lives in its mother’s pouch for few months. Usually on the 4th month, furs and limbs become visible. It is now known that female kangaroos can determine the sex of their offspring. They can even delay gestation period. The parents (Red Kangaroos) of Joey were brought from South Africa in the year 2014. While the adult Kangaroo likes to eat beans, spinach, carrots, bananas, apples cucumber and also fresh grass, Joey is being fed nothing except mother’s milk. Usually, a baby Kangaroo drinks mother’s milk until it is 235 days old. I did not know before I visited the park that: A male Kangaroo is called a ‘boomer’ A female Kangaroo is called a ‘flyer’, A baby Kangaroo is called a Joey. The Kangaroos are Herbivores and habitats of mainly Australia. They are also found in Tasmania and in Papua New Guinea. May be someday, they could be found in large numbers in Gazipur, Dhaka. Because, it is also a tropical country where Kangaroos like to live! Why a Kangaroo is called Kangaroo? Is it not a foolish question to ask? What should a grown up kangaroo be called other than a Kangaroo? But legend has that the first visitor from Europe asked a local Australian aboriginal what the name of the hopping animal was! The aboriginal man replied, “Kangaru”. The European thought that the name of the animal was Kangaroo! But he was wrong. The aboriginal man had actually told the European Visitor, “Hey, I don’t understand your question”. Therefore, the interpretation is not correct. If anyone of you asks me how the name originated, my answer will be like the aboriginal, “kangaru”! Do you want to know more about Kangaroos? Then grab a book on Kangaroos or you may go to Google if you do not like to look for the book!!     |
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Some facts about amazing Kangaroo
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Thank you so much for your visit and for the response, JKH54. I appreciate. Have a nice weekend.
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Delighted to read from you again here on my blog, Karen. You have the rare capability to say all using a short sentence! I feel really happy for your liking the piece although much information about this amazing animal has been left out. Best wishes. Have a nice week.
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beautiful animals.i AM BIASED BECAUSE i AM AN aUSSIE.We have rescue groups for abandoned joeys, often the mum is hit by a car but the joey survives. Carers, trained, raise them by bottle, and the y live at all times in a hand made POUCH, To simulate the pouch mum had. They are hung up in these bags/ pouches, and live there until itstime for another bottle feed. Thanks for the recognition to our ROOS.
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