1. By: Ashley Williams

2.  They live in Australia  Some live in rocky places  Some live in deserts or hot rainy forests

3.  Have long tails for balance  They have big hind feet for bounding  They are beige or brown  Are 150 pounds and 6 feet tall

4.  Travel in groups called mobs which feed together but don’t spend the day together  Long tail to help it spring forward and sit upright  Small hands are used to comb fur and pick up food  nocturnal which means they hunt at night  Are fast to get away from prey

5.  Eat grass  Are herbivores  The main predator of kangaroos are dingoes

6.  There are about 50 members of a kangaroo family  The biggest are the red kangaroos and the gray kangaroos  Kangaroos hop to the speed 40 miles per hour  They can jump nine feet high

7.  Farmers shot kangaroos  Hunters were free to shot nearly 4 million kangaroos in 1989  Some species of kangaroos are pests to farmers  The government decides how many kangaroos can be killed

8.  Serventy, Vincent. Kangaroos.  Stone, Lynn M. Kangaroos.