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28-10-2006, 12:55 PM

A question for all you clever people!!

I suppose this is cheating really
I am doing one of those charity quizzes in aid of the local animal shelter and I need to know what the place is called where kangaroos live (please don't say Australia like my OH)
it's like a pig lives in a sty, etc
Go on...... I will share the book token if I win
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28-10-2006, 01:00 PM
Once old enough to leave Mum's pouch, they make nest on the ground, unless it is a tree dwelling species.

That's what my search just told me anyway!
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28-10-2006, 01:02 PM
Meant to add, a group of kangaroo's is called a band or a mob.
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28-10-2006, 01:04 PM
Which Kangaroo, it depends on if it is a Red, Eastern Grey or Western grey, they usually live in large groups called 'mobs'...
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28-10-2006, 01:06 PM
In Red Kangaroos the 'mobs' consist of one dominent male, a number of females and juveniles of both sexes...

They all live on the ground, no particular 'nest' to speak of...

hope this helps...
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28-10-2006, 01:06 PM
I always thought that they just hopped about in the Outback. Kath
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28-10-2006, 01:09 PM
Aww of course this will be the answer, why didnt I think earlier!

The Red kangaroo (most common so I assume it will be about them) live on the dry inland plains! he he he


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28-10-2006, 01:13 PM
Really interesting animals aren't they? Just read about all the different species, and not one make a nest so to speak. When I said nest in my first post I meant it nest as in settle down not nest as in an actual nest.

Amazing that the faster they hop the less energy they use!
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28-10-2006, 01:16 PM
Thanks all....I think
I tell you, I have more facts and figures in my head about kangaroos now than I will ever need, including recipes
Trouble is I still don't know what their homes are called
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28-10-2006, 01:22 PM
I assumed that it would mean thier home, as in where they live/ what terrain they exist on, rather than than thier home as in a nest Nippy... since none of them make one! lol
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