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A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka: 65 species in all). The term kangaroo is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to all members of the macropod family. Kangaroos are native to the continent of Australia, while tree-kangaroos are also found in New Guinea.
Terminology
The word kangaroo derives from the Guugu Yimidhirr (an Australian Aboriginal language) word gangurru, referring to a grey kangaroo. The name was first recorded on 4 August,1770, by Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook on the banks of the Endeavour River at the site of modern Cooktown, when HM Bark Endeavour was beached for almost 7 weeks to repair damage sustained on the Great Barrier Reef.
Kangaroo soon became adopted into standard English where it has come to mean any member of the family of kangaroos and wallabies. The belief that it means "I don't understand" or "I don't know" is a popular myth that is also applied to many other Aboriginal-sounding Australian words. Male kangaroos are called bucks, boomers or jacks; females are does, flyers, or jills and the young are joeys. The collective noun for kangaroos is a mob, troop, or court. Kangaroos are sometimes coloquially referred to as 'roos.
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@SG_Dingo Well mine is Six White Boomers....and I conversely do not get stinkin' hot Christmases with kangaroos flying around....
tuftedpuffin (Beth Baisch) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:54:32 -0000
@SG_Dingo Well mine is Six White Boomers....and I conversely do not get stinkin' hot Christmases with kangaroos flying around....
@ausbryant neither do deer. Gamey. I heard kangaroos kick ppl, too active. You should box them up like we do veal, more tender that way.
ChesireCatt (ChesireCatt) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:51:54 -0000
@ausbryant neither do deer. Gamey. I heard kangaroos kick ppl, too active. You should box them up like we do veal, more tender that way.
@ChesireCatt Koalas and Kangaroos look very nice and cute but ridden with fleas and they don't make good steaks!
ausbryant (Tony Bryant) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:45:35 -0000
@ChesireCatt Koalas and Kangaroos look very nice and cute but ridden with fleas and they don't make good steaks!
@Calebistheshiz I was born in NZ but moved to Aussie. Its ok. Lots of empty space and kangaroos lol
cheekyspook (cheekyspook) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:36:39 -0000
@Calebistheshiz I was born in NZ but moved to Aussie. Its ok. Lots of empty space and kangaroos lol
I didn't realize it was as bad in Australia. Stupid American I guess, sorry..things just seem so cool and sunny w/kangaroos & koalas!
ChesireCatt (ChesireCatt) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:35:38 -0000
I didn't realize it was as bad in Australia. Stupid American I guess, sorry..things just seem so cool and sunny w/kangaroos & koalas!
RT @WTFfact: Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump. #WTFfact
ambernizia (Amber S. Novak) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:33:32 -0000
RT @WTFfact: Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump. #WTFfact
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