The Wonders of Big Foot

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The Wonders of Big Foot

• The Stars of Downunder
• By Jacob
• Gerken
• 1/2007

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Kangaroo Feet

• The feet of the stars are lethal weapons
  because they can deliver a hard kick to your
  stomach. The kangaroo can sprint 40 miles an
  hour, faster than any of their predators. The
  kangaroo can jump ten feet at a time. The males
  are called boomers and the females are fliers.

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Colors of kangaroos

• These are the different colors of kangaroos the
  red kangaroo and the gray kangaroo.

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Wallabies

• The wallabies are the smallest kind of kangaroo.
  The wallaby can grow to 6 feet long. The wallaby
  is a herbivore it eats grass, leaves and roots.

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Pouches

• The female kangaroos have pouches on their
  abdomen. All animals with pouches are called
  marsupials. The babies are called joeys and the
  mothers are called fliers. The babies have to
  crawl 6 inches from the birthplace to the pouch,
  but they are only ¾ inches long and the pouches
  each have 4 mammary glands for milk.

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Dingoes

• The dingo is the main predator of the kangaroo.
  The dingoes are not pets they are wild dogs.
  Dingoes hunt in packs, but they dont have much
  luck. A large kangaroo can fight off a wild dingo
  with its feet.

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Australia

• In Australia there are six sections the
  equatorial, tropical, subtropical, desert,
  grassland and temperate, but it is mostly desert
  and dry grasslands.

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MORE AUSTRALIAand kangaroos

• The population is 18,700,000 and the area is
  less then 3,000,000 square miles. It is also the
  smallest continent and the flattest and the
  lowest. The capital is Canberra. The natives are
  the Aborigines who still live in the central area
  called the outback.
• Australia is the home to many unique
  animals such as kangaroos, wallabies,
  kookaburras, platypus, dingoes, emus, and koalas.
  

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Platypus Habitat

• The platypus lives on the east coast of Australia
  and in Tasmania. They live in fresh water
  streams or lakes and build burrows 20 to 52 feet
  long. The platypuses are protected by the
  government and anyone caught hunting or catching
  a platypus will be fined or sent to jail.

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Platypus

• The platypus is an egg-laying mammal.
  They are neighbors of the kangaroos in Australia.
• The platypus has webbed feet to help it
  catch its prey. The male has a venomous spur on
  its two back paws. It eats crayfish, shrimp,
  water plants, worms, insects, and fish eggs.

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Platypus and its eggs.

• They mate under water and go to the burrow
  and the female lays eggs. She collects leaves and
  grass to block the entrance to keep the air
  moist. She lays on the eggs for ten days. The
  babies hatch out of the eggs and drink milk from
  their mothers milk patches. They open their eyes
  in eleven weeks.

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The End

• I hope you have enjoyed your visit to the
  Australian Outback and learned about the big
  footed star, the kangaroo. Dont forget about
  the platypus, wallaby, and dingo.

Gooday Mate!