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Europeans have long regarded Kangaroos as strange
animals. Early explorers described them as creatures
that had heads like deer (without antlers), stood
upright like men, and hopped like frogs. Combined
with the two-headed appearance of a mother kangaroo,
this led many back home to dismiss them as travellers'
tales for quite some time.
Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping
as a means of locomotion. The comfortable hopping
speed for Red Kangaroo is about 20·25 km/h
(13·16 mph), but speeds of up to 70 km/h
(44 mph) can be attained, over short distances,
while it can sustain a speed of 40 km/h (25 mph)
for nearly two kilometres. This fast and energy-efficient
method of travel has evolved because of the need
to regularly cover large distances in search of
food and water, rather than the need to escape predators... |
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