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Kangaroos are the only marsupial to hop, which is pretty weird. We'll investigate why.
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the faster they hop, the less energy they have to expend.
“the little joey latches onto a nipple in there, and the nipple grows three times in size, just like the Grinch's heart. And so the little joey couldn't let go of the nipple, even if he or she wanted to”
“the name kangaroo, the word, as far as anyone is able to say, we don't know for sure, it's apparently an aboriginal word for I don't know.”
“they actually developed what ends up helping them hop long before they actually started to hop. We call that the fourth toe.”
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