2007-01-06 17:59:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
50 Km/hr
2007-01-06 18:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kangaroos have long been regarded 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.[citation needed]
Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. Like all marsupials, kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development.
Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of locomotion. The comfortable hopping speed for Red Kangaroos is about 20–25 km/h (13–16 mph), but speeds of up to 70 km/h (43 mph) can be attained, over short distances. This fast and energy-efficient method of travel has evolved less in response to the danger of predators, but more because of the need to regularly cover large distances in search of food and water.
The average life expectancy of a kangaroo is about 4–6 years, with some living until they are about 23.
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2007-01-06 20:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on what species of Kangaroo. The red Kangaroo can travel at about 20–25 km per hour {13–16 mph}, sometimes reaching up to 70 km per hour {43 mph} when necessary.
2007-01-06 18:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
although red kangaroos can hop at speed of 65-70 km/hr for short distances, at these speeds the hopping rate increases as well as the hop length
2007-01-06 18:08:32 · answer #4 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
red kangaroos can 70mph , others are 25 _35 mph
2007-01-08 01:31:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This site will answer all these questions.
KANGAROOS - Where do they come from? Why the pouch? Why do they hop? How fast are they? Did they evolve from some other animal?
http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/kangaroos.html
2007-01-06 18:07:30 · answer #6 · answered by Pam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋