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Kanga-true or Kanga-false
Are these statements about the Red Kangaroo true or false?
Read the fact sheet to find out, then circle T or F!

T F If the Red Kangaroo eats enough green food, it does not need to drink.
Conservation Action
T F A Red Kangaroos gestation is shorter than one month. Join the search for our
native wildlife. Participate
T F Red Kangaroos are found in Tasmania.
in Perth Zoos Tiwest
Night Stalk. For more
T F The Red Kangaroo is the largest living marsupial.
information go to
T F Red Kangaroos move in large groups. www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au
/nightstalk

Starting at the arrow, move in a clockwise direction

Macropod Circles and write every second letter in the spaces below.

Kangaroos are macropods K R W

which literally means big
Q Y S
feet. There are many M
different macropods in P
Australia ranging in size A S A
from the very small to the U
very large. Perth Zoo has
a variety of macropods Z B M
on display. N
Find out which of the K O E L
kangaroos relatives live A
in the Australian Bushwalk
at Perth Zoo by decoding C K A D L V
these circles.
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Kangaroos live in social groups called mobs. This kangaroo

Mobbed! is lonely. Can you draw a habitat for him and a mob to join?