"marsupium" - 1 õppematerjal

Topic – Australia

They are very sleepy and their moves are slow. The baby koalas ride on their mother's backs.. Koala was a spirit of lost children to the Aborigines. Kangaroos are native to the continent of Australia and are the main symbol of Australia. There are more than 50 different kinds on kangaroos. 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 their young complete their development after birth. When a little kangaroo is born, it has to climb to the pouch itself without mother's help. When it doesn't find the pouch, it dies. But when it does, it stays there for 6 months. Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of locomotion. The comfortable hopping speed for Red Kangaroos is about 20­25 km/h, but they can hop as fast as 70 km/h over short distances.