NARRATOR: AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR SOME MORE
“AMAZING ANIMALS”!
NUMBER 8,999: THE AMAZING EASTERN GRAY KANGAROO! OR MACROPUS GIGANTEUS…
KANGAROO: YEAH YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!
NARRATOR: UM, ACTUALLY IT MEANS “GIGANTIC LARGE FOOT”.
KANGAROO: OI MATE!
NARRATOR: IN FACT THEY HAVE TWO GIGANTIC FEET.
KANGAROO: TWO… I THOUGHT I HAD THREE!
NARRATOR: NO THAT’S YOUR TAIL!
KANGAROO: OHHH!
NARRATOR: THEY’RE FOUND DOWN UNDER! ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF AUSTRALIA.
KANGAROO: TOO RIGHT MATE, WE’RE EVERYWHERE! MOBS OF US!
NARRATOR: THEY’RE EXTREMELY ADAPTABLE AND ENJOY NIBBLING ON GRASS WHICH IS WHY THEY LOVE THIS GOLF COURSE…
KANGAROO: DON’T YOU MEAN THIS “HOPSTACLE” COURSE?
NARRATOR: SOME SAY THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM!
KANGAROO: KEEP YOUR “HOP-PINION” TO YOURSELF, MATE!
NARRATOR: THE MALE KANGAROOS CAN BE TALLER THAN MOST ADULT HUMANS.
KANGAROO: YEAH I’M BIGGER THAN YOU, LET’S FIGHT!
NARRATOR: IN FACT WHEN THE GIRLS…
KANGAROO: SHEILAS!
NARRATOR: SORRY, SHEILA’S ARE AROUND, THEY’RE READY TO FIGHT FOR THEIR ATTENTION. FEMALE KANGAROO: OH CRIKEY DEBBIE, CHECK HIM OUT.
NARRATOR: THE MALES USE THEIR STRONG…
KANGAROO: FEET?
NARRATOR: NO, TAILS TO BALANCE AND THEIR BIG….
KANGAROO: TAILS?
NARRATOR: NO, FEET!
KANGAROO 2: AWW I THINK I’
NARRATOR: MEANWHILE THE FEMALES ARE VERY BUSY LOOKING AFTER THEIR BABIES OR “JOEYS”. SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE LOOKING AFTER THREE ALL AT ONCE! AND BECAUSE THEY ARE MARSUPIALS, THEY HAVE A CONVENIENT POUCH TO CARRY THEIR YOUNG.
JOEY: MOMMY, THERE’S LOTS OF CRUMBS IN HERE!
MOM KANGAROO: OH JOEY, STOP BEING SUCH A POUCH POTATO!
NARRATOR: THERE MIGHT BE MILLIONS OF THESE BOUNCING BEASTS BUT THE EASTERN GRAY KANGAROO IS A…
KANGAROO: TRUE BLUE AUSSIE!
NARRATOR: OOPS I MEAN “AMAZING ANIMAL!”
