What else is there besides the survival ability of a kangaroo with tendon meat?

As the saying goes, if you don't lose weight in March, you will only be sad if you don't lose weight in March. Right now, it's the saddest time for people who fail to lose weight in March. However, if, like this guy below, he has a sculptural muscle, then four, five, six, seven, seven and August is a good time to show flesh!

Born with a smelly face

The red kangaroo scientific name Macropus rufus, the genus name Macropus comes from the ancient Greek, the etymology makros means "long, big", pous refers to the foot, the species name rufus means "red" in Latin. The red kangaroo is all big: it is not only the largest kangaroo, but also the largest living marsupial and the largest living terrestrial mammal in Australia.

Imagine the pressure of a big red kangaroo staring at you like this. Picture: Mitsuaki Iwago / mindenpictures

Adult male red kangaroos are usually 1.3-1.6 meters long, stand up to 1.8 meters, unusual can have about 2 meters, tail length 1-1.3 meters, weight 55-90 kilograms. The female is slightly smaller, with a body length of about 1 meter, a tail length of 0.65 to 0.85 meters and a weight of 18 to 40 kilograms.

The "red" of the red kangaroo is mainly reflected by the male, which has short orange-red to reddish-brown hair and lighter fur on the ventral side and limbs. The female red kangaroo, on the other hand, is only "big" because the female is basically blue-gray or brown-gray, and the ventral side and limbs are also lighter; in drier areas, the female coat is redder.

The difference between male and female is clear at a glance. Picture: iltaw.com

The color of the female red kangaroo is similar to that of the gray kangaroo, so how to distinguish between the two? Look at your face. The red kangaroo is one of the most powerful species in Australia, and even the female has a face that is not easy to mess with. On the other hand, the eastern gray kangaroo and the western gray kangaroo can be seen if they only look at their faces.

Cute on the left and fierce on the right (the right should be a male red kangaroo, but it doesn't affect rat face recognition, because both men and women wear such a smelly face). Picture: animalfactsencyclopedia.com

If the gray kangaroo is in a bad mood one day and hangs a smelly face, how to recognize it? In fact, red kangaroos have iconic white "highlights" on both sides of their cheeks and black spots on their mouths and noses, which make them look fierce (and indeed fierce).

As for the western gray kangaroo, the mouth and nose are covered with fine hair, which is its facial feature different from the eastern gray kangaroo; in addition, because of food, the western gray kangaroo smells strong and smelly, which is also a major feature of them.

The western gray kangaroo has a furry mouth and nose. Picture: Simon Cherriman / arkive.org

In addition to looking at faces, to distinguish between red kangaroos and gray kangaroos, you can also see that red kangaroos have lighter tails, while gray kangaroos have darker tails.

The red kangaroo tail is out of ink. Picture: hiveminer.com

Eastern gray kangaroo, "ink" is condensed at the tip of the tail. Picture: tecake.in

A two-legged beast that can only jump

Red kangaroos like to live in arid and semi-arid areas, such as deserts, grasslands, thickets and open woodlands, and are found almost all over Australia except in wetter areas.

A big red kangaroo on the open grass. Picture: Owen Newman / naturepl.com

In a place like Australia, where many people can't survive for two episodes, red kangaroos must have unique survival skills-their staple food is grass, they also eat a little leaf, they don't drink water for a long time, and only get water from food. The kidneys can also highly concentrate urine; during the dry season, they look for food along the waterway.

Red kangaroos are mostly nocturnal; when it is hot, they hide in the shade, reduce exercise and keep licking their short hands because their skin is thin and rich in capillaries. so saliva can effectively take away heat when it evaporates. In addition, they have a layer of insulated hair.

"it's so hot. If you don't have ice cream to lick, you have to lick your hands." Picture: Jami Tarris / photoshelter.com

Although the red kangaroo is a two-legged animal like humans, it does not walk upright, it only jumps. Adult males can jump more than 9 meters away, nearly 2 meters high, and can reach speeds of up to 65 kilometers per hour.

Jumping is a very energy-saving way for red kangaroos-the faster they jump, the higher their energy efficiency, and when they move at full speed, the energy recovery rate can be as high as 70%.

A jumping kangaroo. Picture: The World Safari / youtube

Although red kangaroos are so viable, they are not as good as natural calculation, and their numbers will be affected if there is a shortage of food. However, kangaroo mothers also have the "superpower" of embryonic diapause, which allows the baby to wait until the right time to be born.

Interior view of mother kangaroo's bag. Although the mother kangaroo only gives birth to one "peanut", there are multiple nipples in the pouch, and each nipple can independently secrete milk with different nutrients, which can be said to be very advanced. The mother kangaroo will also put her head in the pouch and lick it clean. Picture: Geoff Shaw / wikimedia

Newborn red kangaroo babies are only the size of peanuts and need to continue to develop in the pouch for about 33 days. When they are 7 to 10 months old, they will slowly leave the pouch and play in the field. They will not be weaned until 12 to 17 months old.

Red kangaroo mother and baby. Picture: Juergen & Christine Sohns / mindenpictures

Like many marsupials, kangaroos have three vaginas, two on both sides are the channels through which sperm go to the uterus, and the middle one is the birth canal used to give birth to peanuts. Despite the fact that the muscles of the male kangaroo look like a straight man of steel, Tintin is curved so that he can enter the vagina on the side and not go into the wrong place. The tips of other marsupials are bifurcated and can enter both vaginas at the same time.

Crooked. Picture: Vicki Sinclair / travelblog.org

Walk with human beings

In Australia, the number of kangaroos is almost twice the population. According to a report in 2017, there are about 50 million kangaroos in Australia. Too many kangaroos compete with livestock for food and water, destroy crops and even threaten human safety in some places. So some experts suggest that people eat more kangaroo meat. Seeing here, are the foodies' hearts of saving the world beginning to be restless again?

Of course, there are also frequent reports of kangaroos being hit and killed by passing vehicles in Turkey and Australia. Picture: Gerard Lacz / FLPA / mindenpictures

According to Australian government regulations in 2008, only six species of kangaroos can be hunted in different states or territories for commercial purposes: red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), eastern gray kangaroo (M. giganteus), western gray kangaroo (M. fuliginosus), rock kangaroo (M. robustus), red-necked kangaroo (M. rufogriseus rufogriseus) and red-bellied kangaroo (Thylogale billardierii).

The red kangaroo, the eastern gray kangaroo, the western gray kangaroo, the rock kangaroo, the red-necked kangaroo and the jungle kangaroo are red kangaroo, eastern gray kangaroo, western gray kangaroo, and jungle kangaroo. Picture: fir0002 & Sklmsta & Michael Barritt & Karen May & JJ Harrison / wikimedia;Eric Woods / gettyimages.com;Sebastian Kennerknecht / mindenpictures

Most kangaroos are muscular, and their meat is also high in protein and low in fat. It looks as if they are tasty and not fat, but in fact, kangaroo meat is really not delicious. Otherwise, does the Australian government still need to work hard to promote it? It is said that local Chinese restaurants usually use onions with half the weight of kangaroo meat to remove fish. you can imagine the taste.

In addition to meat, kangaroos can also make eggs for handicrafts, such as wine bottle screwdrivers, change wallets, etc.; claws can be scratched; skin can be used for wallets, hats, etc., or a whole piece for decoration.

It looks like it hurts. Picture: souvenirsaustralia.com

Today, when it comes to Australia, the kangaroo is probably better known than the capital Canberra, with the image of a kangaroo on Qantas, Australia's mark of origin, currency, air force logo and even the national emblem.

The Australian national emblem is emu [é r mi á o] on the right. Picture: Sodacan / wikimedia

In addition, the aboriginal rock paintings in Kakadu National Park have the image of a kangaroo. These rock paintings can be traced back to more than 20,000 years ago and are one of the oldest records of human history.

Kangaroos witness human civilization. Picture: Brooke

It can be seen that the value of the kangaroo is much more than being eaten or dismembered into a souvenir, it is one of the symbols and symbols of Australia. More importantly, kangaroos are also participants and witnesses of human civilization.

This is the 156th article in the fourth year of the species calendar, from the author of the species calendar @ Brooke.

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