Q 01/05

Which is the largest of all kangaroo species?

A) Red

B) Western grey

C) Antilopine

D) Wallaroo

Answer · why

A) Red

Red kangaroo females can freeze an embryo's development until their previous baby has left the pouch.

Q 02/05

What is a baby kangaroo called?

A) Pup

B) Joey

C) Kit

D) Cub

Answer · why

B) Joey

A joey dives back into its mother's pouch whenever danger threatens, even after it has started leaving to feed.

Q 03/05

Roughly how big is a newborn kangaroo?

A) A grain of rice

B) A jellybean

C) A tennis ball

D) A football

Answer · why

B) A jellybean

A jellybean-sized newborn climbs into the pouch on its own, after a pregnancy of only about 33 days.

Q 04/05

Which big-headed Australian night bird is often mistaken for an owl?

A) Southern boobook

B) Tawny frogmouth

C) Pied currawong

D) Bush stone-curlew

Answer · why

B) Tawny frogmouth

Tawny frogmouth isn't an owl: its weak feet lack talons, so it snaps up insects with its wide beak and hides by posing as a broken branch.

Q 05/05

Kangaroos get around mainly by doing what?

A) Hopping on two legs

B) Climbing trees

C) Swimming rivers

D) Galloping on all fours

Answer · why

A) Hopping on two legs

Hopping on two legs is only half the story: male kangaroos also lean back on their tails to box and kick rivals.