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Show Baby Kangaroo Very Small The young of the kangaroo at birth is smaller in proportion to the size of the parejts than the young of any other animal. Some of the larger species of kangaroo stand about eight feet in height and have a head as large as that of a sheep. The young at birth are about an inch in length and weigh only about twenty grains, which is l-350th of a pound. By means of their perfectly per-fectly formed front legs the young propel themselves to the pouch on the mother's abdomen where they are nourished and sheltered for several sev-eral months. |