Wild Wonders

Tree Kangaroo: The Living Plush Toy


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Discusses the tree kangaroo, a rare and highly adapted marsupial known for its arboreal lifestyle. It explains that unlike ground-dwelling kangaroos, tree kangaroos have flexible limbs and rotatable ankles, allowing them to climb and move efficiently through trees. The passage highlights that there are 15 known species, most of which live in New Guinea, where they face serious threats from deforestation and habitat fragmentation. It also mentions the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo, a species once thought extinct, and references ongoing conservation initiatives, including efforts by the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program to protect and study these vulnerable animals.

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