Tag: kangaroo
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Did Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos hop or stride? Fossils suggest they walked on two legs
Mainland Australia’s biggest kangaroos went extinct 40,000 years ago, but scientists are still figuring out how these big beasts moved.(ABC TV: Catalyst) ABC News in Australia has an article about extinct giant kangaroos. Giant kangaroos like Procoptodon goliah lived in Australia until about 40,000 years ago. It weighed about 240 kilograms (> 500 lbs). Did…
