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Even if Sydney Wildlife World, a local zoo in Sydney, is just beside Sydney Aquarium in Darling Harbour, Tutubi didn't bother to enter the animal facility due to his plan of taking the ferry the following day in Circular Quay to get to Taronga Zoo across the harbour.
There were many reasons why he decided to visit Taronga Zoo: numerous unique Australian wildlife like kangaroos, koalas, emus, tasmanian devils, wombats, platypuses in open living quarters (even the numerous venomous snakes of Australia) simulating natural habitats and not in cramped cages, but the most compelling of them all is probably the most famous symbol of Australia found even on the country's national emblem-- the kangaroo.
Photos of Kangaroos in Taronga Zoo:
this kangaroo stopped eating carrots and posed for Tutubi a red kangaroo (sign says it's a tree kangaroo since it can climb trees) a kangaroo couple looked back at Tutubi for a photo-op kangaroo in "attack formation" about 3 meters from Tutubi another couple inside the "walk-in" kangaroo enclosure of Taronga Zoo
It's just too bad that Tutubi wasn't able to actually see and photograph a mother kangaroo with a joey in her pocket, probably because Taronga Zookeepers nurture young joeys elsewhere instead of letting kangaroo moms rear them. Kangaroo Trivia:
Young kangaroos are called Joey (that's why Tutubi sometimes call his friend Joey a kangaroo :)
A group of kangaroos is called a mob (when you're "attacked" by a group of kangaroos, you're most likely "mobbed.")
Kangaroos, like wallabies, belong to a group of mammals called marsupials distinguished by the females equipped with a pouch, called marsupium, in which they carry their young.
The smaller types of kangaroos are called wallabies
The word Kangaroo came from the aborigine word that means "I don't know." This came about when English explorers asked aborigines about the name of the bizarre animal standing on two legs with a pouch for babies. Since the aborigine didn't understand what the white men were asking, they simply replied "kangaroo."
Should you ask questions that Tutubi doesn't know the answer to, like the evolution of the kangaroo, expect him to reply: kangaroo!
I heard there are people in Australia who actually enjoy eating kangaroo meat. That's quite sad when you think of this animal as their country's most popular symbol (found even in their national emblem as you pointed out).
this kangaroo stopped eating carrots and posed for Tutubi
a red kangaroo (sign says it's a tree kangaroo since it can climb trees)
a kangaroo couple looked back at Tutubi for a photo-op
kangaroo in "attack formation" about 3 meters from Tutubi
another couple inside the "walk-in" kangaroo enclosure of Taronga Zoo
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