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BOOK AN ENCOUNTER
Get up close to a Kangaroo Island Kangaroo in the Sanctuary's daily Kangaroo Close-up Encounter. Meet the
mob, let them eat corn out of your hand and you may even be lucky enough to feel their soft fur and get close
enough for a photo. It's a Sanctuary experience not to be missed.
Book your spot online, call our friendly Customer Engagement team on 1300 966 784 or book on arrival at
admissions. Remember Zoo Members receive a special 10% discount.
Kangaroos fulfil the important grazing role in
Australia that other large grazers like deer or
wildebeest do on other continents.
Kangaroos can actually have three joeys at once –
one in the birth canal, one feeding in the pouch and a
third at foot who can still require their mother's milk.
Male Red Kangaroos are the largest of the kangaroo
species, standing over two metres tall while females
grow to about a metre tall.
Red Kangaroos sometimes lick their arms to stay cool.
Kangaroos have big feet and belong to a group
called 'Macropods'. Macro means big + pod means
foot = big foot.
Their achilles tendon acts as a spring, recycling
energy and propelling the roo forward.
A group of kangaroos is called a 'mob'. Dominant
males fight to form a family mob, but more submissive
boys stick together as a bachelor mob.
Kangaroos come in all shapes and sizes, are custom
designed to live in diverse habitats and have a unique
ability to hop, setting them apart from most animals
on the planet.
Australia has 45 macropod species including
kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies, pademelons,
potoroos, tree-kangaroos and even quokkas.
