Stanley sees Kangaroos - Tues 2nd Mar

Stanley went to work with Adam today. The exciting part about that was the drive to and from Adam's work. On the drive there and back, Stanley got to see wild kangaroos. There were three mobs of kangaroos on the drive between the East's home and Adam's work. (A mob is a name given to a group of kangaroos).

The nearest of the kangaroos were less than a mile from the Easts home. There were about 10 kanagaroos in each mob. Most of them were spending their time eating grass. Some were lying down in the shade of the trees in the afternoon.

One time Stanley saw a mother kangaroo hopping with a joey hopping behind her. A joey is a name given to a young kangaroo. When they are really little, Joeys live in a pouch on the outside of the mother kangaroos tummy. You can sometimes see the joeys head's sticking up out of their mother's pouch.

The kangaroos were mainly in fields by the side of the road. Adam explained that kangaroos can hop and jump very well. This is a problem, because kangaroos can jump over fences - some can jump as tall as Adam. Kangaroos can jump onto roads during the night time and get hit by cars. In Canberra, there are about three car crashes caused by Kangaroos every day. That's over a thousand car crashes caused by kangaroos in Canberra every year! That's sad, as the kangaroos will often get badly hurt or killed if they get hit by a car. Stanley though that was sad too. Adam explained that there are lots and lots of kangaroos around because there were fields and bush for them to live in, but you normally wouldn't see kangaroos living in any of the really big cities in Australia.

Stanley wanted to get some photos of the kangaroos in the fileds to show Gabbi, but Adam was driving and couldn't stop to take photos, and the cameras are too heavy for Stanley to hold. Adam said that he was hoping to get to take Stanley to a park nearby on the weekend where he could get to see the kangaroos close up.