. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. LEAPING POUCHED ANIMALS—KANGAROOS. 581 Hounds that can do so. When there is any cover, such as brushwood, the pursuit has soon to be given up; for the agile Kangaroo easily clears the bushes in its way by leaping over them, while the Dog has to go around. On uneven ground its speed is less, and it experiences great difficult)- in going down hill, as it is apt to fall forward in its violent YELLOW-LEGGED KANGAROO. The Mountain or Rock Kanga- roos mak
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. LEAPING POUCHED ANIMALS—KANGAROOS. 581 Hounds that can do so. When there is any cover, such as brushwood, the pursuit has soon to be given up; for the agile Kangaroo easily clears the bushes in its way by leaping over them, while the Dog has to go around. On uneven ground its speed is less, and it experiences great difficult)- in going down hill, as it is apt to fall forward in its violent YELLOW-LEGGED KANGAROO. The Mountain or Rock Kanga- roos make their retreat in caverns and crevices and leap with agility from one ledge to another. The Yellow-legged Kangaroo, shown in the picture, with the little baby Kangaroo which rests in her pouch, belongs to this genus. {Pctrogale xant/wpus.) A running Kangaroo may hold out for hours, with- out tiring. Mental Capacity Among the perceptive senses of the and Propagation of Kangaroo that of hearing probably Kangaroos. ranks highest: at least there is a continual movement of the ears in captive speci- mens, just as in other captive large game animals. Sight is less keen, and smell, probably, is rather defi- cient. Some observers, however, aver that the ani- mals see, hear and scent excellently. They are very dull in intellect: even Sheep are far superior to them in this regard. Anything out of the accustomed order confuses them, for they are not capable of a rapid comprehension of new surroundings. The brain works slowly; every impression they receive Becomes clear to them only gradually. A captive Kangaroo becomes used to Man in general, but I doubt whether it discriminates between its keeper and other people. The reproductive powers of all Kangaroos are slight. The large species rarely give birth to more than one young one at a time. When the young one is born the mother takes it up with her mouth, opens the pouch with both fore feet, and attaches the insignificant little creatur
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