. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. YELLOW-LEGGED KANGAROO. The Mountain or Rock Kanga- roos make their retreat in caverns and crevices and leap-with agility from â one ledge to another. The Yellow-legged Kangaroo, shown in the picture, â witli the little baby Kangaroo which rests in her pouch, belongs to this genus. [Petrogale xanthofus.) A running Kangaroo may hold out for hours, with- out tiring. Mental Capacity Among the perceptive senses of the â and Propagation of Kangaroo that of hearmg probably Kangaroos. ranks highest: at least there is a â continual movemen
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. YELLOW-LEGGED KANGAROO. The Mountain or Rock Kanga- roos make their retreat in caverns and crevices and leap-with agility from â one ledge to another. The Yellow-legged Kangaroo, shown in the picture, â witli the little baby Kangaroo which rests in her pouch, belongs to this genus. [Petrogale xanthofus.) A running Kangaroo may hold out for hours, with- out tiring. Mental Capacity Among the perceptive senses of the â and Propagation of Kangaroo that of hearmg probably Kangaroos. ranks highest: at least there is a â continual movement of the ears in captive speci- mens, just as in other captive large game animals. â 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 â¢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 creature to the breast. Twelve hours after birth the young Giant Kangaroo has a length of only a little over one and one-fifth inches. It can be compared only to the embryos of other ani- mals, for it is quite immature, transparent, soft and worm-like; its eyes are closed, the ears and nostrils are only indicated, the limbs yet unformed. There is not the slightest resemblance between it and the mother. The fore legs are one-third longer than the hinder ones. It h
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