Kangaroos are Australian largest land mammals and they are herbivorous
animals.
That means they don’t eat meat, they
only eat different
plants.
Some Facts on the Kangaroo Diet
Wild Kangaroos
eat grass, broad-leaved ground plants,
and shrubs.
Like other macropods (and other Australian animals that are
herbivores like koalas),
they are well adapted to deal with a diet that is high in fibre but low
in nutrients.
Being grazing animals, they regurgitate their food to
chew, just like cattle chew the cud.
The type of plants they eat is
known to worn down their molars (back teeth) quite quickly.
Kangaroos do drink water, but they can go without it for quite a while
– an adaptation to Australian dry inland where finding water can be
unpredictable.
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Living in captivity, they also eat other things like a piece of
bread or a carrot, and in Australian wildlife parks you can buy a bag
of kangaroo food and feed them.
It looks similar to the dry food you
feed your dog, but it’s vegetarian.
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