kangaroo
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These small kangaroo relatives are native to Western Australia and have become the country's most frequently translocated mammal due to ongoing conservation programs aimed at protecting the critically endangered species.
From Science Daily
It didn’t help that her husband—who’d known Hoxha when the two men were students together in Paris—was found guilty by a kangaroo court of plotting to overthrow the government.
“Think how you’ll grieve for all you’ll leave behind,” she sings to a herd of otters, koalas, flamingos, giraffes, bunnies and kangaroos fleeing Oz for the safety of the Yellow Brick Underground Railroad.
From Los Angeles Times
On plenty of other tours England have played warm-ups until the kangaroos come home and been subsequently hammered in the Tests.
From BBC
Wallabies are primarily found in Australia and nearby islands, and are members of the macropod family of marsupials, along with kangaroos.
From BBC
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