kangaroo
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The chairman of Meituan, one of China’s biggest tech companies, gave Cheng a plushy kangaroo, the corporate mascot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
What she hadn't anticipated was that one of her performances, in which she debuted some unconventional moves including a sprinkler and a kangaroo hop, had gone viral.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
One of its newly added appetizers is a grilled saltbush-crusted kangaroo loin.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
To recreate the original stuffed toy version of Roo, the baby kangaroo that appears in author AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Just as in the Americas, in Australia all of those few candidates except the red kangaroo became extinct around the time of the continent’s first colonization by humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Employees routinely took newborn kangaroos, wildcats and goats home overnight to provide round-the-clock feeding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Thank you for your support with our wildlife conservation efforts. It is so important that we conserve all of our animals, including the icons, the kangaroos," he said in his video message.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Video showed the critter nervously perched on a shelf, seamlessly blending in with the toy kangaroos and bears.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
The researchers also compared the heel bones of giant kangaroos with those of living kangaroo species.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
European settlers, such as those that I encounter in New Guinea with pet kangaroos and possums, have tamed or made pets of many local mammals, just as have indigenous peoples.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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