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Kangaroo (Macropus) - Kind of marsupial mammals of the family dwelling kangaroo in Australia.
Kangaroos have powerful hind legs, massive tail, narrow shoulders, Small, similar to human hands, forepaws, kangaroos which dig up the tubers and roots. Kangaroo takes all the weight on the tail, and then both hind legs, freed, a single movement from top to bottom causing terrible wounds to the enemy. Starting with powerful hind legs, they rush to the jumps 12 m in length and up to 3 m in height. Body weight up to a kangaroo 80 kg.

For kangaroos, as for other marsupials, characterized by a very short pregnancy, lasts about a month. Even the largest kangaroo baby weighs at birth is less than 1 gram.

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The Australian city of Alice Springs or Alice Springs ( Alice Springs),located in the south Northern Territory, the city's population 26,5 thousand people, is the second largest city residents in the Northern Territory.

Residents of Australia, Alice Springs Town, referred to simply as Alice, and the language of the Aboriginal name of the city sounds like "Mparntve".

City of Alice Springs is located in the geographical center of Australia, it is well away from the cities of Adelaide and Darwin. Distances near the coast around 1200 километров, and to the nearest town – 1500 километроKilometers

City of Alice Springs – odnin of the richest cities in Australia, main source of income is tourism city, this is due to the high number of Aboriginal. Also, the city Alice Springs is the center of railways and highways connecting the north and south of the continent.

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Christmas Island(Christmas Island) - A small island in the Indian Ocean, Australian-owned, area of ​​the island - 135 kV. km. The island is located in the 2360 kilometers north-west of Perth and about 500 km south of Jakarta. The island's capital, r. Settlement.

The island of volcanic origin. The highest point - 361 m above sea level. The climate is tropical island. The annual average temperature - about 27 °C. The amount of rainfall is large enough - about 2000 mm per year.

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