Kangaroos are a symbol of Australia！ These cute animals make up a largenumber of Australia’s animal population1. There’s a lot that people don’t knowabout kangaroos， so we put together some fun facts about kangaroos.

袋鼠是澳大利亞的象征！這些可愛的動物在澳大利亞動物數(shù)量中占比很大。人們對袋鼠有很多不了解的地方，所以我們收集了一些關(guān)于袋鼠的趣聞。

Kangaroos jump because they have to.袋鼠跳是因為它們不得不跳遙

You always see kangaroos jumping around because they can’t move one oftheir legs without moving another. That is to say， they can’t use legs to walk.Luckily， it seems they really wouldn’t need to， because they can jump as fast asover 35 miles per hour！

你總是看到袋鼠跳來跳去，因為它們不能在移動一條腿的時候不動另一條腿。也就是說，它們不能用腿走路。好在它們看起來也并不需要會走路，因為它們能以每小時超過35 英里的速度跳躍！

If someone runs after the kangaroos to catch them， they run to water.如果有人追著袋鼠去抓它們袁它們會跑向水邊遙

Although kangaroos don’t have many enemies2， they can sometimes beattacked by humans or dingoes3. To save themselves， kangaroos often go to water.Once there， the kangaroo will try to drown4 the enemy. Otherwise， the kangaroowill back against a tree and kick—this has enough force to kill a human.

雖然袋鼠天敵較少，但它們有時會受到人類或野狗的攻擊。為了自救，袋鼠經(jīng)常去水邊。一旦到了那里，袋鼠就會試圖淹死敵人。否則，袋鼠會背靠著樹踢人——這一腳的力量足以殺死一個人。

Most kangaroos are left-handed.大多數(shù)袋鼠都是左撇子。

While it’s often thought that humans are the only kind of animals that have adominant5 hand， kangaroos do as well！ Wild kangaroos are used to using their lefthand for tasks like cleaning and feeding.

雖然人們通常認(rèn)為人類是唯一擁有慣用手的動物，但袋鼠也是！野生袋鼠習(xí)慣用左手來做梳洗和進(jìn)食等工作。

Australia has more kangaroos than humans.澳大利亞的袋鼠比人多。

With 24 million people living in Australia， there are 44 million kangaroos asof 2015. But in 2009， there were only 27 million kangaroos！ The number hasgrown very fast. Too many kangaroos cause some new problems.

澳大利亞有2400 萬人口，截至2015 年有4400 萬只袋鼠。但是在2009 年，只有2700 萬只袋鼠！它們增長速度非?？?，而過多的袋鼠會引發(fā)一些新問題。

Kangaroo meat is common to Australians.袋鼠肉在澳大利亞很常見。

It’s not unusual to find a“kangaroo burger”on a menu in Australia！ In fact，it is healthier as it is high in protein6 and low in fat. It is also a good choice asmeat. Because the kangaroo population is so high， it does not do much bad fortheir existence7.

在澳大利亞的菜單上發(fā)現(xiàn)“袋鼠漢堡”并不稀奇！事實上，它更健康，因為含有高蛋白、低脂肪。作為肉類也是不錯的選擇。因為袋鼠的數(shù)量如此之多，這對它們的生存并沒有太大的危害。

Kangaroos are hit by cars all the time.袋鼠總是被汽車撞。

In fact， 80% of animals hit by cars in Australia are kangaroos. If you drive inthe Outback and it’s dark， the chances of hitting a kangaroo are so high. Manypeople who live in the country have metal bars8 to deal with hitting a kangaroo.

事實上，澳大利亞80%出車禍的動物都是袋鼠。如果你在內(nèi)陸天黑的時候開車，撞到袋鼠的幾率非常高。許多住在這個國家的人用金屬橫杠來應(yīng)對撞到袋鼠的情況。

The tails of kangaroos act like a third leg.袋鼠的尾巴就像第三條腿。

Not only do kangaroos use their tail for balance9， but it’s also like a thirdleg. They have a special “walk”in which they push off the ground with their tail，and then jump with their legs.

袋鼠不僅用尾巴來保持平衡，而且把它當(dāng)作第三條腿。它們有一種特殊的“行走”方式，用尾巴一推地面，然后用腿跳躍。

There爺s one kind of kangaroos that live in trees.有一種袋鼠生活在樹上。

If you saw these kangaroos， you wouldn’t think they were kangaroos！ Unlikethe kangaroos we think of， tree kangaroos walk on all fours and don’t jump. Notonly that， but they’re native10 to New Guinea and only far northeasternQueensland， while most kangaroos are native to Australia. Sadly， this kind ofkangaroos is becoming less quickly because of less forests and more hunting.

如果你看到這種袋鼠，你不會認(rèn)為它們是袋鼠！與我們想象中的袋鼠不同，樹袋鼠四肢著地行走，不會跳躍。不僅如此，它們原產(chǎn)于新幾內(nèi)亞島，僅分布在昆士蘭州東北部，而大多數(shù)袋鼠都來自澳大利亞?？杀氖牵捎谏肿兊迷絹碓缴?，狩獵行為越來越多，這種袋鼠的數(shù)量正在快速下降。

Kangaroos can’t move backwards.袋鼠不會后退。

Because of how big and strong their tail is， kangaroos can’t jump backwards.Australia took a kangaroo and an emu as symbol of the country. Both are animalsthat can’t move backward， which is a symbol that the nation only moves forwards.

因為它們的尾巴又大又強(qiáng)壯，袋鼠不能向后跳。澳大利亞把袋鼠和鴯鹋作為國家的象征。兩者都是不會后退的動物，這象征著這個民族只進(jìn)不退。

（英語原文選自：thefactsite.com）