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Is it true that kangaroo can only move their legs at the same time, like they can’t move them independently leg humans or dogs do?

This has not always been the case however! Australia used to have another group of kangaroos called the sthenurines, also known as "short-faced kangaroos" (skeleton A below). They were proportioned quite differently, with larger bodies and shorter legs, feet and tails:

But a) what about swimming makes it do they can suddenly move their legs independently?

Today I share with you bronze rats from the Meiji period.

Does tumblr know about that Papa Johns sauce bottle pissing everyone off on all the other social media?

in more pleasant news: this year is seeing the biggest humpback migration in Australian history, bigger than it was PRE whaling. That's right, there are more humpbacks migrating off the coast of Australia than there were BEFORE industrial whaling started.