Why do kangaroos have a pouch? Detailed answer

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Why do kangaroos have a pouch?

There are seven kinds of animals that have a pouch. For this reason they are called "marsupials" and one of them is the kangaroo.

The bag, which is located between the hind legs of a kangaroo, is the coziest and most comfortable house that a newborn can have. She keeps the baby warm, protects, allows him to move freely, enables the mother to feed him, since the mammary glands are in her bag. Nature has provided kangaroos and other marsupials with such an adaptation because their cubs are born very small and weak. A newborn kangaroo is a tiny, pink, naked creature just over 3mm in size. Can you imagine what would happen if such a helpless creature did not immediately get a place where warmth, comfort and protection await him?

The mother puts the newborn in a bag, and for 6 months it is his "home". Six months later, the young kangaroo is already the size of a puppy. But life in a bag is too good to want to leave it. So the baby (Joey, as they call him in Australia) turns in all directions in his bag, while his head sticks out far enough to grab the leaves when the mother stops to pinch them from the branches of trees. Even after the mother taught the kangaroo to walk and jump, the bag continues to be his home. At the slightest danger to the baby, the mother jumps up to him, grabs him with her mouth and carefully lowers him into the bag.

There are over 120 different varieties of kangaroos. The smallest of them, only 0,6 m tall, is the wallaby. And the largest is a huge red or gray kangaroo, about 1,8 meters!

Kangaroos have short front legs, while the hind legs, on the contrary, are very long with one big sharp toe in the middle of the foot. With the help of its powerful hind legs, the kangaroo jumps 3-4 meters or more. He rests on his long tail. Kangaroo is able to move very quickly, and his hearing is so thin that he can hear the enemy at a great distance.

Author: Likum A.

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What is the fun of kings?

At various times, the phrase has been applied to such pastimes as chariot racing, jousting, falconry, bowling, polo and, in the not too distant past, horse racing.

And yet, for most of the 2000 years of world modern history, there is "fun" that rightfully belongs to the title of "royal". It's about cockfights.

Before the official prohibition in 1835, cockfighting in Britain was considered a truly national sport. There was no village that could not boast of at least one cockfighting arena. Cockfighting was the entertainment of absolutely all classes, from the nobility to ordinary schoolchildren. Special grounds for this sport existed even in the Palace of Westminster and Downing Street. On the last day of Shrovetide, boys - for a nominal fee of one penny - were allowed to bring fighting cocks to school and arrange cockfights.

Nobody knows how and when fighting cocks appeared in Britain. There is a legend that Phoenician merchants brought them, however, most likely, fighting cocks came to Britain in the Iron Age, along with tribes migrating from the east. In 54 BC. e. Julius Caesar was unspeakably surprised to learn that the Britons do not breed birds for meat, but for fighting.

Fighting cocks are generally recognized as the most aggressive of all poultry species. A good rooster fights to the death without any goading. All connoisseurs are unanimous in the opinion that it is in the fighting cock that the ideal of cock beauty is embodied.

The competition among the "cockerels" has always been very tough. Recipes for a special bread that "gives courage" were kept in the strictest confidence, although almost every "cockerel" certainly soaked it in warm urine. The comb and beard were removed (or leveled) from the rooster, and steel spurs (darts) were put on the legs.

It was considered commonplace for a real "cockerel" to wash the head of a wounded rooster, putting it in his mouth and sucking it clean. Horse racing and cockfighting were often held at the same time, since both were gambling entertainment where bets were made.

Some breeds of fighting cocks have become a real legend. So, the breed, bred by Dr. Belley, who lived near Chester, was famous for its "Cheshire blow" - a sudden explosion of deadly cruelty, when the rooster seemed to have "leaked" the fight.

In Louisiana and New Mexico, cockfighting is still legal and legally only considered a misdemeanor (bordering on a misdemeanor) in another sixteen states, such as Tennessee and Arkansas.

A rooster is a male older than one year; the younger ones are considered "roosters", or "colts", in the jargon of "roosters".

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