We did our project on the red kangaroo and predict that it will become a new species that has shorter legs, a smaller body, longer arms (equal to the legs), and the hind feet will stay long and narrow. We predict that those changes will happen slowly as global warming and humans destroying the kangaroo habitat increase. First the global warming and the humans destroying their habitat will slowly kill the red kangaroos main food sources which are plants and grass. The kangaroos can last a pretty good time without water because they get most of it from the grass/plants. With global warming and humans destroying the habitat more, the kangaroos won’t get the right nutrients from the dead plants and will separate/ move towards the coasts of Australia to find more water and green plants. As they move in different paths they still might not find a whole lot of water or fresh plants since the moving would be slow and there would still be global warming. With not a lot of food to eat the joeys/ smaller kangaroos won’t grow much and become a smaller size with their tail, legs, and overall body becoming smaller as the years pass. At one point in time some of the kangaroos will find water, but still not many plants so they become omnivores and eat fish found in the water. While some of the kangaroos eat fish, other kangaroos that went in a different direction find fresh plants and continue to survive the way they always did. The kangaroos that become omnivores get the nutrients from the fish and become slightly bigger but not as big as they used to be. Their arms do become the same length as their hind legs and they will be able to walk with all four legs. The smaller kangaroos that have changes with their legs, arms, and body become a new species to the other kangaroos that are still the same.
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Doclights/Grospitz & Westphalen. Desert of the Red Kangaroo. Digital image. National Geographic Wild. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2016.
<http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/wild-australia/galleries/desert-of-the-red-kangaroo/at/whole-lotta-hop-2091330/>.
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National Geographic Society. "Red Kangaroos, Red Kangaroo Pictures, Red Kangaroo Facts - National Geographic." National Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 29
Jan. 2016.
"Red Kangaroo Videos, Photos and Facts." Macropus Rufus. Wildscreen Arkive, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2016.