My favorite part of Wildlife World. The girls were able to pet the Wallaby's and they even hopped out of their area and tried to get out through the multiple doors they have to keep them in. An aboriginal was their keeper and he played the didgeridoo for everybody. We have a small video clip from our camera so we'll upload that to our site as soon as Hanna gets to it.
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Isabella wants to know the difference between a wallaby and a kangaroo. It was lovely to 'see' the girls for a second, too.
According to my handy little reference book, it's all about size. Any species under 20kg (2.2 pounds to a kg) is a wallaby. The big guys are the kangaroos - such as the Reds, Greys and the wallaroos. The smaller ones include rock-wallabies, Qokkas, pademelons, nailtail wallabies, hare-wallabies, the Banded Hare-wallaby, tree-kangaroos and the Swamp Wallaby. The smallest is the Monjon Rock-wallaby. In the book, all macropods, big or little, are referred to as kangaroos. How's that for a little lesson? :-)
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