Kangaroo

live

everywhere

in

Australia.

It

is

a

national

symbol

of

Australia

.

How

did

this

lovely

animal

get

its

name?

In

the

18th

century

when

James

Cook,

a

famous

British

explorer,

was

in

Australia,

he

saw

the

animal

for

the

first

time.

He

asked

a

local

man

what

it

was

in

English.

The

man

answered

in

therir

language,

"Kangaroo."It

meant"I

don't

understand

you."

But

Cook

thought

it

was

the

name

of

the

animal.The

name

"kangaroo"has

been

used

since

then.

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