Robyn,

1969, I was closing Tophouse Hotel
no wallabies (or wannabies) there then. Howsomever... a few years earlier, Gerald Durrell wrote (& filmed) a damned good description of the birth of a kangaroo. The words are in "Two in the Bush" - BBC may have the film footage...

Helen, your definition of 'kangaroo' has totally shattered my life - I always thought of AA Milne's 'Kanga' and 'Roo'... Anyway...

Kangaroo, Helen = (I'll get the jump on you)

Cheers - Sam (just to the right of Marsupialmania) - he ducks with no thoughts of platty-pussies. Chortle....