Fossils show giant prehistoric kangaroos could still hop
January 22, 2026
January 22, 2026
BRISTOL, England, Jan. 22 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release:
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Fossils show giant prehistoric kangaroos could still hop
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Today, the red kangaroo is the largest living hopping animal and weighs around 90kg. But during the Ice Age, some kangaroos grew more than twice the size of that - some reaching up to 250kg.
For years, researchers believed these giants must have abandoned hopping, as earlier stu . . .
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Fossils show giant prehistoric kangaroos could still hop
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Today, the red kangaroo is the largest living hopping animal and weighs around 90kg. But during the Ice Age, some kangaroos grew more than twice the size of that - some reaching up to 250kg.
For years, researchers believed these giants must have abandoned hopping, as earlier stu . . .