「Kangaroo君臨」と言えばKangarulesですか？

昨日の続き、下記のビデオ（英語）を見てどうっやって他の大陸と同じように哺乳類じゃなくてカンガルーなどの有袋類がオーストラリアで主流動物となったのが分かるようになる。

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