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Do kangaroos eat the cactus

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Some members of the snake family are very small. The smallest known member of the very wide-ranging kangaroo family is the Musky Rat-kangaroo, which is about 23cm long, and this little creature easily falls prey to snakes.

Some snakes, particularly pythons, will certainly try to eat kangaroos which are the size of wallabies. Pythons are also known predators of tree kangaroos.

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No. Kangaroos do not live in the more arid areas of Australia, but need bushland and grasslands where decent, edible vegetation is plentiful. They eat young shoots, leaves and grasses.

Cacti are new world plants only (Americas) and do not occur naturally in Australia. Many species of prickly pear cacti have been introduced and have become a major invasive weed across wide tracts of the Australian inland. Only certain species of rat-kangaroos and rock wallabies, all of which are indeed members of the kangaroo family, can eat the fruit of the prickly pear, but not the succulent, prickly stems.

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No. Kangaroos do not eat fish. Most species are herbivorous.

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a full grown python would eat coyotes also

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Can a kangaroo eat while hopping?

No. Kangaroos are grazing animals. They do not eat on the run.


What are the names of the plants that kangaroos eat?

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Is a kangaroo a herbivore?

It depends on the species. The animals most commonly known as kangaroos are herbivores, primarily eating grass and other vegetation. Besides grass, they eat young shoots and tender leaves of native shrubs. They enjoy grains as well, but being herbivorous, they do not eat any other animals. Kangaroos are grazing animals, and they will regurgitate their food to chew like cattle chew their cud. These kangaroos include the larger red and grey kangaroos, as well as wallaroos, wallabies, quokkas, potoroos and bettongs, or rat-kangaroos. Bettongs also eat fungi and tubers.Tree kangaroos eat leaves, and sometimes fruit. Some varieties of tree kangaroo are omnivores, eating insects and other invertebrates. The Goodfellow's tree kangaroo has been known to eat eggs and small birds as well.Smaller varieties of kangaroos such as the musky-rat kangaroo are omnivores, eating fruits, seeds, fungi insect larvae and small invertebrates such as grasshoppers and beetles.There is no species of kangaroo which is classified as carnivorous.


What do tree kangaroos eat?

Tree-kangaroo eats rainforest leaves and some fruits.


What does a cactus wren eat?

Cactus are eaten in most places in the world where they grow. But now they are becoming available in grocery stores. Some cactus store water and can be life-saving when folks are lost in the desert and without water. Jams and jellies are sometimes made from the fruit/flowers of some cactus, notably the prickly pear.

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Do kangaroos eat cactuses?

Kangaroos will certainly eat young wattle / acacia saplings, especially the new shoots. When revegetating native bushland, fencing is required around young native trees such as acacia and eucalyptus to prevent kangaroos and wallabies from nipping off the tops.


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Do cactus grow where kangaroos live?

As a general rule, kangaroos do not inhabit the arid and semi-arid areas of Australia when there are grasslands or bushland still available. However, cactus can grow in any area, and the introduced species Prickly Pear is a particularly invasive species that is likely to be found wherever there are kangaroos.


How offten do cactus wrens eat?

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What is a cactus's diet?

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Can you eat organ pipe cactus fruit?

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How much do red kangaroos eat?

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