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Can a kangaroo be domestic

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Kangaroos actually adapt quite easily to life as a domestic pet if they have been raised as household pets. They cannot adapt if they have been taken from the wild. In Australia's southern states, licences are not required to keep kangaroos (as long as the animals have been raised in captivity), and people on large properties certainly do have pet kangaroos of which they are very fond.

Kangaroos do not have a lot of thinking power. They cannot be trained, but they can certainly learn how to get their own way.

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