How do kangaroos gather food?

Answer 1

Kangaroos do not gather food (gathering implies that they collect it and store it to eat later) they are herbivores and they graze on grass and other green vegetation.

Kangaroos only live in areas where there is sufficient vegetation such as grasses and young plant shoots. They are notorious for eating the tops off young trees, where the shoots are fresh and green.

Similarly, the reason one sees so many dead roos by the side of the road in the bush and the outback is because they graze by the side of the road and, when they see a vehicle, have an unfortunate tendency to hop away - in front of the vehicle. The grass at the side of the road is usually fresher and greener, getting some water runoff from the road and condensation arising as the warmth of the road meets the cold night air.

Answer 2

Kangaroos are grazing animals, and they only eat fresh grass and new shoots. Consequently, they are a semi-nomadic animal, roaming in "mobs" in search of healthy food sources. They seem to have an innate awareness of where the rains have been, or are coming, and they will often move to those areas.

Answer 3

Tree kangaroos don't "gather" food, but they feed from the leaves, flowers and fruits of the thick vines and trees in which they live. They sometimes descend the trees in order to feed on ferns and moss which they find in the rainforest habitat in which they live.

Answer 4

Koalas feed by climbing certain species of eucalyptus trees which are their favoured types. They reach out to grab leaves (and occasionally, eucalyptus blossoms) with their paws, which have digits that act as opposable thumbs and enable them to grip their food.

Answer 5

Kangaroos graze on grasses by sitting on their hindlegs and leaning down, sometimes pulling themselves forward on their front legs.