An adult male is called a buck , boomer or jack . A baby is called a joey . These shy animals live about 6 years in the wild and up to 20 in captivity. Kangaroos are considered pests due to the damage they do to crops. A group of roos is called a mob .
Females have a pouch in which the young live and drink milk.
They swallow their food without chewing it and later regurgitate a cud and chew it. Without our visitors' support, Enchanted Learning would soon be off-line.