The expert climbing skills of a tree kangaroo

DR KAREN COOMBES runs the Tree Roo Rescue and Conservation Centre in Malanda on the Atherton Tableland, Queensland. Here she cares for injured Lumholtz’s tree kangaroos, a species which is frequently attacked by domestic dogs or killed in collisions with cars.
In this footage we see a juvenile 10-month-old tree roo called Zoe having climbing lessons. Tree kangaroos are adept at climbing in the treetops and are able to both walk backwards and move their hind limbs independent to one another - something ground-based kangaroos cannot do.
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[@somnuswaltz5586]

How cute

[@johnmckenna6203]

Amazing evolution, that one.

[@Kenjiiscool]

one of my chatters said this is not a kangaroo is it a kangaroo

[@yelloworangered]

I wonder whatever made a kangaroo decide to jump into a tree and stay there. Fascinating.

[@siyacer]

I wonder what made kangaroos jump onto the land and live there

[@bkjeong4302]

Tree kangaroos are most closely related to rock wallabies and may even be part of that group; at some point they went from jumping around on cliff walls to jumping around in trees.

[@bryananofa7165]

I am a papuan, in papua we have more than 300 triebes/languanges. In my tribe languange, we call it "wakera".

[@isthisjustfantasy7557]

Interesting :)

[@Erin-xz2ng]

too cute

[@mhdfrb9971]

The Lemurs version of Marsupial

[@evers238]

Imma be a tree kangaroo in my next life

[@meeragrace8495]

this is so cute and ridiculous. she is SO BAD AT THIS!!!!!!!! white knuckled grasp on that rope. that is what i look like in a tree. zoe is so me core. i feel very intensely about this video.