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Kangaroos, like humans, are one of the only mammals that get around on two legs. But about ten species of this marsupial have also evolved to live in trees. Author Sy Montgomery traveled with scientist Lisa Dabek to the ancient cloud forest of Papua New G
Yes Virginia, there are, in fact, ten different kinds of tree kangaroos. Author Sy Montgomery traveled with scientist Lisa Dabek to the ancient cloud forest of Papua New Guinea in search of the Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo. They get up close and personal with this tree-hugging marsupial in the new children’s book “Quest for the Tree Kangaroo”