Interesting facts about Kangaroo rat!

                                The Kangaroo Rat Never Needs To Drink Water:-

• Normally human beings and Animals can survive approximately 7days with out drinking water, but for our surprise kangaroo rat can survive with drinking water for its life time.
• Kangaroo rats have long tails and big hind feet with four toes. They have large heads with big eyes and small ears. They are a sandy brown color with a white underbelly
• Kangaroo rats eat seeds from a variety of desert grasses as well as mesquite beans. On occasion, some kangaroo rats will eat green vegetation and some insects. 

• Kangaroo rats generally live in underground burrows which they have excavated themselves. Often times the burrow is at the base of a shrub or bush. It spends most of its day underground sleeping, and comes out to feed at night when it is cooler.

• The life span of a wild kangaroo rat is not very long, only 2-5 years

• They obtain enough water from the metabolic oxidation of the seeds they eat to survive and do not need to drink water at all.

Source :- http://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/krat.php

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