Aussies and the kangaroo: A love-hate relationship


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Animal keeper Jessica Dick with a kangaroo at Wild Life Sydney Zoo, Australia. Photo: dpa

Dot energetically hops through the enclosure. It’s easy to see where the name comes from: A small dark spot on the fur beneath her right eye.

Part of a group of six females, the seven-year-old kangaroo leads a good life in Sydney’s Wild Life Zoo. The kangaroo is trusting, greedy and simply extremely cute, staring at the visitor with her large gentle eyes.

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