The Outback

No, not the resturant, unfortunately. My family and I live in in the Austrialian chaparral where there are no delicious steaks only dry grass and dirt. I am a Great Red Kangaroo, the biggest of all the marsupials. We are herbivores, eating mostly a varity of different grasses and scrub bushes. We do not need a great deal of water as we obtain most of it through the plants we eat. Although our main predator, the Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger is now extinct, we are still hunted by dingos. The farmers of Austrailia, our natural habitat, also hunt us because we tend to eat their grass and crops during drought seasons. Because we are like hippes, and only eat natural, organic produce, we are only predators to grass.


Although I am not apart of this food web, it shows many of my surrounding inhabitants.




This is the biome that I live in. A chaparral is created in specific areas when there is a hot, dry climate and a high atmospheric perssure.



My main predator, the Tasmanian Tiger. The tiger  is now extinct due to hunting.



The chaparral is a  hot, dry biome, much like the dessert. The annual rainfall in a chaparral is about 17-30 inches a year. The average tempature during the summer is anywhere from 64-100 degrees F. In order The chaparral is a very for my species and frankly, any other type of animal to live in the chaparral, we need to have certain adaptations. The Great Red Kangaroo has adapted to the chaparral biome by adjusting it's size, 5 senses, posistion of eyes, parenting skills, feet, body structure and strength, and water preservation. Although the chaparral may seem boring, it is a treasure that you will love when it is opened!


-Hallie the 'Roo