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Kangaroo
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Kangaroo
Informal; a stock in Australia. It especially refers to a stock on the All Ordinaries Index, which is the most prominent index of Australian stocks. The term is most often used by foreigners outside of Australia.
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Fish and Wildlife Service forbade residents of California's Riverside County from clearing firebreaks around their homes for fear of disturbing the endangered Stephens' kangaroo rat (despite the fact state authorities required them to do so as a fire protection measure).
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While it appears a lighthearted romp in which dancers take on the mannerisms of a range of creatures including the Southern Cape zebra and the Texan kangaroo rat, underneath lies a plea for protection of these wonderful animals.
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Giant kangaroo rats live in the desert grasslands of California's Carrizo Plain, where they gather grass seeds by harvesting the plants in a circle around their burrows.
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