anctuaryatwaikerie.phascolarctoscinereousfacedextinctionbyfurhuntersuntilthe1920s,whenconservationlawsbegantoprotectthecontinentsdozensofmarsupialspecies.
koala也叫袋鼠熊(kangaroobear)。
袋鼠(kangaroo)也只有澳洲有。袋鼠前面两只手,很会打拳(boxing),后面两脚,很能跳,大尾巴在跳的时候可帮忙保持平衡(balance)。
美国有俗语“袋鼠法庭”kangaroocourt,u.s.informal.anunauthorizedorunofficialcourt,usuallyselfconstituted,asamockcourtbyprisonersinajailorafrontiercourt:…shotdownovernorthkoreain1952andcondemnedtoprisonbyaredkangaroocourt.(newsweek),类似中文所说的“私设公堂”。以前在kangaroo州,法官巡回各地办案,由这跑到那,很像袋鼠跳来跳去,所以叫袋鼠法庭。(kangaroocourt:akangaroocourtisanillegalmockorshamcourt,usuallyonesetupbyinmatesofaprisontolevyfinesandpunishmentonotherinmateswhoviolatethe“code”.suchorganizations,usuallyveryinformalinnature,existinmost