# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CxyB0L1NXbs
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73496697-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/072b05758e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-09-29T16:01:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

Did you know kangaroos can only move forwards?

Their thick muscular tails and Z-shaped hind legs which cannot move independently from the other make it impossible for them to reverse. To move in a different direction they have to pivot their entire body to continue hopping.

#EarthCapture by withgraham
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#Kangaroos #Joeys #KangaroosOfAustralia #WildlifePhotography

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## Tags

kangaroosofaustralia, wildlifephotography, earthcapture, kangaroos, joeys

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