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Josh Clark

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Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

And we're going to come back and finally talk about how kangaroos hop.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

What do you think?

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

All right, let's do it.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Okay, where I left off, Chuck, I was talking about the fourth toe, and this is the design element that allows the kangaroo to hop.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Because if you look at a kangaroo's foot, the first toe, looking at the kangaroo's foot from the inside of the foot outward,

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

The first toe is pretty puny, might not even be there.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

The second and third toes, they're okay.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

They're like smallish and they each have a nail, but they seem to be fused together.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

So like webbed toes almost.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Like my sister.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Oh yeah, I didn't know she had webbed toes.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Is she a fast swimmer?

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

But surely it would have to give you an advantage to some degree.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Well, next time you get a chance to, race her and let me know how it turns out.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

All right.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Finally, we get to the fourth toe.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

And the fourth toe is like just this massive beast of a toe.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

And it's in line with the leg bones of the kangaroo's legs.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

And this is where the actual hopping begins.