With an endearing face and a thick fur, the Matschies tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea are only found on the island Huon Penisular and theyre endangered. Threats include a growing human population and subsistence hunting. Tree kangaroos for a long time have been part of the local diet.
Theyre difficult to study because of the remoteness of their habitat and they spend most of their lives high in the rainforest canopy, 70 to 100 feet above the ground.
Just getting to their home isnt easy. First, the area is inaccessible by vehicle, so researchers need a small plane,landing on a bumping air strip in the village of Yawan. Then, its a two-day hike in the dense forest, up and down steep mountain ridges. Even once you get there, theyre extremely difficult to find. Local hunters and trackers provide the critical skills to locate these elusive animals.
Tree kangaroos spend most of their time high up in the trees, and so we are not able to see what they are doing up there. Tree kangaroos, really hide in a tree. So you might be able to see that the moss on the trees is the very same color as the tree kangaroos themselves. And tree kangaroos tend to hide in the moss. They look like plush toys up in the branches, but theyre very well-adapted for the cloud forests, with the thick fur and then they have the long claws for climbing the trees and then they have their long tail for balancing themselves. But they can also leap down from the trees onto the ground and not hurt themselves.
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