Kangaroos are misunderstood.

“Kangaroo” is an Aboriginal word, but for them it doesn’t mean kangaroo.
When Captain Cook discovered Australia, he drew pictures of the plants and animals. When he asked a native what the name of the kangaroos was, the aborigine, strangely enough not knowing how to speak English, replied “kangaroo”, which means, “I don’t understand you”.

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