FYI - Male Kangaroos do have pouches. Just in case you were wondering.
In other roo related news - a man at the mouthwatering QVM in Melbourne told me that Kangaroos are considered lucky animals because they can only jump forwards and not back.
Becks is a marine ecology PhD student, living in Queensland (Australia), Dumaguete (Philippines) and London (UK). Marinegirl is her online alter-ego. She dreamt her up as as super-gorgeous superhero saving the underwater world (if you've seen Captain Planet, you get the idea). She is not, and never will be, in the marines.