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Radio 4 Extra,25 Jun 2014,15 mins

Series Series 2

3. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo

Just So Science

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Vivienne Parry considers another of the animals from Rudyard Kipling's much loved Just So Stories for Children. Assisted by researchers of 'infinite sagacity', she sets out to discover whether his fantasies contain any grains of truth? So what about Old Man Kangaroo? Jon Hutchinson and Maria Nilsson discuss how the kangaroo got his hop and why TV's Skippy is no longer considered Australian - at least, genetically. Excerpts read by Samuel West. Producer: Rami Tzabar First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 2014.

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