Wild Kratts
Leap Like a Roo!
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Chris and Martin compare their jumping ability to that of the red kangaroo.
Chris and Martin compare their jumping ability to that of the red kangaroo.
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Wild Kratts
Leap Like a Roo!
Clip | 1m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Chris and Martin compare their jumping ability to that of the red kangaroo.
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Brothers here.
I'm Chris.
And I'm Martin.
And we're here with our own mob of red kangaroos.
Check out those springy legs.
That's what gives the red kangaroo his incredible jump.
Let's see how we measure up.
First off, the long jump.
Ready, Martin?
Here it goes!
Nice!
Let's see what you got.
About 6 feet: not bad.
It's not bad?
Pretty good I think!
For a joey maybe.
But an adult male kangaroo can jump this far, 25', about 8 meters.
That's over the times further than the average human can jump.
Average?
Who are you calling average?
(Laughing) All right, time for the high jump!
Yeah.
For Chris to be able to jump as high as a kangaroo, he's going to have to jump 6' or almost 2 m. That's over me and high enough to touch that target.
Ready for this?
(Gasping) Whoa!
(Laughing) How did you do it?
Hey, wait a second.
No way.
You're disqualified.
You can't use a trampoline to jump like a kangaroo.
It's the only way people can do it.
We just don't have the bounce in our jump that a kangaroo does.
Whoo!
Yeah, it's amazing what kangaroo's can do with those springy legs, from that hopping power to those incredible kickboxing matches.
Imagine if we could leap like kangaroos and join the mob.
TOGETHER: What if?
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