A female sheep is an ewe, a goat is a nanny, but what’s a female kangaroo? A flyer. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Ewes, Nannies, and Flyers”
Grant, I have some more names for adult animals. You know, a sheep is a ewe, a female sheep. A female goat is a nanny, and a kangaroo is, oh, I used to know that. Baby’s a joey, but I don’t remember the mama.
Well, that’s the, yeah, the baby is a joey. What’s the mama? Is a flyer.
Oh, nice. Flyer, yeah.
F-L-Y?
Yeah, F-L-Y-E-R is the female adult kangaroo, and the adult male is either a boomer or a buck.
Boomer or a buck. Very good.
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