Early in the 18th century Captain Cook a famous explorer of Australia unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia. The animal had a large mouse-like head and jumped along on its large legs. To his great surprise the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh. Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was. The guide seemed not to know what he was pointing at and finally said “kangaroo” which Cook carefully wrote down as the animals name in his word book. The Europeans who later got to Australia were anxious to see the unusual animal “kangaroo” but their requests were met with puzzled looks from the native people. Before long they discovered that the native guide who had answered Cook’s question really meant ‘I don’t know what you are pointing at.” Funnily enough the name “kangaroo” stuck and it is still in use today.