Wat does it mean "cross with"? Can you explain this joke?

What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with an elephant? big holes all over Australia.

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Wat does it mean "cross with"? Can you explain this joke?

What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with an elephant? big holes all over Australia. ￼

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If you “cross” A with B, you mix or combine them.

I am an English South African, I could say my culture is English crossed with South African culture.

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In this context the verb "Cross" is a short form of "cross-breed". It means to mix genetically. Imagine an elephant that can jump like a kangaroo. That's where "big holes' come from.

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Cross with — as in mix with — almost like a cross breed — so crossing an elephant with a kangaroo, it wants you to imagine that there’s an elephant hopping around like a kangaroo — get the joke — ha ha !

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'To be cross with' is another phrase for 'to be angry with.'

For example:
I am cross with Andy. He was mean.

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