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Kangaroo Joey Facts
Kangaroos weigh less than 2 grams when they are born. The tiny baby, called a joey, climbs up its mother's belly and into her pouch. The mother can't touch it because it is so tiny. She licks a path in her fur for it to travel along. Inside the pouch it grabs onto one of four teats and remains attached to it for about nine months.
Milk is automatically fed to the joey, and the milk changes according to the joey's needs as it grows until it no longer needs milk. At nine months the joey will start to leave the pouch for increasing periods of time, returning always to the same teat for a feed until it no longer drinks milk.
Courtesy of http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/kanga.html
Kangaroos weigh less than 2 grams when they are born. The tiny baby, called a joey, climbs up its mother's belly and into her pouch. The mother can't touch it because it is so tiny. She licks a path in her fur for it to travel along. Inside the pouch it grabs onto one of four teats and remains attached to it for about nine months.
Milk is automatically fed to the joey, and the milk changes according to the joey's needs as it grows until it no longer needs milk. At nine months the joey will start to leave the pouch for increasing periods of time, returning always to the same teat for a feed until it no longer drinks milk.
Courtesy of http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/kanga.html
