That's like a human having a baby when she's two months ... Another special feature about the kangaroo pouch is that it's lined with sweat glands that release antimicrobial substances, which ...

At first glance, a kangaroo's pouch looks like nothing but a built ... they only spend 33 days inside their mom before birth. That's like a human having a baby when she's two months pregnant.

The most likely explanation is that it's an adaptation to Australia's unforgiving environment. Multiple vaginas — and ...

Why Do Kangaroos Have a Pouch? Red kangaroos ... in place until they can suckle on their own at around two months old. Kangaroo reproduction allows the mother to have up to three offspring ...

The kangaroo joey in this video is a natural at hopping, quickly jumping on his own seconds after leaving his mom's pouch Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Whenever this mama tree kangaroo grabs a bite of food for herself, her adorable baby is sure to peek out of her pouch.

Now, however, a new study has taken a closer look at hundreds of kangaroo teeth, both ancient and modern, and concluded that human beings ... several animals with a pouch. The red kangaroo ...

The Matschie's tree kangaroo is endemic to the Huon Peninsula ... crawls to a teat located inside the mother's pouch, where it attaches itself to nurse. The majority of the infant's development ...

The infant immediately climbs into its mother's pouch and does not emerge for two ... water sources—both of which are boons to kangaroo populations. Many millions of these animals roam Australia ...

"They can have a joey that's in the pouch, and they can have one that's kind of in reserve up there, waiting to start development." A newborn kangaroo is underdeveloped and needs to spend a long ...