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This is called embryonic diapause. The mother kangaroo spends most of her adult life pregnant, but in drought times, she has the ability to indefinitely "freeze" the development of the young embryo until food sources are replenished. It enables survival of the species.
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Do female kangaroos have pouches?
Yes. All female kangaroos have a pouch.
Are kangaroos born with tails?
Yes. Although they are tiny, bean-sized embryos when first born, kangaroo joeys have all the features they will need later in life, including their tail, and a pouch for the female.
Is an embryo male or female?
Embryos can be male or female.
What vertebrates whose embryos develop in the uterus of the female is called what?
Placentals
Which gender develops first?
In the development of humans, the default is female. That is the reason that all humans have nipples.
Do Joey kangaroos have pouches?
Yes. Young female kangaroos do have pouches. Males never develop a pouch.
What are the female kangaroos carrying in their pouch?
Baby kangaroo
Do female kangaroos have tails?
Yes, all of them have tails
Does a female kangaroo hunt?
Kangaroos are herbivores. They do not hunt.
Do male an female kangaroos live together?
Yes they do.
Do male kangaroos have nipples?
Of course they do! They are live born mammals!
Do kangaroos use their pouches often?
Given that female kangaroos of reproductive age are in an almost perpetual state of pregnancy, the answer is "yes".
