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I assume that you're talking about marsupial mammals. At first, they are born live, like human babies. The difference is that the mother's gestatoin period (nine months in humans) is very short, so the babies are born very undeveloped. After emerging from the birth canal, the babies must immediately crawl to the mother's nipple, which may or may not be surrounded by a pouch (for protection). They attach themselves to the nipple and suckle for several weeks or months without getting off it. By the end of this time, they are much more developed.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoIn a pouch mainly.
The baby marsupial, known as a joey, emerges from the birth canal, much as any mammal young does, but it is completely blind and hairless. Moving by instinct only, it crawls up the mother's fur to the pouch, where it attaches to a teat. The teat then swells in the joey's mouth, securing it through all the mother's movement so it cannot be dislodged, until it has grown for several weeks.
There are some species, such as the numbat, which do not develop in a pouch because the female has no pouch. In the case of the numbat, the young cling to the mother's underside, still firmly attached to the teat by their mouth, as the teat swells up in the embryo's mouth.
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∙ 13y agoThis depends upon the species of marsupial.
The shortest gestation period known among the marsupials belongs to the Virginian opossum and the yapok (an unusual, rare water opossum), which both have a gestation period period of 12-13 days.
Some kangaroo species have a gestation period of 36 days.
Either way, their gestation is very short compared to that of placental mammals. This is because when a young marsupial joey is born, it must make its way by instinct into the mother's pouch where it latches onto a teat: here it stays, continuing its development for many more months. It is as dependent upon its time in the pouch as other animals' young are dependent on their time in the mother's uterus in order to grow properly.
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∙ 10y agoBecause marsupials are typically born underdeveloped, their mothers are often very protective of them. In many instances, marsupials are raised inside the pouch of their mother, where they nurse on a teat inside.
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∙ 13y agoFrom the female body which the young is then put in a pouch.
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What is so unique about marsupial animals?
The reason marsupials are unique is that they have a pouch where they keep there baby. eg. Kangaroo Not all marsupials have a pouch. The numbat, for example, does not have a pouch. Marsupial joeys are all born extremely undeveloped, and they must stay attached to the mother's teat for several months while they grow and develop.
Is Hawaii a country that has many unique and marsupial animals?
No. Hawaii is a state, not a country.Australia is a country that has many unique marsupials.
Is the numbat Australian?
Yes. Numbats are small marsupials unique to Western Australia.
Do kangaroos have eggs or live birth?
They are born not in an egg, they are born as kangaroos just like humans are born as humans and not in an egg
How big is a sugar glider when born?
All marsupials are born very undeveloped. Like other marsupials, baby sugar gliders are about the size of a jellybean when they are first born.
What is the theme of the song born this way?
That everybody was born this way...as in like...hmmm....everyone was born their own way...and are unique..? Just think about it and maybe you'll get what I mean. :)
How are wombats born are they born as an egg?
No. The only mammals hatched from eggs are platypuses and echidnas. Wombats are marsupials; therefore they give birth to live young.
Are wallabies born twice?
No. Wallabies and other marsupials are not born twice. After their birth, they make their way from the birth canal to the pouch, or marsupium, where they continue their development, not emerging for several months.
Do Koalas lay eggs?
No. Koalas do not lay eggs, Koalas are mammals, specifically marsupials. Marsupials are pouched mammals, not egg-laying mammals. Mammals give birth to live young, with the exception of monotremes, i.e. platypuses and echidnas, which are also unique to Australia.
What is unique about all the mammals in the Order Marsupialia?
Marsupials have pouches to carry their young. No other animal besides marsupials have pouches.Correction:It is not the pouch that makes marsupials unique. This is a common but erroneous belief. Not all marsupials have pouches, and some other creatures, such as echidnas, do carry their young in a pouch.What makes the marsupial different is the fact that the young are all born extremely undeveloped, after a short gestation period. Most species then nurture their joeys in a pouch, but the joeys of those that do not have a pouch cling to the mother's underbelly, secured by the mother's teat which has swollen in the joey's mouth.In addition, female marsupials have two vaginas, or what are called paired lateral vaginae. These are for the purpose of transporting the sperm to the womb, but there is a midline pseudovaginal canal for actually giving birth. As well as two vaginas and two uteruses, female marsupials have two fallopian tubes and two cervixes.
How are Tasmanian tigers born?
They were born just like other mammals and marsupials.
Where do baby marsupials live after they're born?
After young marsupials, known as joeys, are born, they live in their mother's pouch for between several weeks and several months, depending on the species.
