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This question is asked a lot. They have that pocket for three things
1. Carrying their off spring
2.Protecting their off spring
3.Feeding their off spring.
They do not carry food in their pockets. Nor can they more they two off spring in the pocket.
The primary purpose of the kangaroo's pouch (called a marsupium) is to protect the young joey while it is developing. Young joeys are born very undeveloped, and most of their growth is done in the pouch. Immediately after they are born, they cral to the pouch by instinct, where they latch onto a teat. the teat swells in their mouth and the joey remains firmly attached, unable to be dislodged accidentally. While they spend just a few weeks in the womb, they spend several months developing in the pouch.
Female kangaroos of reproductive age are in an almost constant state of pregnancy. They have the ability to indefinitely suspend the development of an embryo (called embryonic diapause) until conditions are right for it to be born, e.g. there is enough food to support an increase in the population.
Kangaroos can also have two joeys of differing ages at one time - one in the pouch, and one almost grown one. The mother kangaroo is able to produce two diffferent kinds of milk to meet the nutritional needs of each one.
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Kangaroo have pouch?
The female kangaroo does: her brood pouch.
How many pouches does a kangaroo have?
A female kangaroo has just one pouch.
Why don't male kangaroos also have the pouch?
Only the female kangaroo has a pouch, and this is because the male takes no part at all in rearing the young joey. Only the female is able to provide the developing joey with he nutrition it needs to survive. The female is the one that produces the baby and that feeds it with milk in the pouch.
What is another word for kangaroo pouch?
Marsupium is the pouch of a female marsupial.
What is special about the male seahorse?
the male seahorse gives birth instead of the female :D the female gives birth but the male carries the baby seahorses in a pouch at the front like a kangaroo XD
How many pouches does normal female kangaroo have?
A mother kangaroo has one pouch.
What are the female kangaroos carrying in their pouch?
Baby kangaroo
Do male kangaroos have pouches?
No, only the female. The pouch is where the tiny young kangaroo crawls to develop further, attached to a teat. Only female kangaroos have pouches just as only female mammals have a uterus. The sole purpose of the pouch is to give the underdeveloped baby a safe place to grow and feed until it is old enough to live independently of its mother.
What is the meaning of female kangaroo?
A female kangaroo has babys but the male dosent
What will happen to the pouch of a female kangaroo if its young goes out already?
pooo!
What Australian animal hops around carrying its baby in its pouch?
All members of the kangaroo family move with a hopping motion, and the female carries her joey in a pouch. They include:kangaroopotorooquokkawallabywallaroopademelonrat-kangaroo (not kangaroo-rat)
What is the baby kangaroo carried in?
The pouch is purely for the purpose of carrying the young joey.
