Where does the mother kangaroo carry her baby?

Answer 1

When a kangaroo or other marsupial is born, it is very small and undeveloped, about the size of a bean. The newborn joey must crawl into its mother's pouch, purely by instinct, where it latches onto a teat. The teat swells in its mouth, effectively locking it into place. There the joey stays to complete its development until it is able to start leaving the pouch and look after itself. The pouch is like a humidicrib or incubation ward. It just happens to be the way marsupials are designed.

Answer 2

The main reason why the female kangaroo carries the joey in its has a pouch is that, like all marsupials, the young are born very undeveloped after a gestation period that is much shorter than that of placental mammals of similar size. Upon birth, the joey must crawl to the mother's pouch where it attaches themselves to a teat. The teat swells in the joey's mouth, securing it in place so that it can continue its development within the safety of the pouch, much as a placental mammal protects its baby within its womb. The pouch is essential to the development of the young, functioning as the womb does in placental mammals.

It is only when the joey reaches at least 7-8 months old that the need to keep safe from predators is a consideration. Any joey dislodged from the pouch prior to this stands little chance of survival.
To begin with, the female kangaroo does not put the newborn joey in her pouch: it crawls there by instinct, aided only by the fact that the female kangaroo licks a path from the birth canal to the pouch. this is to prevent the hairless, pink joey from drying out on its arduous journey to the pouch.

Kangaroos carry their joeys in their pouch because they are marsupials. Marsupial young are born very undeveloped, and must complete most of their growth and development in the pouch. Placental mammals' young are born much more developed than marsupial joeys, which are only about the size of a bean.

After the marsupial gives birth to its undeveloped young, the joey then crawls to the mother's pouch where it latches onto a teat, which swells in its mouth, securing it tightly. The pouch acts as protection for the young joey while it continues its development.

Kangaroos carry their babies (joeys) in their pouch because they are marsupials. Marsupial young are born very undeveloped, and must complete most of their growth and development in the pouch. Placental mammals' young are born much more developed than marsupial joeys, which are only about the size of a bean.

After the marsupial gives birth to its undeveloped young, the joey then crawls to the mother's pouch where it latches onto a teat, which swells in its mouth, securing it tightly. The pouch acts as protection for the young joey while it continues its development.
Young kangaroos (joeys) must stay in the pouch because this is where they receive all their nutrition. Baby Joeys are born about 2cm long, and extremely undeveloped. The baby kangaroo, or 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.

Joeys spend about 6-8 months in the mother's pouch being nursed. In the initial stages, the joey stays attached to the teat until it is ready to begin being independent. A mother kangaroo is capable of having more than one joey of different ages in the pouch at the same time, feeding on different types of milk.

Answer 3

When a kangaroo or other marsupial is born, it is very small and undeveloped, about the size of a bean. The newborn joey must crawl into its mother's pouch, purely by instinct, where it latches onto a teat. The teat swells in its mouth, effectively locking it into place. There the joey stays to complete its development until it is able to start leaving the pouch and look after itself. The pouch is like a humidicrib or incubation ward. It just happens to be the way marsupials are designed.

Answer 4

To begin with, the female kangaroo does not put the newborn joey in her pouch: it crawls there by instinct, aided only by the fact that the female kangaroo licks a path from the birth canal to the pouch. this is to prevent the hairless, pink joey from drying out on its arduous journey to the pouch.

Kangaroos carry their joeys in their pouch because they are marsupials. Marsupial young are born very undeveloped, and must complete most of their growth and development in the pouch. Placental mammals' young are born much more developed than marsupial joeys, which are only about the size of a bean.

After the marsupial gives birth to its undeveloped young, the joey then crawls to the mother's pouch where it latches onto a teat, which swells in its mouth, securing it tightly. The pouch acts as protection for the young joey while it continues its development.

Answer 5

Kangaroos carry their babies (joeys) in their pouch because they are marsupials. Marsupial young are born very undeveloped, and must complete most of their growth and development in the pouch. Placental mammals' young are born much more developed than marsupial joeys, which are only about the size of a bean.

After the marsupial gives birth to its undeveloped young, the joey then crawls to the mother's pouch where it latches onto a teat, which swells in its mouth, securing it tightly. The pouch acts as protection for the young joey while it continues its development.

Answer 6

Young kangaroos (joeys) must stay in the pouch because this is where they receive all their nutrition. Baby Joeys are born about 2cm long, and extremely undeveloped. The baby kangaroo, or 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.

Joeys spend about 6-8 months in the mother's pouch being nursed. In the initial stages, the joey stays attached to the teat until it is ready to begin being independent. A mother kangaroo is capable of having more than one joey of different ages in the pouch at the same time, feeding on different types of milk.

Answer 7

The mother kangaroo carries her baby (joey) in her pouch.