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Article: Baby on board: discover why some animals spend their childhoods tucked inside a pouch.(life science)
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- SuperScience
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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A female kangaroo bursts through a tangle of branches and bounds across the field. She bounces toward a patch of green grass, leaping two car lengths per hop. Suddenly, she slams to a stop. A baby pops its head out of a pocket on her belly and calmly looks around.
It's hard to believe the baby kangaroo survived such a wild ride. But tucked inside its mother's pouch, the joey is as safe as a baby in a crib. Like other marsupials, the baby 'too spends its childhood living in a soft pouch on its mother's belly. Read on to discover what it's like to grow up inside a pocket.
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