{"id":1804,"date":"2026-05-05T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/cikavinky\/kenguru-mamyna-sumka-i-malyuk\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:13:47","slug":"kenguru-mamyna-sumka-i-malyuk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/cikavinky\/kenguru-mamyna-sumka-i-malyuk\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does a baby kangaroo live in its mother's pocket?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why does a baby kangaroo live in its mother's pocket?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Imagine a newborn kangaroo. It is the size of a bean \u2014 only 2 centimeters. It weighs 1 gram \u2014 less than a paper clip! It has no fur, no sight, and no hind legs. But it has two tiny front legs. And they are the ones that save its life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately after birth \u2014 and this is the most amazing thing \u2014 the tiny, naked creature begins to crawl! It crawls up, along its mother\u2019s belly, holding on to the fur with its front paws. A journey of 15 centimeters takes it 3 minutes \u2014 and for us, that\u2019s like crawling across three football fields. Where is it headed? To its mother\u2019s pouch on its belly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having crawled, the baby kangaroo climbs into the bag, finds milk and clings to it for 5 months. It does not get out of there at all - because it does not yet know how to breathe independently for a long time, walk or see. The bag is its mother's "incubator", warm and safe. Inside the temperature is always +30 degrees, soft and quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now the most fantastic. A kangaroo mother can\u2026 change the composition of her milk! If there is a newborn baby in the pouch, she needs very fatty milk. And if there is an older one, she needs low-fat and nutritious milk. Moreover, a mother can have TWO children at the same time! One is in the pouch, a baby. The other is older, running alongside. And the mother produces two different types of milk from two different nipples! Scientists are delighted: it is almost a superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A baby kangaroo lives in a pouch for almost 10 months. Then it jumps out to play \u2014 and comes back again. And when it is already quite big, only its head goes into the pouch to drink milk. Imagine: your mother carries you in her pocket for a whole year. How do you like such protection?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More interesting facts about animals at on the category page<\/a> \u2728<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

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