Kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and possums are just a few of the many

different types of animals called marsupials. Marsupials are unique in the animal

world because the females have pouches their young are born into and the

majority of them are found in Australia and some of it’s surrounding islands. In

kangaroos and wallabies, the pouches keep the babies, called joeys, safe with

mom no matter what she’s doing, whether it’s eating, hopping or sleeping!

Kangaroo joeys are only about the size of a jelly bean when they’re born and will

spend the first few months of their lives Inside the pouch: everything they need

is there, including food. The joys will first pop their heads out of the pouch at

around 4 or 5 months and start adventuring out of the pouch around 6 months.

By 8 months old, the joeys are independent and don’t go back in the pouch.

 Home sweet home!