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2007-02-12 00:56:55 · 3 answers · asked by phil12songs 1 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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Kangaroos can retain their embryo in 'ready reserve' for months untill the conditions in the enviornment are right for the rest of the preganancy.

So in a way yes they can delay a part of their pregnancy untill they are ready to fully commit to the rest of it

2007-02-12 02:09:26 · answer #1 · answered by mayreeha84 1 · 2 1

Kangaroos are very productive if the season is good. A female can have one joey outside the pouch but still needing milk; one inside the pouch attached to a teat; and a fertilised embryo in the womb waiting its turn. The fertilised embryo is called a blastocyst. It can remain at that stage (perhaps 200 cells) until conditions are right for further development.

When a kangaroo is born, it is tiny, just a few centimetres long. It climbs up through the mother's fur to the pouch using its well developed front legs (the back legs are mere buds at this stage). Once inside the pouch it finds a teat and attaches itself to it with its mouth. It then stays there and suckles, developing inside the pouch.

2007-02-12 14:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0 0

I don't know exactly. But I came to know that Kangaroos deliver the womb itself and take care of it in their pouch where the baby develop and come out after some time. I want to know the exact nature of its birth.

2007-02-12 09:03:36 · answer #3 · answered by jp 2 · 0 0

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