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A newborn kangaroo is smaller than a grape
The joey climbs unaided to the pouch and attaches to a teat Birth happens after about five weeks of pregnancy, and the blind joey crawls through fur to the opening. Inside the pouch it stays attached for months while growing. Milk composition changes as the joey ages. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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A newborn kangaroo is smaller than a grape: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- The joey climbs unaided to the pouch and attaches to a teat. The figure is taken from Australian Museum, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a animals fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
- What else can I read about it?
- The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.