I knew they were tiny because they are marsupials, but not that tiny. Squee!

  • @[email protected]
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    167 months ago

    So I guess the marsupial pouch is really like an external womb, because that would be a fetus of any other mammal. Nature is crazy.

    • @ickplantOPM
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      147 months ago

      Yes, that’s it! They climb in there, swallow the nipple and continue to “bake in the oven.”

      • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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        77 months ago

        Sugar Gliders are tiny, they look similar in size to larva last time I saw them

        • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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          7 months ago

          (not mine this is just a picture from online. I would never recommend doing this, they likely killed it because they navigate with limited senses to travel to the nipple)

        • @ickplantOPM
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          57 months ago

          Yeah, that’s an excellent question. It doesn’t sound like the cleanest operation.

    • @Plantfoodclock
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      37 months ago

      For anyone else who had no idea how marsupial fetus-babies climbed from vagina to pouch: link