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

  • @aibler
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    251 month ago

    Kangaroos as well! They climb up to the pouch to continue growing in there.

  • @[email protected]
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    161 month 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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      141 month ago

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

      • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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        71 month ago

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

        • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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          1 month 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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          51 month ago

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

    • @Plantfoodclock
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      31 month ago

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

    • @jettrscga
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      121 month ago

      11-13 days after mating. That’s some real time baby feedback.

    • @ickplantOPM
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      81 month ago

      I can do that, too. One time I got my ears irrigated cause I had a wax buildup, and I swear the piece that came out looked like Africa. I could hear so much better that day.