"The marsupial pouch is a fold of skin that cradles and transports
young animals. The young Grey Kangaroo will stay in it’s mother’s
pouch for 10 months, the longest of any marsupial."
Brown
Antechinus
The Brown Antechinusproduces and carries more
offspring in its pouch than any other marsupial. They can
have up to 12 young! The female has an open pouch
which is a flap of raised skin. Also, this animal is a
marsupial carnivore – a marsupial that eats mostly meat!
Koala
Since the Koalais an animal that
spends a lot of its time in trees, I thought
their pouches would open upwards. But they
don’t!
The Koala has a backwards opening pouch.
This is because the Koala’s ancestors were
burrowers. These animals have a special
muscle around their pouches that tightens
and keeps the young animals inside.
