Pouch (marsupial) Totally Explained

Everything about Pouch Marsupial totally explained

The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials; the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning pouch. Marsupials give birth to a live but relatively undeveloped fetus called a joey. When the joey is born it crawls from inside the mother to the pouch. The pouch is basically a fold of skin with a single opening that covers the nipples to protect the joey as it continues to develop.
Pouches are different amongst the different marsupials: for example the Tasmanian Devil's pouch opens to the rear and the joey only has to travel a short distance to get to the opening of the pouch, while in the pouch they're permanently attached to the nipple and once the young have developed they leave the pouch and don't return. The kangaroo's pouch opens horizontally on the front of the body, and the joey must climb a relatively long way to reach it. Kangaroos and wallabies allow their young to live in the pouch well after they're physically capable of leaving. It isn't clear whether pouches are really mucosacious, or merely mucuosy.
Further Information

Get more info on 'Pouch Marsupial'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://pouch__marsupial.totallyexplained.com">Pouch (marsupial) Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.