Kangaroo Joeys in Pouch Part 2

[zthreedp]

RooGully please tell me- how do you open the puch as wide as it goes without the mummy kicking you?

[wildYvonne]

when they poop how does she cleans it? =T

[katiebaby61995]

that is just sooooo cute! i still cant believe how small they are at first!!! :) favorite animal everrrrr!

[robmcewannz]

i really must say that all you out there telling the experts not to touch the joeysc are d1ckeads!!! these people know what they are doing and are doing their best for these animals! Go back to you desk jobs and do some bloody work instead of watching YouTube!

[RooGully]

@robmcewannz Thanks heaps for your comment. Wish everyone would realise these joeys were not touched every minute of every day. We maybe looked at them one time each week and the mothers were very relaxed about the whole thing. Plus.........we would challenge anyone to try and do what we did with a kangaroo that was not complaint with the whole thing!! Thanks again for your support. And yes both joeys grew to be mothers themselves.

[xxjoykillerable]

SO CUTE

[Tyundra]

@RooGully that's good, I would hate to see it get sick or anything

[RooGully]

@Tyundra Thanks. Both joeys went on to become very healthy adults and have joeys of their own.

[Tyundra]

I feel like she shouldn't touch it 0__o what if she makes it sick with all that touching

[RooGully]

@Tyundra No we didn't make it sick. The mother trusted us and hands were clean. And we went to have a good relationship with the joey.

[RobbytheLion]

Well they can't stay pink forever! I always wondered how the mother roos keep their pouches free of dirt, twigs and stuff the joey tracks in. It makes sense that she cleans it out herself.

[dullaprut]

haha i thought joeys was a name!

[grouchyjay]

they look they how my baby rabbits looked like when they were first born!

[leauxbert]

G'day, mum! That would be awesome if a joey actually said that.

[Charm33Virgo]

G'day mum

[NessaT89]

Don't touch him!! :s He looks so fragile!!!!

[uchihasharingansama]

You know, not to sound like a bitch or anything, but if I was on the other line of that call to the vets office, my response would have been something like, I don't know, lets see.. "..how about stop checking on it every two minutes and let the baby develop naturally." I mean, come on; you didn't have people opening up your mom's womb and taking a peek inside -- poking and proding at you every day.

[RooGully]

Seeing as joey development had never been documented before in such scientific detail it was vital observational research, especially to those caring for and trying to raise these vulnerable babies if their mothers are shot or killed in road accidents. Both mothers were content to allow us to observe their joeys, and both joeys grew to beautiful adults, mothers themselves AND still living at Roo Gully. As for someone watching a human baby develop ...well what so scans do??

[sosmystar5]

simmer down peta lady

[misszsp]

@uchihasharingansama

Hmm this is research so of course it's very important to track every momment of the fetus' development....

[greenfirelady]

@uchihasharingansama Usually, when a person starts out with "You know, not to sound like a bitch or anything" it's just a forewarning they're going to do exactly that....

[chelosera91]

man, let it grow by nature

[goldensleeves]

This is nature, even if they ate it. We all think humans interefere with nature but our actions are natural too. Humans building a sckyscraper are no different from beavers building a dam. It's interesting to me how people view human interaction to other animals as unnatural but view something like lions eating gazelles as natural. I don't know why I felt like saying all of this.

[solracselbor]

I disagree. I see how you are analyzing it down to the fundamental thought that humans are natural, however this may not be the case. Things that are natural do not over consume, they take what they need and then the process recycles itself. However, humans are more like a virus, where we consume all resources quickly without letting the process recycle. This is similar to throwing a wrench in the works. Therefore, we intervene with the natural process of rejuvenation--this is unnatural.

[CreatureofMasquerade]

@solracselbor are viruses unnatural then?

[bluebirdies]

like a tiny smalle hole

[avachat17]

wow that is amazing.. thankyou for sharing with us