Kangaroo Kids (Joeys) at Brookfield Zoo

Two western grey kangaroo joeys can now be seen with their mothers hopping around their outdoor habitat at Brookfield Zoo's Australia House.
At birth, the two unnamed joeys, born September 18, 2010, and October 9, 2010, were about the size of a jelly bean. Although the gestation period is 30 days, a joey is very underdeveloped at birth, and when born, it needs to crawl up to its mother's pouch without assistance. It then attaches itself to a teat where it remains to grow and develop for about nine months...for more go to http://www.czs.org/joeys

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• kangaroo
• baby
• animal
• joey
• australia
• Brookfield Zoo
• chicago
• park
• illinois

[Re5Hunters]

I wanna pet it!!!! >=D

[20111noor]

Thank you for such wonderful shots and footage of the joeys and kangaroos. We were at Brookfield Zoo 10/09/11 and they didn't want to really come out. My daughter is doing a research project and picked the kangaroo. Thanks again!!!! :))

[eriksori0009]

This is just precious!

[ZooVisitorMM]

It seems like joeys want to stay in the pouch as long as possible. Unlike some other kinds of animals, they are not is so much of a hurry to grow up.

[AndreaMGC]

ADORABLE!!!!! omg......... thats so cute

[GrowlyFreeman]

Adorable, frolicking joeys!