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Marsupials

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Field guideHow kangaroo pouches workThe pouch is a muscular fold of abdominal skin, not a second womb. After a short gestation, the highly undeveloped joey crawls from the birth opening to a teat, remains attached while its organs mature, and later leaves and returns while continuing to nurse.