Young wallabies are known as joeys, like many other marsupials.
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Marsupials give birth to a live but relatively undeveloped fetus called ajoey.
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Kangaroo pouches are sticky to support their youngjoey.
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In this part of the lake, commons toads nidify and you can see grebes (or loons) swim with their joeys and heard nightingales sing.
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Kangaroos are sometimes seen with ajoeyin their pouch.
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After this period, thejoeybegins to spend increasing lengths of time out of the pouch, feeding and learning survival skills.
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The six to eight joeys have a pouch life of 40 days and are weaned at 70 days.
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Marsupials typically develop their offspring in an external pouch containing teats to which their newborn young (joeys) attach themselves for post uterine development.
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Mating occurs only once a year, with a maximum of two joeys being born in each pair.
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An infant marsupial is known as ajoey.
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However, after this the blastocyst remains dormant even after thejoeyhas left.
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A female koala has two teats; thejoeyattaches itself to one of them and suckles for the rest of its pouch life.
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Gestation lasts 44 days and joeys of captive bred individuals leave the pouch after 11 months.
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The population expanded with new, wild-born joeys being recorded and survived several drought years in the early 2000s.
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Thejoeygradually spills out of the pouch until it falls out completely.
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