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Identifier: animallifeinseao00coop (find matches)
Title: Animal life in the sea and on the land
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Cooper, Sarah. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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228.—The Home of the Kangaroo. opment. In this violent exercise the powerful tail has itspart to perform also, and by its assistance the kangaroo isable to make enormous leaps in rapid succession. Whenthe animal is feeding upon the grass by the way, it walkson all four legs, and its motion is then slow and un-graceful. 4. The Pouch of the Kangaroo.—But the distinctive feat-ure of the kangaroo, and the one which especially inter-ests naturalists, is a curious pouch which the females havefor carrying their young ones. KANGAROOS AND OPOSSUMS. 335 5. The Helpless Young. — At the time of their birthyoung kangaroos are extremely weak and helpless, andthe mother soon lifts her tiny babies into the pouch which
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is formed by a fold of the skinof her abdomen. Within thispouch are situated the teats,and although the little creat-ures are too feeble to obtaintheir nourishment by sucking, they take hold of one ofthe teats and remain attached to it night and day, whilethe mother now and then feeds them by forcing the milkfrom her own body into their mouths. 336 ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE LAND. 6. The tender young animals are carried in this warmcradle until they are strong enough to depend upon them-selves. As they grow larger, they occasionally stick theirlittle heads out of the pouch to look around them, and tonibble at the grass within reach. Later on they jump outof the pouch, and scramble back again as they please, al-ways taking refuge there upon the slightest alarm. . 7. Marsupials. — Animals possessing these remarkablepouches are called marsupials. With the single excep-tion of the opossum of America, marsupials are confinedexclusively to Australia and the islands near it. And iti

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