Rolling Hills Zoo has announced the sighting of a new joey! From the Rolling Hills Zoo Facebook page:
#OhBaby! There is a new joey ready to make their appearance at Rolling Hills Zoo! You heard it right, a new baby wallaby has been spotted sticking his (or her) head out of mama’s pouch. While this is our first sighting of this wallaby, it is now about 6 to 7 months old.
At this age a joey is starting to poke their head out and respond to stimuli around them. The joey is just furring up now and should start venturing out of its pouch in time for Spring Break. Even after a joey leaves the pouch, it often returns to jump in when danger approaches.
When joeys are born they are the size of a grape. Immediately after birth the joey will crawl into its mother’s pouch and stay there to continue developing while being nourished by mother’s milk. It takes about six months for them to see, grow ears and hair, and walk (or waddle) on their own.
The mother of this joey is Marge, and the father is Barley. This is Marge’s second joey. Her first was Martha, who is part of the mob (group of wallabies) and can be seen out in the yard.
The other wallabies are quite interested in this new young joey, and he/she is very curious about its surroundings.
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