Monday, December 23, 2002
the animal I'd most like to be right now: a kangaroo.
not only do they sensibly give birth when the fetus is a couple of inches long, keeping it alive on a nipple till it's ready to hop out of the VERY LARGE OPENING of the pouch (= no labour!), they can keep a second embryo in "storage" in the womb until the baby is either ready to fend for itself or dies. I guess having nine in storage is pretty much the same. now if I could only figure out the pouch thing...
not only do they sensibly give birth when the fetus is a couple of inches long, keeping it alive on a nipple till it's ready to hop out of the VERY LARGE OPENING of the pouch (= no labour!), they can keep a second embryo in "storage" in the womb until the baby is either ready to fend for itself or dies. I guess having nine in storage is pretty much the same. now if I could only figure out the pouch thing...
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