

Human: How long do koalas keep their young in their pouches?

Assistant: Koalas are marsupials, which means they keep their babies in a pouch on their belly, nursing them through a mother’s fur.  Koalas usually keep their young in the pouch for about six months, after which the young will emerge from the pouch on their own.


Human: How long do koalas keep their young in their pouches?

Assistant: Longer than newborns in the womb, which is about 38 weeks.  This difference is mainly due to an egg that’s quite a bit smaller than the size of a human fetus, even though the average koala is a bit bigger than the average human.
How long do koalas keep their young in their pouches?
Koalas are marsupials, which means they keep their babies in a pouch on their belly, nursing them through a mother’s fur.  Koalas usually keep their young in the pouch for about six months, after which the young will emerge from the pouch on their own.
Longer than newborns in the womb, which is about 38 weeks.  This difference is mainly due to an egg that’s quite a bit smaller than the size of a human fetus, even though the average koala is a bit bigger than the average human.