Thursday, April 16, 2009

Possum Birth


We all had the most amazing experience yesterday. We got to witness a baby possum being born. While there are possums being born all the time it's a once in a lifetime sort of thing to witness. They are born very embryonic - blind & the size of a jelly bean and crawl from the cloaca (at the bottom left hand corner of the photo) to the pouch (the darker patch near the top right corner). There they attach them selves to the teat inside the pouch. It was amazing!

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