Did you guess what this is a picture of?
They are one-week old Short Tailed Opossum babies.
Unlike many marsupials, the Short Tailed Opossum does not have a pouch. They have a unique adaptation in caring for their young. New born babies will latch on to a nipple on their mother's stomach which then enlarges and holds the babies securely in place.
Here they are again, about 3 weeks later:
There's a lot more very interesting information about Short Tailed Opossums at Animal-World.
And now, a little more grown up.
Photo 1: Short Tailed Opossums
Photo 2 & 3: arachnoboards
Friday, March 7, 2008
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6 comments:
the first picture of the baby opposumes was discusting it almost made me throw up
Yeah, the first picture was pretty gross. :P
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