What causes the pouch in Kangaroo's to develop?

Subject: What causes the pouch in Kangaroo's to develop?

Date: Tue Feb 29 00:40:20 2000
Posted by Andy Boen
Grade level: undergrad School: University of Minnesota-Crookston
City: Crookston State/Province: MN Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 951806420.Zo

Message:


I have always wondered why marsupials have pouches to raise their young 
and what causes the pouch to develop.  What in nature helped create the 
evolution of the pouch like area for caring of the offspring?

Re: What causes the pouch in Kangaroo's to develop?

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