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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 65 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I had to look it up too. You might want to stop reading after the Kangaroo paragraph.

Kangaroos are born after less than a month, and then climb into the pouch, attach to a teat and stay there for half a year before being ready to face the outside world.

Spotted Hyenas gestate for about 110 days and then have to make it though the mother's pseudo penis, which can tear with first-time mothers (fatal to her) and can suffocate the cub (fatal to them) with cubs of first-time mums only having a 40% chance of surviving birth.

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.org 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

It just works (well enough)!

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good to know the Kangaroo one is in fact essentially "The baby just pops up in the pouch one day."

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago

Then grows like a tumor

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

The kangaroo baby is also like the size of a jellybean when it comes out into the pouch. Very easy birth for the mum.

[–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where on this scale is the kiwi bird?

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Depending on whether there's egg binding or not...