A zoo has stated it’s “so excited” to have noticed a potoroo joey in its enclosure for the primary time.
Marwell Zoo, close to Winchester in Hampshire, stated the tiny southern long-nosed potoroo joey was in all probability three months outdated, however has solely simply been seen diving out and in of first-time mum Truffle’s pouch.
The nocturnal marsupials are native to south-eastern Australia and resemble small wallabies.
Arun Selby, primates and small mammals keeper at Marwell, stated: “It is an ideal alternative to study as a result of we’ve not had a child potoroo right here earlier than.”
He added: “We’re not sure of its gender as a result of we’ve not seen it a lot but, aside from leaping out to hitch in at feeds.
“It has been out of the pouch, working round having its personal zoomies.”
He stated you solely get to see if “fleetingly” however the zoo was “so excited” and “cannot wait to see it develop”.
Protecting mum Truffle and pa Neville have constructed two nests within the enclosure, which in addition they disguise the newborn in.
Potoroo joeys begin out concerning the dimension of a jelly bean of their mom’s pouch and Marwell believes that now Truffle has been pregnant, she is going to virtually constantly produce infants for so long as she is ready to.
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