Birth of the red kangaroo

Duration: 21

Year Published: 1968

Creator: International Film Bureau

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses the red kangaroo to illustrate the unique features of marsupial development, the basic structure and function of mammalian reproductive organs, and mammalian embryonic development. , The female kangaroo produces one young every eight months. This procedure is carefully diagrammed, filmed, and commented upon. Cycle includes year round breeding and a double uterus in the mother, a 33-day gestation period, birth, a long climb for the furless, blind embryo into the pouch where it spends six months developing eyes and hind legs.

Complete Record: Uses the red kangaroo to illustrate the unique features of marsupial development, the basic structure and function of mammalian reproductive organs, and mammalian embryonic development. , The female kangaroo produces one young every eight months. This procedure is carefully diagrammed, filmed, and commented upon. Cycle includes year round breeding and a double uterus in the mother, a 33-day gestation period, birth, a long climb for the furless, blind embryo into the pouch where it spends six months developing eyes and hind legs.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.