ZooBorns — Feathertail Glider

Record Number of Feathertail Gliders Born at Taronga Zoo

Posted by Andrew Bleiman on

Please credit photographer _ Sarah Lievore 6

Taronga Zoo, located in Sydney, Australia, is celebrating the breeding success of 13 Feathertail Glider babies, adding to 20 babies born only months ago. Born in March, the new joeys have just emerged from their mothers’ pouches.

Joeys usually emerge from their mother’s pouch when they are about 63 days old. At this point, the pouch, with up to four joeys inside, is so big that the mother’s...

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