Kangaroo Kids ( Joeys) at Brookfield Zoo

Two western grey kangaroo joeys can now be seen with their mothers hopping around their outdoor habitat at Brookfield Zoo s Australia House. At birth, the two unnamed joeys, born September 18, 2010, and October 9, 2010, were about the size of a jelly bean. Although the gestation period is 30 days, a joey is very underdeveloped at birth, and when born, it needs to crawl up to its mother s pouch without assistance. It then attaches itself to a teat where it remains to grow and develop for about nine