8.27.2008

Teptep the Baby Tree Kangaroo Peeks Out!


Watch the video here!

There’s a new celebrity at the St. Louis Zoo, who’s making brief public appearances!
ST. LOUIS (AP) —
"A tree kangaroo gave birth seven months ago to a baby who was then the size of a lima bean. Now, that joey is big enough to peek out from time to time from his mother’s pouch.

The baby is known as “Teptep,” named after a village in Papua New Guinea. The tree kangaroo is found only in the island’s thick mountainous forests.
Patient visitors may see Teptep briefly leave the pouch, before hopping back in. The joey is residing with his mother at the children’s zoo."

You can read more about Tree Kangaroos here


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