July 22, 2009
I WISH I WERE A KANGAROO
OK, I wish I were a kangaroo.
I am watching National Geographic. Kangaroos have two awesome reproductive features that I wish I had.
1) When the joey is 5 weeks along, it gets born and makes the trek up to the pouch to settle in for nine months. What I wouldn't give to take my baby out and keep it in a nice, warm pocket for the rest of its gestation time, so I could peek in on it and make sure it's OK.
2) Once the joey gets settled, the kangaroo mates again, producing a back-up embryo. It sits dormant in embroyonic diapause, and if anything happens to the joey in the pouch, the back-up embryo starts to grow again to replace it. Obviously, that also would've been a great feature for me.
Man, kangaroos have it made.
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I am watching National Geographic. Kangaroos have two awesome reproductive features that I wish I had.
1) When the joey is 5 weeks along, it gets born and makes the trek up to the pouch to settle in for nine months. What I wouldn't give to take my baby out and keep it in a nice, warm pocket for the rest of its gestation time, so I could peek in on it and make sure it's OK.
2) Once the joey gets settled, the kangaroo mates again, producing a back-up embryo. It sits dormant in embroyonic diapause, and if anything happens to the joey in the pouch, the back-up embryo starts to grow again to replace it. Obviously, that also would've been a great feature for me.
Man, kangaroos have it made.
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Lols...
Posted by: CaliValleyGirl at July 22, 2009 04:57 PM (irIko)
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Awww. I wonder how many other mothers want to go roo. Genetic engineering might make it possible. But then their kids might be teased as 'pouchers'. And becoming a kangawoman could have some unexpected side effects, like longer feet and an urge to hop.
What would you want to be if you were watching another channel?
What would you want to be if you were watching another channel?
Posted by: Amritas at July 22, 2009 06:32 PM (h9KHg)
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I don't know if you would enjoy the other aspects of marsupial reproductive systems...you know, the dual vaginas and uteri. These merge together as needed to form a birth canal. That's three, er, orifices to manage.
The male appendage related to all this is, well, bifurcated. Whether or not this is a bonus is not my call to make.
Posted by: deskmerc at July 23, 2009 01:10 AM (pYOXQ)
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I love how your mind works. 
Posted by: FbL at July 24, 2009 12:08 AM (HwqvF)
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Wow, have I learned a lot of fascinating things about kangaroos this morning! LOL...
I love National Geographic. And Discovery. And Nova. And Nature. Maybe we should actually consider getting cable just for educational purposes... ;-)
Posted by: Krista at July 24, 2009 12:56 PM (sUTgZ)
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