TIL newborn opossums are the size of a dime

I knew they were tiny because they are marsupials, but not that tiny. Squee!

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Kangaroos as well! They climb up to the pouch to continue growing in there.
it looks like a fetal tortellini
- Forbidden tortellini
  
  Like super forbidden or just frowned upon? Asking for a friend.
- So... A fetallini?
So I guess the marsupial pouch is really like an external womb, because that would be a fetus of any other mammal. Nature is crazy.
- Yes, that’s it! They climb in there, swallow the nipple and continue to “bake in the oven.”
  
  Sugar Gliders are tiny, they look similar in size to larva last time I saw them
  
  So is it just like full of shit when they are coming out?
  
  And they probably have a nice proper fourth trimester too.
- For anyone else who had no idea how marsupial fetus-babies climbed from vagina to pouch: link
You can learn more about opossum reproductive cycle here.
i thought you were presenting your weird ear wax at first.
- I can do that, too. One time I got my ears irrigated cause I had a wax buildup, and I swear the piece that came out looked like Africa. I could hear so much better that day.

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