Size of a Jellybean: The Impossible Journey of a Newborn Kangaroo

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]A newborn red kangaroo is the size of a jelly bean. It weighs 1 g and is 2 cm long. Its hind limbs are barely formed.

[00:00:10]It climbs into [music] the pouch using only its forelimbs. It stays inside for 235 days. By the time it leaves, its body is fully covered in fur [music] and able to hop. The female can carry two joeys of different ages at once. She produces two different types of milk at the same time, one for each. The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial alive today. Subscribe for more young that finish growing outside the body.