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Joeys
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Copyright: Phillip Homer (fijiphil) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 498 W: 103 N: 236] (1332)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1999-12-21
Categories: Nature
Camera: Minolta dynax 7000i, 35mm - 105mm, Skylight filter
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-21 9:39
Viewed: 987
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
On the way back to Alice Springs after a great Uluru & Kings Canyon tour, our guide stopped at Curtain Springs Roadhouse to show us the baby kangaroos there. I have left his hands in the shot to show how tiny these little things really were. Kangaroos are my most favourite animal in the whole world!!

Female Red Kangaroos are ready to mate at an age of 15-20 months, while males become mature when they are 2 years old. The gestation period of the kangaroo is very short; it lasts 33 days after mating, and mating can occur again a day or two after parturition.
The baby Red Kangaroo, called a "joey", is carried in a special pouch on the lower part of the body where the little animal sleeps, eats and hides when there is a danger. Mothers always recognize their babies in a herd.

Only one joey is born at a time. Usually the female begins to clean out her pouch several days before she gives birth. The little animals are tiny, hairless and blind when they are born and average only 2.5 centimeters long. As soon as a joey is born, it crawls up the mother's fur, into her pouch and immediately attaches itself to a nipple, where it will stay for 235 days. There are different nipples in a pouch that are designed for a joey to use during each stage of its growing process. Usually when the conditions are favorable, Red Kangaroos produce and raise an average of three young every two years.
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  • Gustaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2441 W: 714 N: 196] (20626)
  • [2006-05-21 9:44]

Hallo friend!
Lovley! Nice photo.
Marek - friend from Poland.

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  • sined Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 530 W: 0 N: 21] (4321)
  • [2006-05-21 9:47]

thanks Philip to make us discover this unknow part of Australia

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  • teutza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1045 W: 228 N: 1874] (9935)
  • [2006-05-21 10:46]

this is a very nice photo and interesting!and i love the little one:)

Your note seems like it is right out of an encyclopedia. Well written and researched. Great shot. I like the compostion and how you included the human touch.
-Zak

Cute little guy, and a great note to get us introduced to him. We can sense he is getting his first taste of real life away from Mom. Precious Moment!

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  • sufi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1778 W: 187 N: 1553] (9472)
  • [2006-06-04 7:41]

Hi Philip...
Wow... It's a very pretty kangaroo and very cute composition... Wonderful moment and shot... The colors, details and clarity are perfect... The note is very educational...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

Very cute photo and excellent note.
Hands nearby helps to scale the size of the joey.
Excellent shot.
Well done!

Big on the cute factor, but well shot, too. Like the DOF and the hands to add a sense of scale.

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