Kangaroos ovulate and conceive shortly after their young let go of the nipple for the first time. When born, the young find their way to the pouch and latch on, nearly permanently, for some time. It is when the newborn finally lets go that ovulation occurs. The firstborn continues to suckle regularly from its designated nipple. The next offspring latches onto another nipple and they make age-specific milk. The norm for kangaroos is to be providing milk for two offspring at once, all the time. I don't think there are more than two nipples but to be honest I have never been close enough to a kangaroo's pouch to check. This was one of many interesting facts presented by a zookeeper at the home birth conference in Amsterdam in March, 2000. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html