Wallaby joeys and platypus puggles are tiny and undeveloped when born. But their mother's milk is near-magical
- Written by: Hayley Stannard, Senior lecturer, Charles Sturt University
Ed Slater/CSIRO, CC BY-NCYou’re a mammal. So is a kangaroo. We’ve got much in common. But one of the most interesting is we all feed our newborns with milk. The word mammal comes from mamma, which is Latin for breast.
In Australia, we have many placental mammal species, like bats and native rodents. Humans are placental mammals too. But...
