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Koala cub in Dresden blinks out of the pouch

Koala cub in Dresden blinks out of the pouch
Koala cub in Dresden blinks out of its pouch for the first time. / Photo: Olaf Lohnitz/Dresden Zoo/dpa
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Only six months after birth does a koala cub dare to take its first look out of its mother's pouch. However, a specific feature cannot yet be determined.

The youngest koala offspring at Dresden Zoo has peeked out of its mother's pouch for the first time. Around six months after birth, only a foot, a hand, the nose or the head could be seen at first, according to the zoo. It will be a few more weeks before it looks out regularly or even climbs out of the pouch completely.

The cub does not yet have a name. The sex of the little koala can also only be determined when the young animal comes completely out of the pouch, it was said. If it has a pouch itself, it is female, otherwise it is male.

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