Marsupials

This week we turn out some pockets to discuss the strange world of marsupials. Join us as we talk about vicious kangaroos, syphilitic koalas, and a mouse that's going extinct for being too horny.

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/marsupial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_opossum

http://mentalfloss.com/article/75070/11-secrets-life-coaches

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/kangaroos-are-crazy

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/mammals-with-the-shortest-gestation-periods.html

https://www.britannica.com/animal/Diprotodon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_quoll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_bilby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silky_cuscus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boodie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-footed_potoroo

http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/animals/kangaroo_attacks.htm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3844040/Kangaroo-attacks-Melbourne-man-mauls-family-dog-death-backyard.html

https://www.wired.com/2014/12/creature-feature-10-fun-facts-wombats/

http://www.losapos.com/koala_dumbest_animal

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59114/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-koalas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3102341/Australian-marsupials-face-extinction-half-population-wiped-year-males-die-mating-suicidal-sex-rough.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/10/07/why-a-little-mammal-has-so-much-sex-that-it-disintegrates/