Bouncing Baby -- Newborn Red Kangaroo Ejected from Mama's Pouch

Poor little Rooby.

The four-month old baby red kangaroo was rejected and ejected from her mama's pouch. Staffers at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Canada found Rooby lying on the ground of her enclosure, helpless.

Still hairless and weighing only 560 grams (about 1 pound 4 ounces), Rooby would surely have died were it not for zoo staffers who began feeding the baby kangaroo milk formula every three hours throughout the day and night.

The good news is, Rooby's chances of survival are improving every day, the zoo's veterinarian Dr. Chris Enright told CBC News. Once she has recovered fully and is old enough, the joey (as baby kangaroos are called) will be reunited with the group of kangaroos (called a mob).

For now, Rooby sleeps much of the time and makes herself as cozy as possible inside the makeshift substitute pouch that's been made for her by placing a soft towel inside a cloth bag.

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