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Mala is a joey (a baby kangaroo) and once joeys have left their mother’s pouch, only one in five will make it to their first birthday.
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Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
And all of the young kangaroos (the joeys) were in fact real creatures rather than CGI.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
In kangaroo families, both the mother and the older, at-foot joey remain in constant contact with the newborn.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Baby koalas, known as joeys, can also catch chlamydia by eating pap, a substance produced by a mother that's similar to feces, if their mother is infected.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
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Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
And all of the young kangaroos (the joeys) were in fact real creatures rather than CGI.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
In kangaroo families, both the mother and the older, at-foot joey remain in constant contact with the newborn.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Baby koalas, known as joeys, can also catch chlamydia by eating pap, a substance produced by a mother that's similar to feces, if their mother is infected.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Joey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joey. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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