Katrina says:
SAVE the Koala September FACT 8.
We call a joey ‘back young’ once they come out of the pouch and begin riding on mums back. At first, they just stay in mums lap, and even hold on to her tummy to ride around, but that only lasts a short time.
Joey may ride on mums back until close to a year old. Like weaning from milk, they ride on mums back less and less often as they get stronger.
A factor that will signal to mum to stop doing this is when they reach 2kgs. (but this might be less as you travel north through QLD and more as you travel south through VIC)
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