stackyFACTSCartoons lied to you. A kangaroo pouch isn't a fluffy, cozy pocket. It is essentially a sweaty, hairless skin sack entirely coated in brown, pungent sweat and random dirt tracks left by a growing joey. Mother kangaroos literally have to stick their entire heads inside to routinely clean out the grime.
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