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The Detroit Zoo Has a New, Adorable Baby Wallaby

Author Anne Erickson
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The Detroit Zoo has a new, adorable baby wallaby.

The baby wallaby was born in October of last year and came out of mom’s pouch for the first time this week.

The baby and mother reside on the Zoo’s two-acre Australian Outback Adventure with two other wallabies and 13 red kangaroos.

Eloise is the mother’s name, and the baby is her first joey.

“Joeys don’t start getting fur until about six months. Now that there is a fine layer of fur, the joey is starting to venture out,” Elizabeth Arbaugh, curator of mammals for the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS),” said in a statement.

The baby wallaby doesn’t have an official name yet. Its sex will be determined when the baby gets a little older and mainly out of the pouch.

Anne Erickson started her radio career shortly after graduating from Michigan State University and has worked on-air in Detroit, Flint, Toledo, Lansing and beyond. As someone who absolutely loves rock, metal and alt music, she instantly fell in love with radio and hasn’t looked back. When she’s not working, Anne makes her own music with her band, Upon Wings, and she also loves cheering on her favorite Detroit and Michigan sports teams, especially Lions and MSU football. Anne is also an award-winning journalist, and her byline has run in a variety of national publications. You can also hear her weekends on WRIF.

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