The southeast Kansas zoo had a surprise in store for them when one of their dogs chose to adopt three tiger cubs that were born over the weekend. The owner of the park - Tom Harvey - said that when the cubs were born the mother had problems with them and stopped caring for them altogether a day later.
Marsupials are a type or group of mammals that usually have pouches much like the kangaroo. These mammals give live birth instead of laying eggs - but the gestation period is not as long as placental mammals. They actually give birth quite early in the growing stage.
When the animal has been given birth to it is only an embryo helpless to do anything. It will climb from the birth canal to the nipples of its mother where it will grab on with its mouth and develop. It may take weeks or months to develop.