Police say they were forced to shoot the marsupial dead so paramedics could reach him.

警方说，他们被迫将这只有袋动物射杀，以便救护人员能够接近他。

Until the 1980s, zoologists feared that the koala might go the way of some other rare marsupials.

一直到80年代，动物学家们都还很担心考拉可能步上其它一稀少有袋动物的后尘。

But unlike most other marsupials, koala pouches open toward the bottom.

但与其它多数有袋动物不同的是，考拉袋的开口是向下的。

And these special muscles are preserved from marsupials to even primates.

这的肌肉从有袋类哺乳动物甚至到灵长类动物都有（进化）保存下来。

Unlike bears, koalas are a special kind of mammal called 'marsupials.'

和熊不同的是，考拉是一种叫有袋类的哺乳动物。

That is the finding of a year-long state parliament investigation of the marsupials.

那是对有袋类动物进行为期一年的调查的结果。

Unlike other frogs, the horned marsupial frog does not spawn tadpoles in standing water.

与其他蛙类不同的是，这类青蛙不在静水中产蝌蚪。

And because they are marsupials, they have a convenient pouch to carry their young.

因为它们是有袋动物，它们有一个方便的育儿袋来携带它们的孩子。

His dad, on the other hand, is one of the heaviest marsupials in the world.

而它的父亲，则是世界上最重的有袋类动物之一。

That marsupial ambled and then hopped across the Brisbane Valley Highway, to the bemusement of motorists.

一只考拉闯入布里斯班河谷高速路，这不免让司机一脸困惑。

They are marsupials, meaning they carry their babies in an opening of skin on the mother's stomach.

它们是有袋类动物，这意味着考拉妈妈可将宝宝放在肚皮接口处。

Marsupials have pouches to carry their babies in for a few months after they are born.

袋目动物在它们的宝宝出生后的几个月内用育儿袋携带它们。

At times referred to as " koala bear, " this Australian marsupial is not a bear at all.

虽然有时被称为“考拉熊”，这种澳洲有袋动物却根本不是熊。

The largest ones were the top predators in South America, together with the marsupials and terrestrial crocodiles.

体型最大的恐怖鸟是南美洲的顶级掠食者，还有有袋类动物和陆生鳄鱼。

Instead, the islands have a totally different cast of ecological characters, including marsupials, Komodo dragons, cockatoos, and honeyeaters.

相反地，这岛屿有完全不同的动物，包括有袋动物、科莫多龙、凤头鹦鹉和食蜜鸟。

Picture a small kangaroo. You're basically seeing something very much like the Australian marsupial called the swamp wallaby.

想象一只小袋鼠。你想到的可能非常接近名为黑尾袋鼠的澳大利亚有袋类动物。

There are these marsupial lions, and I think a big body size would have enabled them to escape predation.

还有这有袋狮，我认为大体型能让它们躲避捕猎。

Marsupial babies are so tiny and delicate when they're born that they must continue developing in the mother's pouch.

有袋目哺乳动物宝宝刚出生时候 个头娇小且体弱多病，以致于它们必须继续 待在妈妈的育儿袋里面。

And it's revealing all sorts of insights into these adorable Australian marsupials.

它揭示了对这可爱的澳大利亚有袋动物的各种见解。

They had heavy stiff tails, large heads and were the world's largest marsupial carnivore.

它们有沉重而僵硬的尾巴，大头，是世界上最大的有袋类食肉动物。