{"id":173826,"date":"2025-10-24T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173826&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:53:36","slug":"baby-kangaroos-born-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/baby-kangaroos-born-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Kangaroos Born in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four red kangaroo joeys have been born this year at \u201cAnimal Forest\u201d in Uminonakamichi Seaside Park, Fukuoka\u2019s Higashi Ward. The zoo counts a joey\u2019s birthday as the first day it peeks out from its mother\u2019s pouch\u2014one was confirmed in August and three more in October. Visitors can now enjoy seeing the young kangaroos hopping or peeking from their mothers\u2019 pouches, a sight expected to continue through the end of the year. Zookeeper Seishiro Doi said the joeys\u2019 active behavior can be observed for several more months. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uminaka-park.jp\/news\/press-release\/post_288.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uminonakamichi Seaside Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173824\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_uminonakamichi-kangaroo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C932&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Baby Kangaroos Born in Fukuoka\" width=\"1400\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_uminonakamichi-kangaroo_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_uminonakamichi-kangaroo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_uminonakamichi-kangaroo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_uminonakamichi-kangaroo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four red kangaroo joeys have been born this year at \u201cAnimal Forest\u201d in Uminonakamichi Seaside Park, Fukuoka\u2019s Higashi Ward. The zoo counts a joey\u2019s birthday as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173826","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}