>vagina
>pouch

Wait...

"So thats where that cookie went"

dickard said:
>vagina
>pouch

Wait...

A pouch is an area of a marsupial's body that houses the nipples, and where the animals young will spend much of their lives after being born. I don't know about other marsupials, but I know that Kangaroos give birth to their young much earlier than would be typical for a placental mammal, at which point they crawl through their mother's fur until they find the pouch and latch onto the nipple, staying there until they are substantially larger in size, at which point they may begin leaving and re-entering the pouch until they get too large for that / their mother stops allowing it.

The vagina is the canal portion of the female reproductive system, connecting the uterus to the vulva (the vulva is actually all we can see here). Colloquially, the term vagina is sometimes used more broadly, encompassing much more of the female genitalia than just the canal. Regardless, the vagina is utilized in intercourse, and in giving birth. Kangaroos do have a vagina - in fact, they actually have three vaginal canals, branching partway in.

So yes, these two structures serve different purposes and are typically present on the same individual.

I realize this post of yours is ten months old, but I thought you might find some more information on the matter interesting regardless. Or, if not you, someone else might. I find it interesting, at any rate.

clawdragons said:
A pouch is an area of a marsupial's body that houses the nipples, and where the animals young will spend much of their lives after being born. I don't know about other marsupials, but I know that Kangaroos give birth to their young much earlier than would be typical for a placental mammal, at which point they crawl through their mother's fur until they find the pouch and latch onto the nipple, staying there until they are substantially larger in size, at which point they may begin leaving and re-entering the pouch until they get too large for that / their mother stops allowing it.

The vagina is the canal portion of the female reproductive system, connecting the uterus to the vulva (the vulva is actually all we can see here). Colloquially, the term vagina is sometimes used more broadly, encompassing much more of the female genitalia than just the canal. Regardless, the vagina is utilized in intercourse, and in giving birth. Kangaroos do have a vagina - in fact, they actually have three vaginal canals, branching partway in.

So yes, these two structures serve different purposes and are typically present on the same individual.

I realize this post of yours is ten months old, but I thought you might find some more information on the matter interesting regardless. Or, if not you, someone else might. I find it interesting, at any rate.

A man committed to science

rebmu7853 said:
A man committed to science

Moreso just a woman who finds the diversity of animal reproduction really interesting.

clawdragons said:
A pouch is an area of a marsupial's body that houses the nipples, and where the animals young will spend much of their lives after being born. I don't know about other marsupials, but I know that Kangaroos give birth to their young much earlier than would be typical for a placental mammal, at which point they crawl through their mother's fur until they find the pouch and latch onto the nipple, staying there until they are substantially larger in size, at which point they may begin leaving and re-entering the pouch until they get too large for that / their mother stops allowing it.

The vagina is the canal portion of the female reproductive system, connecting the uterus to the vulva (the vulva is actually all we can see here). Colloquially, the term vagina is sometimes used more broadly, encompassing much more of the female genitalia than just the canal. Regardless, the vagina is utilized in intercourse, and in giving birth. Kangaroos do have a vagina - in fact, they actually have three vaginal canals, branching partway in.

So yes, these two structures serve different purposes and are typically present on the same individual.

I realize this post of yours is ten months old, but I thought you might find some more information on the matter interesting regardless. Or, if not you, someone else might. I find it interesting, at any rate.

Nice to see another knowledged individual