See how some folks are dedicating their time and energy to keeping these marsupials safe.

看看有些人是如何投入他们的时间和精力来保护这些有袋动物的安全。

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会步上其它一些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.

这些特殊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特殊哺乳动物。

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

那是州议会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，这类青蛙不会在静水中产蝌蚪。

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。