Tilly, an orphaned baby wallaby - pics

[Kadie]

DUNSTABLE, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: Tilly, an orphaned baby wallaby, relaxes inside a rucksack at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo on April 30, 2012 in Dunstable, England. Tilly is being hand-reared by keepers at the zoo using a rucksack and blanket as a substitute marsupium until she can become more self-sufficient after being found out of her mother's pouch one month ago.












Zoo keeper Jo Shirley from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable, England carries Tilly, an orphaned baby wallaby, in a rucksack on her back Monday April 30, 2012. Tiny Tilly is being hand-reared by keepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo after she was found out of her mum's pouch a month ago. She is being looked after by keeper Jo Shirley who carries her around in a substitute pouch made from a rucksack wherever she goes.

[LaurenG]

1. What a sweet face and the wallaby too!

seriously adorable baby.

[siligut]

2. They gave her an old rucksack?

How thoughtful, it looks like Tilly likes her new "pouch" and "mama"

[Rex]

3. I am glad she can be raised properly.

By people that know what they are doing.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. I wonder why the rubber gloves.

[Kadie]

5. She was using the gloves while feeding Tilly.

I forgot to put this picture in.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. I still wonder why.

If they're raising the baby, shouldn't they be unafraid of touching it?