Red kangaroo has the ability to freeze the development of an embryo until the previous joey is able to leave the pouch. This is known as diapause, and will occur in times of drought and in areas with poor food sources. The composition of the milk produced by the mother varies according to the needs of the joey. In addition, red kangaroo mothers may "have up to three generations of offspring simultaneously; a young-at-foot suckling from an elongated teat, a young in the pouch attached to a second teat and a blastula in arrested development in the uterus". The kangaroo has also
HMS Kangaroo (1795) four men standing guard over 78 French prisoners in her hold. (That is, almost half her official complement was "hors de combat".) French prisoners on "Telegraph" later reported that the privateer that escaped was the "Grand Decide", of eighteen 12-pounder guns and 150 men. When "Kangaroo" recaptured "Chance", she freed two British army officers who then helped in the action with the privateer. "Phoebe" and "Kangaroo" also recaptured the brig "Young William". In March 1800, "Kangaroo" captured a French 16-gun privateer from Brest off the coast of Ireland. Brace received promotion to post captain on 2 April 1800, with the