QUIRKY WORLD ... Zookeeper jumps at the chance of being a ‘mum’ after joey is orphaned

USA: A keeper at a North Dakota zoo has become a first-time mother.

But the baby she carries around the clock in a colourful flannel pouch is not a little human, it’s an orphaned kangaroo.

Amanda Dukart is a zookeeper at the Chahinkapa Zoo in Wahpeton.