About Babies Animals 1

Who's carried by the scruff of the neck?

Answer:

Like all cat mothers, a leopard lifts her cub by gripping the back of its neck in her mouth. The skin is very loose and baggy here, so the cub isn't hurt.It hangs quite still until she gently puts it down again.

Who clings on for dear life?

Answer:

A baby lemur rides on its mum’s back for the first seven months of its life. It wraps its legs around her and holds on tightly as she leaps through the forest on a hair-raising ride.

Why do kangaroos have pouches?

Answer:

A pouch is a safe place for a baby to grow. A new-born kangaroo is only the size of a peanut. It struggles through its mum’s fur until it reaches her warm pouch. There, it feeds on her milk and carries on growing.

* Only female kangaroo have a pouch. The male don’t have babies, so they don’t need one!

Which mother has her babies in prison?

Answer:

While the female hornbill is laying her egg in a hole in a tree, the male helps her to block up the door. But he leaves a hole for her beak so that he can feed her while she’s stuck inside.

Which baby has the worst mother?

Answer:

The female European cuckoo can’t be bothered to look after her chicks. This lazy mum lays an egg in another bird’s nest. When the egg hatches, it’s the other bird that does all the hard work, raising the chick.

* The cuckoo manages to trick because her egg matches the other one in the nest.

Which baby has the best mother?

Answer:

A baby gorilla has one of the best mums in the world. A grown-up gorilla may look a bit frightening to us, but she’s loving and gentle to her young. As well as grooming the baby, she feeds it for up to three years, and protects and helps it for longer still.

* Gorillas are type of ape along with chimpanzees, gibbons and orang-utans. All the apes make jolly good mum!

Which father gives birth to his young?

Answer:

The male seahorse has a special pouch on his body where the female lays her eggs. The male has o carry them around till they hatch, and then hundreds of baby seahorse shoot out into the sea.