Answer:
A young deer, called a fawn, is very wobbly on its legs. It couldn't outrun a hungry cougar or wolf! So when it sense danger, the young animals freezes and stays completely still until the danger has passed. The fawn's speckled coat helps it seem almost invisible in the forest's dappled light.
Which babies hide in a circle of horns?
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Adult musk oxen make a circle around their calves when danger threatens. They stand close together, with their heads, lowered, facing the enemy like a raw of shields. It takes a brave and hungry wolf to attack the wall of long, curved horns!
Which mother pretends she's sick?
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If a hungry hunter threatens a plover's nest, the mother bird pretends to be wounded. She flaps a wing as if it is broken and flutters weakly along the ground, moving away from the nest. She wants the enemy to think that she is injured and would be easy to capture. That way, the animal will go after her, not her babies.
Which Baby is always being washed?
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A mother cat licks her kitten from the moment they're born. Licking roughly around the new-born kitten's mouth make it gasp and start breathing. The mother's tongue dries the kitten's fur too, to keep the kitten warm.
Who enjoys a good groom?
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A baboon make sure her babies are well groomed. Working slowly, section by section, she parts the baby's fur and picks carefully with her fingers. She will remove pieces of dead skin, insect and dirt-and most of what she finds, she eat.
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