Description - Wild Animal Planet: Birth and Baby Animals*** out of stock by Michael Chinery
Wild animals have developed a whole range of strategies to ensure their offspring reach maturity and can breed themselves. Young animals face danger from predators, the weather and starvation. Even large animals, which may have very few natural enemies when adult, are vulnerable when young. For example, only one-third of elephant calves born will survive to become adults. New life must be protected until it is able to fend for itself. For a butterfly, this involves a complete body change four times, as it develops from an egg to a caterpillar and a pupa to an adult. At each stage the insect is able to hide from predators or to protect itself, it needs no more help from its parent. Other animals may be born fairly well developed, such as the zebra foal, which is able to run a few hours after its birth, but will still need the care of its mother to survive. The young of predators, such as bears and wolves, are often born almost helpless and need to be protected unless they are to be preyed upon themselves. This book takes pregnant mothers as its starting point, and looks at how and where they lay their eggs or give birth. It follows the offspring through to adulthood as they discover or develop the skills they need to survive. In this book, you will be able to compare such vital life processes among many different groups of animals, from insects, reptiles and birds through to mammals of both land and sea.
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