^^^ thanks babe

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Ileke stealing is not segzy!

Elephant and Calf

The young calves are tended not only by their mothers, but also by other females of the herd. There are many eyewitness accounts of the females in the herd gathering around to welcome the CLose Up Of Baby Elephant new-born. Within minutes of the birth, the mother and other females trumpet, rumble and scream, oozing temporal secretions down the side of their faces. During these initial minutes the mother also attempts to help the new-born rise to its feet. This is a matter of survival since the new-born must stand to drink its mother's milk. Without this necessary food, the calf is sure to perish.




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Owl and baby





Just try to take these babies from their mother

Harp seal and infant

When the mating ends, females gather in groups to give birth. Young harp seals are born on the ice, and mothers identify their own offspring from the multitudes by their smell. The young seals are famous for their snowy white coats.

Ileke-IdI:
Cheetah and her cubs

Female cheetahs typically have a litter of three cubs and live with them for one and a half to two years. Young cubs spend their first year learning from their mother and practicing hunting techniques with playful games.

Those Cheetahs and their mama just merked a Gazelles mama!!

Ileke-IdI:


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I think we should have a hunting squirrel season.....

Naija will be more sanitized with a 'hunting lizard season'.

Ileke-IdI:

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These things will see you and still stand there eating nuts, staring you down while you walk by.

FAMILIARITY!

Okija, you don crase
I was actually thinking the same thing when I posted that picture. But the baby and mama cheetah were just too adorable

ayobase:

Naija will be more sanitized with a 'hunting lizard season'.

FAMILIARITY!

True.

LOL Nigeria has that much lizard? I heard that Nigerian rats look more full and healthy than the regular village people

Ileke-IdI:


True.

LOL Nigeria has that much lizard?.....

U wouldnt imagine!
They are our squirrels here.

Ileke-IdI:
.....I heard that Nigerian rats look more full and healthy than the regular village people

No Village in Naija, but rural environs!

ayobase:

U wouldnt imagine!
They are our squirrels here.



No Village in Naija, but rural environs!

ehhhn politikal korrektion? lol

Lynxx and Cub

Mothers take care of kittens without help from males. Kittens are helpless at birth, but have a lot of fur to keep them warm. Mothers nurse their kittens for about 5 months. When they no longer drink milk, the kittens live on a diet of meat. Mothers may teach their young how to hunt for meat. Sometimes, two lynx may cooperate in catching a prey animal.

Brown Bears and Cub


Before giving birth, a pregnant brown bear will seek out a suitable place to make her den and settle down to hibernate. Amazingly, the baby bears are born during the mother's long sleep and, unlike the fierce grizzlies they will eventually become, start off blind, bald and toothless. The cubs suckle on their mother's milk while they remain in her den, increasing in size such that they become up to 20 times their birthweight. The mother, on the other hand, loses up to 40 percent of her bodyweight at this time, feeding her cubs but eating nothing herself until they are all able to leave the den.

Even after leaving their den, cubs remain close to their mother for the first two and a half years of life. She teaches them everything they need to know to survive on their own. This includes the kinds of food they should seek out, and how to find or catch it. During this time they are still vulnerable, and a mother bear is sometimes forced to fight off attackers such as male brown bears, which will often kill cubs not related to them. At the end of this time the mother bear leaves her cubs to fend for themselves. The young bears may remain with their siblings for a few more months before finally going off on their own.

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Bald eagles and baby


Bald eagles like to provide their babies with space to grow, and before laying her eggs the female eagle (with the help of her mate) will make a nest larger than that of any other species of bird in North America. These nests are built either in tall trees or on the sides of cliffs, with easy access to large water bodies. Raising baby eagles is a two-parent job, and while the eggs are incubating, one eagle will sit in the nest while the other forages for food and nesting materials. Later, once the chicks are hatched, both mother and father will participate in bringing them food and keeping them safe from predators.



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Wolves and Cub

It takes a pack to raise a wolf cub. The privilege of bearing cubs, however, belongs almost solely to the alpha female. This female, the mate to the alpha male, assumes leadership of the whole pack during mating season, even over the alpha male. During this time the rest of the pack care for her and her cubs, bringing them food while they are confined to their den. Non-breeding females are able to produce milk for the cubs while the entire pack keeps them safe. Should anything happen to the mother before the cubs are weaned, another female wolf will step in and take over the maternal role.

The pups, born deaf and blind, are able to identify their mother through a keen sense of smell. Living only on milk, they will grow to 30 times their birth weight within a single month. But it's dirty work being a wolf mother, and during this time she will consume all her cub's urine and feces to keep the den clean. The cubs are able to leave their den at around three months of age to begin travelling with the pack. However, it is not until they are seven or eight months that their adult teeth develop and they are able to fully participate in the hunt.