Safari Babies Growing Up
In Safari Babies Growing Up, narrator Gordon Buchanan describes some of the challenges that young animals face as they grow up in the African plains. A young leopard tries to retrieve a carcass up in a tree, but it’s no easy task. A tiny banded mongoose faces an obstacle on its way to a new home. This video is excerpted from BBC's Animal Babies, a heartwarming show that follows the first breaths, first steps and first feeds of some adorable baby animals, revealing the challenges they face to survive in some of the toughest but most beautiful places on the planet.
Lesson Express
Q: Who put the deer into a tree and why?
A: The leopard mother hid the animal up in the tree to keep other animals from getting it. The young leopard learns that climbing a tree is a very important skill to master. It also knows to do the same with its prey so that the meal is not lost to another animal.
Q: Why do mongoose families relocate often and move to a new den?
A: Being on the move helps mongooses get away from predators and keeps the number of parasites down.
Q: How do mongoose families stick together, even when they relocate?
A: When the young mongoose fails at getting over the stone wall, an adult mongoose grabs the baby in its mouth and carries it up and over the wall.
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