parental behavior in animals

Answers a variety of questions about baby animals and their parents.

Describes the care and rearing of various animals born in zoos.

Explains the growth of a baby bird from growing inside the egg to its independence to fly and care for itself.

A turtle father and son play a guessing game about what kind of father does certain things for his children, such as chirping encouragement as they learn to fly, or organizing a croaking concert.

Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.

Honey, a one-month-old hippopotamus, is cared for and protected by her mother and the rest of her pod, especially when a canoe filled with tourists comes near to take photographs.

During the rainy season in northern Kenya, when prey is hard to find, a mother leopard goes hunting to feed herself and her two hungry cubs.

Shows parenting behavior in animals as they watch over and school their young.

Introduces the offspring of a number of different animals.

Photographs and text describe the experiences of baby animals as they are born and hatched, and as they explore and learn before becoming adults.