Zoo Babies; Observing Things About Us.

[Music] what are they hamster hamsters aren't they miss dried hamster now do you think the babies look like their mother [Music] yeah well yes they do but I think they look just like her when they grow up oh look they're getting food from their mother aren't they that's right Pete will their mother take care of them until they've grown up I think so of course she will all animal mothers take care of their babies don't they well let's think about that we took a trip to the zoo last week what can we remember about babies growing up at the zoo on monkey the island there are many babies with their mothers and fathers the babies stay close to their mothers until they grow big enough to take care of themselves tiny babies are carried about in their mother's arms here's a baby too big to be carried in its mother's arms but still too small to make this steep climb by itself so it gets a free ride on mother's back the mothers watch their babies closely always ready to protect them drinking mother's milk is the way these babies have their first meals as they grow up they learn to find their own food and as they grow they come to look more more and more like their parents many animal babies look like their parents this is the new spell g n u new when they are grown they have long horns that they use to protect themselves this baby new still feels safer staying close to his mother even though he's big enough to to move around on his own already the baby new walks the way his parents walk and he looks like them with the same dark face and dark mane he still tries to drink his mother's milk but she knows he's big enough to eat grass by himself he'll grow up and then he'll grow horns too and be able to protect himself here is the baby Kudo KU U duu did you ever see such big ears now this baby doesn't look much like its father it does look more like it mother do you think it's grown up enough to find its own food it can run fast just as its father did running will help it grow big and strong can you see how the markings on the baby are like its mother's already this young kudoo seems able to get along without much care from its mother doesn't it now what kind of babies are these they look like kittens don't they big kittens they're lion cubs the mother and father lion do not look like kittens they're so big and strong when you really look at the Cubs you can see that they do look something like their parents but of course many changes take place in an animal's body as it is growing up these babies will change too the mother lion doesn't seem to be paying much attention to her babies and the Cubs even though they're quite small seem to feel safe by themselves now here are some babies that are trying very hard to stay with their mother can you tell what kind of chicks these are let's look at the father now do you know no he's a peacock it's hard to imagine that any of these plain looking chicks will ever look like this handsome [Music] bird but as they grow up the chicks will change as they grow to look like their mother or father now they want to feel safe staying close to mother this mother does not give milk to her babies but she does help them find food from the time that chicks are hatched from eggs they have to eat from the ground the alligator is another baby that is hatched from an egg and gets no milk from its mother these babies look quite a bit like full- grown alligators don't they but they're are differences especially the bright stripes on their bodies baby alligators are not protected by their mother after they are hatched and led to the water and they have to find their own food as it grows older the young alligator looks much more like the full-grown animals it is protected from other animals by its size its thick skin and its powerful tail black bears it's always fun to watch them isn't it while the big bears are begging for food let's see what we can find out about how baby bears grow up here's a baby black bear a cub do you think he's big enough yet to climb that rock by himself here's the mother bear and another Cub do you think the Cubs look like their mother do you think they'll look more like her as they grow up well it seems these babies also want to stay close to Mother they want their mother's milk like most of the animals we've seen the mother bear gives her babies their first food and she cares for them while they're growing up and like most young ones the bear cubs like to rest and to to play that's a part of growing up isn't it this one still wants to climb a rock those are the babies we saw at the zoo remember yes now we can understand more about our baby hamsters can't we sure the babies do look like like their mother they are getting milk from the mother and we can watch to see how they get get the other kinds of food and we can watch to see whether this mother will protect her babies until they grow up can't we miss Greg we certainly can Helen we can learn about other animal babies how they get their food and how they're protected won't it be fun to find out and then write a story yes Alan there's much to learn and there are many stories to write and tell about animal babies growing [Music] up