Most mammals do not lay eggs.

The babies grow

inside the mother's body, and they get food and
A[[m amm alsh a v ef u r o r h a i ra n dthey producemilk to oxygen from a special part of the body called the
feedtheirbabies. Giraffes, bears,kangaroos, elephants, placenta.This is called gestation.
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S omc baby mammals grow a lot inside their mother's

body, and they can stand up as soon as they are born.
Other baby mammals can't see or move when they are
born. Mammals produce milk for their babies, and
Mammals are different from many other types of
this is the only food or drink that they need ar first.
animal bccause they feed and care for their babies.
Antcaters carry their babies on their back for the
first year, and elephants stay near their mother until
Marsupials are animals like
thcy are ten years old. Baby mammals learn from
kangaroos and koalas. Baby
their parents) and they learn by playing, too.
marsupials only grow for a
short time inside their
mother's body. After they
Life is very dangerous for a lot of animals. Many
are born, they continue to
are killed by predators. Also, pcople hunt them and
grow on the outside of thcir
damage their habitats - the places where they live.
mother's body, usually in a
pouch. Baby kangaroos are Many animals die beforc they become adults, but
only 5 centimeters long when if they grow up, then they can produce young. This is
they are born. They climb into all part of their lif-ecycle. Because of this, there will
their mother's pouch, where always be millions of spccies of animal on Earth, if we
they stay for up to a year. care for thcm and their habitats.

G o t o p a g e s5 0 - 5 1 f o r a c t i v i t i e s .