Procreation is a natural process of animals. Moreover, many of them give birth to offspring several times a year. Of course, wild animals, just like people, take care of their young, teach them how to find food and protect themselves from danger.
Instructions
Step 1
Young very fertile small rodents are least susceptible to the upbringing process. The offspring is next to the female for no more than 20 days. The main concern of their mother is rather the protection of small rodents from danger and feeding. However, most animals are born with already inherent skills, and parents can only show by their own example how to get food.
Step 2
Larger animals raise their babies from 1, 5 to 2 months. Vivid representatives of such animals are hedgehogs, hares, squirrels, and chipmunks. Hedgehogs, for example, give birth to 3 to 7 cubs, which are born blind and with closed ears. At first, the female feeds them with thick milk, and when the little hedgehogs get stronger, she teaches them how to get food by her own example. Baby hares are born sighted and grow incredibly fast. Females feed them with milk for several weeks, after which the babies can already eat normal food and go out on their own. Therefore, female hares have offspring three times a year.
Step 3
But large animals are more responsible for the system of raising their babies. In wolves, for example, this is done not only by the female, but also by the male. First, the she-wolf feeds the offspring with her own milk for 2 months, then the parents feed them half-digested meat food, and then teach them to kill other animals, bringing them to the den in a half-dead state. And only after the cubs get stronger, the parents take them with them to hunt. The female remains with her offspring for about a year, and only in the new spring, the already grown cubs begin their independent life.
Step 4
In bears, only the female is involved in the upbringing process, which alone produces offspring in her den closer to spring. Until the first warm days, she feeds them with her milk, and in the spring, when the whole family goes outside, the little cubs begin to grow rapidly due to the large amount of food around. The female teaches them to look for food and protects them from danger. In the fall, the little cubs go into their first hibernation with their mother, and in the spring they begin an independent life.
Step 5
Foxes give birth to cubs in May, 3 to 4 cubs. For about 6 weeks, they feed on their own milk and then forage for prey for them. After a month or two, the cubs go into adulthood.
Step 6
Well, lions, for example, are characterized by family education. Since these animals live in families, females take care not only of their own offspring, but also of others. After the babies stop feeding on milk, lionesses begin to accustom them to an adult life full of dangers, and teach them how to hunt. Adult males, as a rule, leave the flock in search of their own family, as they cannot get along with each other.
