Female dolphins are very similar in methods of raising offspring to humans. They take care of their children until they get stronger and mature. A dolphin, unlike a human child, is born quite independent, with hearing, vision, the ability to swim, to distinguish its mother from other dolphins.
Instructions
Step 1
Female dolphins are very caring mothers. These animals are not only some of the smartest on the planet, but also belong to devoted and anxious parents. Dolphins raise their children for up to a year or more, feed them, help them adapt in their environment, search for food, and protect them.
Step 2
The first time after giving birth, the female has a difficult time, since her baby hardly sleeps after birth, emitting a semblance of baby crying when hungry. In addition, a newborn dolphin is not able to hold its breath under water for too long in the first days of life, therefore every three minutes it needs to surface to the surface in order to breathe air. At the same time, the mother watches her cub relentlessly. Therefore, he does not leave him for a minute and at the same time does not sleep with him for almost the entire first month of his life.
Step 3
During the first year of its life, the dolphin does not go far from its mother, circling around her in small circles. If he deviates too much in his circle around her, swims away, flirts, the mother can punish him for bad behavior. In the pool, for example, it was observed that if the dolphin swam too far from the mother, or swims up to other related individuals, his mother can press the baby to the bottom of the pool with the rostrum (with her nose), preventing him from rising to the surface and gulping air for a while …
Step 4
The actions of the dolphin's mother during his punishment are quite justified. The fact is that male mammals, unlike female dolphins, are very aggressive towards the younger generation. They can cause serious injury, bites. Or to attack a defenseless cub with a whole flock, preventing him from breathing air and pushing his mother away from him. Therefore, mothers of dolphins teach their children in advance not to swim far away from them until the grown dolphins get stronger and can not defend themselves on their own. When the baby dolphin grows up, if he is male, he joins the male flock, which keeps aloof from the female.
