…a baby kangaroo is born after the mother has been pregnant for 30 to 40 days? But it still stays in the pouch the mother has in the front part of her body for another year. It is totally developed after that.

…the newborn koala is as small as a bean? It is born blind and without ears or hair.

… a puppy can sleep up to 20 hours per day?

… baby zebras can already get up and walk just 20 minutes after they are born?

… the baby giraffe is born measuring almost 2 metres in height and weighing almost 70 kilos? Because of the mother’s height, it drops from almost six metres when it is born. It does not get hurt, and it only takes an hour to learn how to walk.

…whales have the largest babies in the animal world? They are born measuring seven metres and weighing three tonnes. They are fed their mother’s milk and gain close to 90 kilos per day in their first year.

QUESTIONS
1) Which of the options is correct?
a) Baby whales are born weighing 90 kilos.
b) The baby giraffe is injured when it is born because it drops from a height of six metres.
c) Koalas are born the size of a potato.
d) A puppy spends almost the whole day sleeping.

2) Which baby animal would you want to see up close? Why?