Born to Be Wild

✍ Scribed by D.K. Publishing

• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 226
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Imagine learning to leap, roar, swim, or fly for the first time.

Born to Be Wild explores the vast complexities of growing up in the animal kingdom, where everything feels like new.

This book goes where no other has to delve into the countless ways baby animals survive in the wild. Alongside gorgeous photographs of baby bears, lions and tigers, marsupials, birds, and marine mammals, it charts the stages from dependency to independence, and looks at why some animals cling to their mothers for many months, while others must learn to run almost as soon as they are born.

Informative step-by-step features focus on particular stages of learning, such as how a lion cub learns to hunt. This book focuses on key themes in a young animal's life: birth and the very first days of life, learning to hunt and feed, senses and communication, habitat and adaptation, and playtime.

Full of beautiful pictures and fascinating science, Born to Be Wild reveals the mysteries of how young creatures survive in an unpredictable world.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Starting out
MAMMALS
Cheetah
Harp seal
Elephant
Sea otter
Gorilla
Giraffe
Polar bear
Giant panda
Meerkat
Pangolin
Lemur
Bat-eared fox
Lion
Brown bear
Beaver
Jaguar
Koala
Bobcat
Macaque
Leopard
Orangutan
Zebra
Sloth
Hippo
African wild dog
Chimpanzee
Reindeer
Opossum
Rhinoceros
Guanaco
Kangaroo
Ibex
Humpback whale
Manatee
BIRDS
Flamingo
Grebe
Penguin
Cuckoo
Ostrich
Sandgrouse
Kiwi
Owl
Wood duck
Jacana
Woodpecker
Albatross
Golden eagle
REPTILES
Sea turtle
Crocodile
Leaf-tailed gecko
Komodo dragon
Chameleon
AMPHIBIANS
Frog
Axolotl
Newt
FISH
Clown fish
Seahorse
Jawfish
Lionfish
INVERTEBRATES
Honeybee
Parent bug
Mantis shrimp
Butterfly
Wolf spider
Octopus
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments