動物媽媽
A cat in New York named Scarlet became a headline
story around the world when she went into a burning
building five times to save her kittens.Although her
face and paws were badly burned,she didn`t stop until
she had saved all her kittens.Scarlet`s eyes were so
burned that she could not see,but when people put her
in a box with her kittens,she touched each kitten
with her nose,as if she was counting them.
In the U.K.,a cow named Blackie and her baby were
sold to different places at an auction.Blackie broke
out of her stall to look for her baby.The next
morning,she was found at another farm sven miles away,
feeding her baby milk.
When baby dolphins are cought in nets,thier
mothers will stay with them and sing to them to calm
them down.If a baby dolphin dies,all the dolphins in
the group will gather around the sad mother to
protect her while she stays withg her dead baby.
A kind of bird, called the killdeer,fakes broken
wings when her baby are being attacked so that the
enemy will attack her instead of her babies.Elephant
mothers carry their babies inside them for almost two
years;they also raise and teach young elephants
together as one big family.Even animals as scary as
alligators can be loving mothers.When their eggs
hatch,they use big,powerful jaws to gently break the
eggs to help their babies into the world.They even
carry the babies in their mouths to move them from
place to place.
However,there are animals mothers who are not as
responsible.Cuckoos and cowbirds lay their eggs in
other bird`s nests to hatch.The female seahorse lays
eggs into a pouch on the male`s belly and leaves.The
father has to carry,feed,and take care of the babies.
The female Darwin`s frog in Chile lays eggs on wet
ground and then leaves them to the male.The father
swallows the eggs and carries them in his throat for
three weeks.As you can imagine,it changes the
father`s voice and makes it harder for him to eat
,but it`s the best way to make sure that the eggs are
safe in a comfortable place until they grow into
healthly little frogs.
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