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In the Name of Allah,
The All-Merciful and Most Merciful

Animals usually carry their small and weak

young when they have to move or in times of danger.
Each animal’s method of carrying its young is different: on
their backs, in their mouths, or in special pouches in their ab-
domen. The babies being carried thus are not injured. The fact
that animals carry their babies away from danger is an impor-
tant example of self-sacrifice, because doing so greatly reduces
an animal’s speed and ability to move. Despite this, animals

never abandon their young in times of danger.

Most animals carry their young on their backs. For ex-
ample, monkeys carry their babies everywhere. The mother
monkey can move very easily while carrying her baby, because
it firmly grasps the hair on her stomach and back with its hands
and feet. At such times, a female monkey can jump into a tree,
run along a branch, and jump into another tree. Kangaroos and
other animals with pouches carry their young in fur-covered

pouches in their abdomens. A young kangaroo lives for five
months in its mother’s pouch and, even when it comes out, al-
ways remains at her side. If it senses danger, it runs to its moth-
er and jumps head first into her pouch. Then the mother kan-

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