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Amazing Animal




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        FAMILIES







                                        Animals have different types of families like


                                   we do.

                                        In swan families, both parents care for their
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                                   babies. Swan babies can’t fly for a few months.                                                                                                           Seahorse dads have special pouches on their stomachs.

                                   So, their parents sometimes carry them on their

                                   backs.
                                                                                                                                           In cheetah families, the mothers raise their cubs

                                                                                                                                      alone. Cheetah cubs’ eyes don’t open for almost two
       What kinds of animal

       families are there?                                                                                                            weeks. So, their mothers help them a lot! Later, they
                                                                                                                                      also teach them to hunt.

      There are different kinds                                                                                                            In seahorse families, the fathers take care of the
      of animal families.
      Swan families have two                                                                                                          eggs. They keep them in special pouches. The eggs
      parents. In cheetah
      families, only mothers                                                                                                          become healthy babies thanks to them.
      raise their cubs. And in
      seahorse families, the                                                                                                               These animal families are different. But all the
      fathers take care of the
      eggs.                                                                                                                           parents love their babies.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                My parents cook for me and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                keep me safe.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Connect to Yourself


                                                                                                                                                                                                             How do your parents take
                                                                                                                                                                                                             care of you?




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