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The Mini Page baby-talks
Mother's Day at the Zoo
Baby pygmy hippo: "I was only 2 days old when this picture
of Mom and me was taken. We like to stay in the water more
than big hippos. We have to keep our skin wet or it cracks.
Who wants rough, dry skin?"
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SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The
San Diego Zoo is one of the best
zoos in the country.
The people who run the zoo
are very proud of the many
babies born there each year.
It is instinct that causes most
zoo mothers to look after their
babies.
We really can't say animals
love their babies like your
mother loves you.
But we can certainly look at
their pictures and imagine that
they do.
Especially around Mother's
Day. It's coming up on May 13.
To celebrate, we have some
make-believe baby interviews.
Baby flamingo: My mom
just has a single baby at a
time. Dad helped ait on
my egg."
Baby giraffe: "My mom gives
me a lick. She licked me all
over when I was born. That's a J
lot of licking. I was 6 feet tall
at birth. Mother giraffes have
their babies standing up, so I
dropped about 5 feet to the
ground. I know that sounds like
a tall tale, but it's true."
Baby gorilla: "My name is
Binti. I am hanging on to my
mom Dolly's back. Not all
animals know or use instinct to
take care of babies. My mom
had to take lessons. She had one
baby before me and didn't know
what to do. Then the zoo people
showed her movies of gorilla
mothers and gave her a gorilla
doll. A trainer praised her when
she treated the doll well. She has
. been a model mother ever since I
* was born."
Baby Done lsngur; "I have
other female* (or aunts) here in
my monkey home who cuddle
and groom me just as well as
my mom. She doesn't mind aft
all. That's her in the picture."