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The Adventures of Childrearing: The Family Life of Animals (DVD, 1998)

The Adventures of Childrearing: The Family Life of Animals (DVD, 1998)

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The Adventures of Childrearing: The Family Life of Animals (DVD, 1998).


See how parents go to fantastic lengths to give their offsprings the best possible start in life - from providing the first meal, to offering vigilant protection and teaching them the skills to survive on their own. Discover how turtles lay their eggs along side of alligators. watch tragefy strike a family of lion cubs as their ageing father loses his place as head of the pride, watch an octopus as she holds her young in a tentacled embrace for half a year. What you see: Octopus - Emperor Penguins - Alligators - Wildbeast - Lions - Meerkats - Chimpanzees - Elephants and more...


feed, protect, defend and teach their young is unceasing.

Witness the poignant end to an octopus's life, when she breeds for the

only time in her life by releasing the young which she has held in

her tentacled embrace for half a year and then retreats to die ... join

male emperor penguins as they form a massive huddle to protect

their eggs against -60C temperatures, while the females head off to

sea for two months of feeding until they return to meet their hatched

chicks for the first time ..

. see the tender affection of an elephant

family saving an orphaned calf from a family of hyenas and then

adopting the youngster ... and follow a pride of lions where

grandmothers, aunts and sisters join mothers in raising the cubs of

the lone male ... and be there at the crucial point when two young

lion brothers challenge the aging patriarch and ensure their own

survival by culling the youngest cubs in the group.

From the comical but touching antics of meerkats - perhaps the

most gregarious and collectively minded creatures of all, with

extended families stretching well beyond bloodlines - to the unique

grooming culture of chimpanzees. THE ADVENTURES OF

CHILDREARING reveals

the extraordinary rituals

and conventions, hardships

and pleasures of parenting

animal-style.


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