Entire ecosystems rest on the shoulders (or tentacles or jointed exoskeletons) of animal babies. At any given moment, babies represent the majority of animal life on Earth. Biologist and author Danna Staaf invites you to explore these tiny, secret lives and discover some of nature’s most ingenious workings: A salamander embryo breathes with the help of algae inside its cells. The young grub of a Goliath beetle dwarfs its parents. The spotted beak of a parasitic baby bird tricks adults of other species into feeding it. Mouse embryos can absorb cancerous cell grafts and develop into healthy adults. At once incredibly vulnerable and incredibly vital, baby animals are not just beings in progress but beings in their own right. And our planet needs them all, the maggots as much as the kittens.
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