CONTENTS Stages in Life Flowers Seed to Plant IO I2 Insects Amphibians Fish Reptiles Birds Mammals I4 16 18 20 Unusual Mammals 22 Different places 24 26 Death Dangers 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32
STAGES IN LIFE A life cycle is the stages in the life of a living thing Animals are born A grow into adults that can have their own babies and eventually die The babies grow into adults and have more young and so the cycle continues Plants have similar cycles S E Male giraffes fight to win the right to have babies with a female giraffe to test
Many animals are small and weak when they are first THINKABOUT IT Reproduction is when born They face dangers such as other animals that animals have babies It is an essential part want to eat them of life cycles What As animals grow into would be the effect adults they become bigger if living things could and stronger Then they are not reproduce and able to have and care for have young their own young Human babies develop inside their mother's body for nine months Most parents care for their children for up to 18 years after birth if not longer 5
