Happy Mother's Day! We may be quarantined but we can still celebrate our moms through the internet! I have three depictions on motherhood in my animals so far and coincidentally their babies are all referred to as pups. What is your favorite mother and baby relationship in the animal kingdom?
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The alpha female is the leader of the pack. She and her alpha male have a very close bond. I've only seen a few YouTube videos on the interaction between these two but they're truly adorable. The alpha male shows so much care for his alpha female. He is very attentive and protective of her before, during, and after her pregnancy. He walks closely behind her, keeps close to her while they sleep, and gets so uncomfortable and paces while she yelps as she goes into labor.
Once found all over Africa, the painted dog is now only found in a few patches of places all across Africa and is considered endangered due to loss of land, vulnerability to diseases, and being hunted and killed to prevent livestock loss. To learn more, please check out my sources: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/african-wild-dog/ https://www.painteddog.org/ https://www.bbcearth.com/blog/?article=whats-in-a-name-why-we-call-them-painted-wolves https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/painted-dog https://wildlifeact.com/blog/african-wild-dog-behaviour-monitoring-conservation/ Videos https://youtu.be/Lt0Yc_x30l8 https://youtu.be/Yge0YYSNit0 https://youtu.be/CSrqCUdRKjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSrqCUdRKjg&t=184s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82kQTkWnKwg&t=28s Happy National Puppy Day!!
This is the Painted Dog, aka the African Wild Dog. This wild puppy is not a pet for multiple reasons, including the fact that it already has a loving pack family, but we can still enjoy it's beautiful design! Quick Public Service Announcement: If you are considering adopting one or two of these little cuties, please make sure you are truly ready for the responsibility. Like a baby, puppies require a lot of resources, money, time, space, and love. They aren’t a toy to be played with and thrown out or returned if you don’t like them. Quick Fun Fact: The Painted Dog's alpha female is the only female in the pack that gives birth. She can have a litter of 2 to 20 puppies! (Good gravy, that's a lot of mouths to feed and a lot of puppy dog eyes, if you can't...😅🍴🥺). Thankfully, all of these puppies are raised by the entire pack and no dog gets left behind! More on that in the fun facts next week! I hope everyone gets to see some adorable and beautiful puppy posts on the internet today and for the rest of the week! |
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I'm just a doodling artist. My current style started in a lecture class at MCLA where I began doodling in my notebooks. Now I've started a new series focusing on animals. Archives
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