By Josie February 29th, 2024
In the cozy confines of its mother’s pouch, a kangaroo joey feeds exclusively on her milk.
Around the age of 6 months, calves start to explore and taste vegetation. Still, their mama’s milk remains their primary food source for several years.
As pandas are primarily bamboo eaters, the cub transitions from their mother's milk to bamboo shoots and leaves.
Mother’s milk is their initial diet, with calves starting to experiment with leaves within a few weeks, preparing for their adult diet of foliage.
After nursing, they're gradually introduced to meat. Through participation in hunts with the pride they learn the essential hunting skills needed for survival.
Dolphin calves thrive on their mother’s milk for up to 2 years, which is not usually seen among marine residents. But remember – dolphins are in fact mammals!
After nursing, they consume ‘pap’—a special form of their mother’s feces that prepares their gut for digesting eucalyptus leaves.
Owl owlets rely on their parents for food, consuming regurgitated insects and small mammals.
The diet of a butterfly starts in the caterpillar stage, feeding voraciously on the leaves of specific host plants.
Squirrel pups are initially dependent on their mother’s milk, but they soon start to eat nuts, seeds, and fruits.
Bat pups nurse from their mothers until they learn to fly and catch insects.
Tiger cubs are nursed on their mother’s milk before being introduced to meat around 8 weeks old.
Wolf pups start with their mother’s milk, moving on to regurgitated meat from pack members.
Hippo calves are unique in nursing underwater from their mothers before starting to eat grass.