Animal Babies

Featuring nature footage culled from the BBC Motion Gallery, this two-disc compilation showcases the habits of various young animals. Serving up onscreen facts related to gestation, life span, diet, size, and top speed, Animal Babies focuses on creatures including the capybara (with a visit to a Brazilian nature reserve and the tidbit that vultures gather as the large rodents give birth because only about 1 in 20 infants survive), lions in action (with a baby cub sadly killed by a buffalo stampede), the “not very well mannered” langur monkey of India, fluffy SoCal sea otters who rest on mom's belly, lemur, penguins, polar bears, foxes in England's New Forest, orangutans in Boreno (many of whom are orphans due to human activities such as deforestation and the pet trade), and little joey kangaroos who love garlic bread. Including info on daily life, predators, and living conditions, this interesting visual animal encyclopedia is recommended. Aud: J, H, P. (J. Williams-Wood)