#040:Baby on Board

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Number:	040
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Official Statistics

All the mammals living on
Earth today can be divided
up into three groups. There
are the marsupials (such as
kangaroos) where the young
are reared in pouches. There
are the rare monotreme
(such as platypuses) which
lay eggs. Finally, there are
the placental mammals,
which include species like
humans where the young
are nourished through
pregnancy within the
female.

Everyone knows that
humans are pregnant for
nine months, but what
about the mammals
illustrated here? You might
be surprised...

Dolphin (Family: Delphinidae) Lion (Family: Felidae)

Rhinoceros (Family: Rhinocerotidae) Rabbit (Family: Leporidae)

Mouse (Family: Muridae) Elephant (Family: Elephantidae)

Fig 2. Six varied animals from Earth. These are, of course, very similar to
those in Perplex City, with the notable exception of (cont. on page 176)

Section Quiz

Can you match these
pregnancy lengths (in
days) to the animals
above?

10 marks

Answers on page 498

108
21
640
32
450
276

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