# The Babyhood of Wild Beasts

* MY LION CUB "POMPEY" LIKES TO HAVE ME HOLD HIM IN MY ARMS AND TAKE HIM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE CATS AND DOGS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE BABYHOOD
OF WILD BEASTS
by
GEORGIA M. McNALLY
with foreword by WILLIAM T. HORNADAY
illustrated from photographs
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
copyright, 1917
george h. doran company
printed in the united states of america
dedicated to
ROBERT HOBART DAVIS
   To you, my literary friend and adviser, I am indebted for the title of this work. You are known as a kindly friend of our wild creatures of the woods—one sympathetically interested in their psychology, rights, and protection. To you, therefore, I dedicate "the babyhood of wild beasts"
* Foreword
* Preface
| Chapter | | Page |
| I | Baby Beavers | 23 |
| II | Baby Orang-Utans | 31 |
| III | A Baby Hippopotamus | 39 |
| IV | Baby Raccoons | 47 |
| V | Baby Elephants | 57 |
| VI | Baby Rhinos | 67 |
| VII | Baby Bears | 75 |
| VIII | Baby Camels | 83 |
| IX | Baby Woodchucks | 91 |
| X | Baby Skunks | 101 |
| XI | Baby Tigers | 111 |
| XII | The Baby Duck-billed Playtypus and Echidna | 119 |
| XIII | Baby Kangaroos | 125 |
| XIV | Baby Rocky Mountain Goats | 133 |
| XV | Baby Gorillas | 141 |
| XVI | Baby Canada Lynx | 147 |
| XVII | Baby Llamas | 157 ​ |
| XVIII | Baby Foxes | 167 |
| XIX | Baby Lions | 177 |
| XX | Baby Musk Oxen | 187 |
| XXI | Baby Leopards | 193 |
| XXII | Baby Moose | 201 |
| XXIII | Baby Porcupines | 211 |
| XXIV | Baby Pumas | 221 |
| XXV | Baby Giraffes | 229 |
ILLUSTRATIONS :
| The Author and her Lion Cub, "Pompey" Frontispiece ||
| | Page |
| The "Lumberjack" of the Whole Animal World | 26 |
| Baby Beavers Sharpen Their Teeth Early in Life | 26 |
| "Dinah," the Baby Gorilla, "Baldy," the Orang, and "Mike," the Dog | 34 |
| Baby Orang Prefers His Eggs a la Raw | 34 |
| He Will Weigh 250 Pounds When He Grows Up | 34 |
| Baby "Caliph" Weighed Seventy-five Pounds at Birth | 40 |
| "Caliph's" Keeper in "Caliph's" Cavernous Mouth | 40 |
| "Caliph" Gives His Keeper, Jim, a Rock-a-bye-Baby | 40 |
| Raccoon Babies' First Peep at the World}} | 50 ​ |
| They Look Like Little Foxes with Tortoise Shell Spectacles | 50 |
| Little "Coco" Came from Ceylon | 62 |
| You Can Tell the African Elephant by His Fanlike Ears and Corrugated Trunk | 62 |
| The Baby African Rhino Has Longer Ears Than His Indian Cousin | 70 |
| The Indian Rhino Wears a "Coat-of-Mail" Suit | 70 |
| Baby Polar Bears Sleep Tight and Snug on a Hard Ice Floe | 78 |
| You Know the Baby Camel by His Hump | 84 |
| Baby Camel Gets a Free Ride on Mama Camel's Back | 84 |
| Baby Woodchucks in "Clover" | 96 |
| Mother Skunk with Her Little Black and White Children | 104 |
| The Tiger Cub is Worried About His Soup | 114 |
| Young Master Tiger and the Black Bear Cub | 114 |
| Bird, Beast or Chinese Puzzle? | 120 |
| The Duck-billed Platypus Has the Body of an Otter | 120 ​ |
| The Pugilist of the Animal Kingdom | 126 |
| "Old Boomer," the Great, Grey Kangaroo | 126 |
| Mother Kangaroo Takes Baby for a Joy Tide | 126 |
| The Mountain Goats are Champion Climbers | 136 |
| Only an Eagle or an Aeroplane Could Follow a Fleet-footed Mountain Goat | 136 |
| "Dinah," the Baby Gorilla, Takes an Airing in Her Coach | 142 |
| This Canada Lynx is All Ready for a Fight | 150 |
| He Looks Like a Tabby Cat, but Just Wait! | 150 |
| Better Not Tease This Old Llama! | 160 |
| Mama Red Fox Brings Her Children Their First Chicken | 170 |
| The Dear, Little, Furry, White Baby Fox | 170 |
| A Quartet of Fat Lion Cubs | 180 |
| "Baby Snyder" and Baby Lions | 180 |
| Baby Musk Oxen are Sturdy Youngsters | 188 |
| Old Musk Ox Grows Fat on Icicles and Frozen Moss | 188 |
| "Little Dick," the Baby Leopard, is Plotting Mischief | 196 ​ |
| The Young Moose is a Comical Looking Creature | 206 |
| Baby Porcupine Looks as if He Had been Born Old | 214 |
| Baby Puma is a Darling Little Kitty | 224 |
| An Ogre in Human Shape Soured "Mike’s" Disposition | 224 |
| The Giraffe’s Kisses are as Real as the Giraffe | 230 |
| She Will Be Twenty Feet High When She is a Young Lady | 230 |
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