The Babyhood of Wild Beasts

by Georgia McNally

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"

Chapters (not listed in original)

• 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