Experience The Special Bond Of Motherhood In The Wild On Animal Planets Mothers Day Special

INDORE, India - May 2, 2013 - PRLog -- EXPERIENCE THE SPECIAL BOND OF MOTHERHOOD IN THE WILD

ON ANIMAL PLANET’S MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL

New Delhi, May 1, 2013:There is nothing quite like a mother's love, even in the great animal kingdom.Like human beings, mothers in the wild shower all their love on theiroffsprings, guard them from danger and impart life’s most important lessons and skills required tosurvive in the most hostile and dangerous environments and scenarios. Celebrate Mother’s Day with Animal Planet’s host of special programmesdedicated to some of Mother Nature’s most awe-inspiring super mums.

MOTHER’S DAY SPECIALwill air on Animal Planet on Sunday, May 12 from 4pm to 6pm.

Explore the trials and triumphs of motherhood on the wild side. How does a sea otter keep her baby warm at sea? Why do older gulls make better mums? How does a seahorse get her mate to give birth to her babies? Why does an elephant seal choose a nursery where her pup risks being flattened by rampaging two-ton bulls? Witness some of the most intimate and extraordinary mother-child moments of the planet’s most amazing creatures in the following episodes -Super Mums, Echo And The Elephants Of Amboseli and Wild Mothers And Babies.

Episodedescriptions:

Super mums

In the wild, good mothers need to be clever operators if they want their babies to survive and in turn, breed themselves. So what does it take to be one of nature’s super mums? Set in California's spectacular Pacific coast, explore the trials and triumphs of motherhood on the wild side.

Echo And The Elephants Of Amboseli

This is the incredible story of a mother’s journey to keep her family alive. Echo is a wise elephant matriarch who lives in South Kenya alongside fifteen hundred other wild African elephants. As the oldest female and head of the family, Echo must guide four generations of her relatives through the cruel famine. She must also protect them from attacks by lions and growing conflict with angry Masai farmers. Watch how Echo leads her family out of harm’s way, and prevents clashes with animal neighbours over water, crops and grazing.

Wild Mothers AndBabies

The most important momentsin an animal's life take place duringthe first few days after its birth.  It is at this point when bonds are forged between parent and child. From lion to lemur, hippo to elephant, this episode looks at the cutest, weirdest, funniest, most dangerous and heartbreaking moments.

MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL

SUPER MUM FACTS

·         Female baboons, like other Old World monkeys, give birth to one baby at a time. Like other mammals, the baby baboon depends on its mother’s milk for food. The mother often carries her baby under her belly wherever she goes. As the baby grows older, the mother begins to carry it on her back. A mother baboon can count on fellow troop members to help her care for her baby as other troop members sometimes carry the babies, too.

·         A giraffe’scoat is special and is unique like a fingerprint as each giraffe has its own distinct pattern. A baby giraffe can recognize its mother by her unique coat pattern.

·         Koalasare one of the pickiest eaters in the world. They only eat the highly poisonous leaves of eucalyptus trees and manage to survive on this deadly diet thanks to digestive systemsthat arepacked with special bacteria that detoxify the leaves. Koala babies are not born with the bacteria so koala moms have to pass the bugs on and they do so by making a tasty treat of bacteria filled droppings (potty).

·         A thousand pound polar bear gives birth to a one pound baby. That would be like us giving birth to a baby smaller than, a golf ball. The cub stays with its sleepy mother for ten weeks, feeding off her fat which has been converted into energy rich milk.

·         Mountain gorilla babies suckle for three years and remain within sight of theirmothers for at least a decade.Theylive with extended families, with more than 20 uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers and sisters.

·         In Antarctica, an Emperor penguin lays only one egg. There is no food on the ice, so the mother leaves to search for food. In the meantime, the father takes care of the egg and makes a bond with his chick. The mother returns with food in about 65 days.

·         An elephant mother has a 22-month long pregnancy period and its newborn weighs over 100 kilograms.

·         The eggs laid by ostrich mothersare protected by such strong shells that very often, theyhave to help their chicks come out.

·         Baby chimpanzees spend years learning about survival and their traditions from their mothers. In Central Africa, chimpanzees crack nuts with rocks. In East Africa, they catch termites using twigs. These tricksare passed down from mother to baby from generation to generation.