For the first two months after giving birth, mothers leave their fawns alone between suckling sessions, while they themselves watch hiding fawns from a distance of several hundred meters. When feeding time comes, they approach their fawn very carefully, stopping many times and looking around for a long time. This journey can take a mother from half an hour to three hours, but if there is danger, she does not approach the fawn at all. The female knows the resting place of her fawn and distinguishes only the scent of her fawn, whereas the fawn reacts only to the roar of the mother or to the approach of any gazelle. And only in the second month of life, the female and her fawn begin to recognize each other from a distance, although the individual smell remains the main sign for distinguishing from others.

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Mother: Young Interactions

  • David Blank

摘要

For the first two months after giving birth, mothers leave their fawns alone between suckling sessions, while they themselves watch hiding fawns from a distance of several hundred meters. When feeding time comes, they approach their fawn very carefully, stopping many times and looking around for a long time. This journey can take a mother from half an hour to three hours, but if there is danger, she does not approach the fawn at all. The female knows the resting place of her fawn and distinguishes only the scent of her fawn, whereas the fawn reacts only to the roar of the mother or to the approach of any gazelle. And only in the second month of life, the female and her fawn begin to recognize each other from a distance, although the individual smell remains the main sign for distinguishing from others.