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Abrams Image, New York

Editor: David Cashion

Designer: Danielle Youngsmith

Production Manager: Rebecca Westall

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017956865

ISBN: 978-1-4197-2987-4

eISBN: 978-1-68335-348-5

Copyright 2018 Brooke Barker

Cover 2018 Abrams

Published in 2018 by Abrams Image, an imprint of ABRAMS.

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INTRODUCTION

At the risk of losing all credibility as the author of a book

about babies, I want to admit that I dont remember too

much about being a baby. I dont remember any of it

actually. But I do have four younger siblings and grew up

with a front row seat to their human childhoods.

By the time my youngest sisters, Drew and Bryn,

were born, we all were a bit impatient and taught them

sign language, so we could communicate with them

before they learned to talk. The two most important signs

in their vocabulary were cookie and more. Cookie!

my sister Bryn would silently greet us each morning.

More cookie, Drew would agree, gleefully pushing her

fingers into the palm of her hand. It wasnt hard to be a

human baby in our family.

Tiger salamanders also come from large families, but

the larvae dont learn sign language. If they did, theyd

find words and phrases like cannibal and teeth strong

enough to crush bones the most useful. I dont think

we even taught my sisters those signs. They werent

included on the DVD.

The first few years of an animals life are almost com-

pletely devoid of cookies and instead are a daily adorable

fight for survival.

Right now in a quiet and sunny room, a human baby

is listening to a Baby Mozart playlist.

And right now on a remote beach on the Galapagos

Islands, a newly hatched iguana is running for its life,

chased by a dozen adult racer snakes who are nearly

starved and will kill and eat anything that moves. The

hatchling might be only a few minutes old, but a hungry

snake might be the first face it ever sees.

At this moment somewhere else in the world,

a human father is babyproofing a kitchen, putting small

plastic locks on a drawer that will keep both children

and adults from accessing knives.

At this moment in a dark forest full of predators,

a rabbit parent is leaving her litter of newborn bunnies

alone for the day. Their surroundings are essentially a

rabbit haunted house, packed with foxes, wolves, hawks,

and inclement weather, and she leaves them with noth-

ing to protect them except her very best wishes.

Right now, a babysitter is pleading with a human

baby to take another bite of mashed carrot.

And right now, a meerkat mother is crawling silently

into a burrow and quickly eating all six of her rivals

children.

Baby animals might be cuddlier than their adult

counterparts, but theyre softer and slower too. Theyre

an easy target for every bad thing that can happen in an

already-difficult animal life. So the next time you enjoy

a video of a panda cub sneezing, youll know what that

panda cub has been through. And the next time you

make eye contact with a bird parent, you can give them

a respectful nod.

Theres nothing cute about being an animal baby.

Except for the animal babies themselves, which are

adorable.

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