By Sakshi Sah
Published Feb 07, 2025

Hindustan Times
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Animals with the most surprising mating and parenting habits

Animals have some of the most unusual ways of finding mates and raising their young.

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Male seahorses carry and give birth to babies, a rare role in the animal kingdom.

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Male penguins give pebbles to their partners as a sign of love and to build their nest.

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Clownfish can change from male to female if the dominant female in their group dies.

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Flamingo parents make "crop milk" in their throats to feed their chicks.

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Some frog species carry their babies on their backs.

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Cuckoos are brood parasites, which means that they do not actually raise their own eggs.

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They do not build their own nest or raise their young but instead trick another bird species into doing the work for them.

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