What actually is an active baby?
You've probably heard this term before in connection with carrying. A human baby is fully developed and is born with fully developed sensory organs and hair. However, independent locomotion is impossible and therefore human babies have the cling reflex to cling to their mother.
A typical characteristic of a human baby is the lack of tolerance for being left alone. It is hardly possible to put it down and is often signaled with violent crying. While our babies are happy in our arms and in the sling or baby carrier and usually fall asleep.
A typical characteristic of a human baby is the lack of tolerance for being left alone. It is hardly possible to put it down and is often signaled with violent crying. While our babies are happy in our arms and in the sling or baby carrier and usually fall asleep.
In contrast, baby hamsters or rats are nest squatters. Relatively undeveloped and helpless for a long time.
A precocial, on the other hand, can see, hear and move immediately after birth. These would be, for example, horses or guinea pigs.
The passive baby, e.g. a baby kangaroo, is held in the mother's pouch and does not have to hold on to itself. This is because it only matured briefly in the womb and then continues to mature naked and blind in the pouch.
A precocial, on the other hand, can see, hear and move immediately after birth. These would be, for example, horses or guinea pigs.
The passive baby, e.g. a baby kangaroo, is held in the mother's pouch and does not have to hold on to itself. This is because it only matured briefly in the womb and then continues to mature naked and blind in the pouch.
