Baby birds will chirp and cry to let their parents know they are hungry and want food. The parents know to bring them food when they hear the cries. One parent stays and watches the babies while the other goes to collect food.

How are the parents and offspring behaving to help them survive?

Bear 1: Makes a safe, warm cave home, stores food for winter, feeds her cubs, and keeps them safe in winter.

Bear 2: Sleeps in a tree, has no food for winter, and cubs have nowhere warm to sleep.

Which bear is helping its cubs to survive?

What behavior is this mother using to keep her baby safe?

Bird 1: Does not prepare a nest ahead of time, lays eggs near the ground in a weak nest.

Bird 2: Builds a strong nest ahead of time, lays her eggs in the nest high up in the trees.

Which bird is behaving in a way that will help the babies survive?

Monkeys using tools is a survival behavior.

Why would this bear show its babies how to climb a tree?

How do some animal parents help their young grow up?

What is this mother cat doing to help her kittens survive?

Which animal is behaving in a way that will help it to survive?

Animal groups and their babies stay close together to help them survive.