Animal Lifecycle

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Chicken for birds
Dog and Kangaroo (mammal with a pouch) for mammals
Snake for reptiles
Salmon for fish
Frog for amphibians
Grasshopper, ladybug, butterfly, ant, dragonfly and honey bee for insects
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ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles
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laying eggs
eggs hatching
nymph
adult grasshopper
eggs
caterpillar
chrysalis
butterfly
chicken laying eggs
egg hatching
chick
adult chicken
fish laying eggs
eggs hatching
young salmon
adult salmon
snake eggs
eggs hatching
young snake
adult snake
frogspawn
tadpoles
froglet
adult frog
newborn kangaroo
baby kangaroo
young kangaroo
adult kangaroo
newborn dogs
baby dogs
puppy
adult dog
eggs
larva
pupa
ladybug
eggs
larvae
pupae
adult ant
eggs
larva
pupa
adult bee
layings eggs
dragonfly nymph
molt
adult dragonfly
chicken laying eggs
egg hatching
A female bird lays eggs with

hard shells. Most birds lay their
eggs in nests to keep them safe.
A parent sits on the eggs to keep
them warm.
After 21 days, the chick is ready

to hatch. It pecks holes in the
shell and pushes itself out. Its
feathers are wet but they dry
quickly and the chick can run
about and feed itself within
hours.
young chicken
adult chicken
A baby bird is called a chick.

They hatch from the eggs and
their parents bring them food
and care for them until they can
look after themselves.
Adult hens are ready to begin

laying eggs at about 6 months.
Young chickens are about 3
months old, and adult hens are
ready to begin laying eggs at
about 6 months.
frogspawn
tadpoles
Frogs usually reproduce

in spring. Frogs are born in the
water. The female lays lots of
jelly-like eggs called frogspawn
or toadspawn.
Frog tadpoles hatch from

frogspawn. Baby frogs and
toads look very different from
their parents. They have
external gills for breathing under
water, and small mouths for
sucking up algae.
froglet
adult frog
The tadpoles bodies start to

change, ready for them to live
out of water as froglets. This
process is called Metamorph.
When the froglets hop out of
the water they look like frogs
but still have short tails.
A frog is fully developed when it

has lost its tail and can live out
of water and catch insects. After
1 to 4 years the males and
females are ready to breed and
their lifecycle starts again.
laying eggs
eggs hatching
A female salmon lays her eggs in

a river. Some fish lay
thousands of eggs but they do
not look after the babies when
they hatch.
Baby salmon fish hatches from

the eggs. When a baby fish
hatches, it looks like a little
adult.
baby salmon
adult salmon
Baby salmon have food sac

attached to them. As they grow,
the young salmon swim out to
sea to feed and grow.
Salmon grow and mature in the

ocean. When mature, it swims
back to the river and lay their
own eggs.
laying eggs
eggs hatching
Most reptiles lay eggs with

tough, leathery shells. They lay
their eggs on land in holes or
nests. Most female snakes lay
about 10 to 15 eggs. The baby
snake has a sharp tooth that it
uses to cut its way out of the
eggshell.
When some of the baby reptiles

hatch, they look like their
parents. Newborn snakes do
not stay with their
parents. They have to find their
own food and protect
themselves.
young snake
adult snake
Young reptile like this snake feed

and grow to become adults. As
young snakes grow they shed, or
their skin comes off as new skin
grows.
The male and female snake

mate, or make babies. The
female snake will make a nest to
get ready for the eggs to be
laid. She will bury the eggs to
protect them.
newborn dogs
baby dogs
All newborn dogs are born blind

and deaf until they reach a certain age. They heavily depend
on their mother in this period.
Senses such as smell, touch and
taste begin to develop.
During the initial month of the

baby dogs lives, there's no need
to feed them anything other
than the milk they get straight
from their mother.
young dog
adult dog
A young dog continues to grow

along with his social learning.
He will also have high energy
levels at this point, and will
have also reached his sexual
maturity.
The adult age of a fully matured

dog occurs when he is around 2
years old. His senior years start
when he is around 7 years old.
During these stages, the dog has
become fully matured,
independent and responsible.
newborn kangaroo
baby kangaroo
Immediately after birth the

newborn kangaroo crawls up
the mother's body and enters
the pouch. The baby attaches its
mouth to one of four teats,
which then enlarges to hold the
young animal in place.
The baby kangaroo drinks milk

from its mother and grows
bigger inside the mothers
pouch.
young kangaroo
adult kangaroo
After several weeks, the joey

becomes more active and
gradually spends more and more
time outside the pouch, which it
leaves completely between 7
and 10 months of age .
A mature female kangaroo can

then start to mate and conceive
again.
Life Cycle of a Chicken

chicken laying eggs
A female bird lays eggs with hard shells.

Most birds lay their eggs in nests to keep
them safe. A parent sits on the eggs to keep
them warm.
Adult chicken
After 21 days, the chick is ready to hatch. It

pecks holes in the shell and pushes itself out.
Its feathers are wet but they dry quickly and
the chick can run about and feed itself
within hours.
Eggs hatching
A baby bird is called a chick. They hatch

from the eggs and their parents bring them
food and care for them until they can look
after themselves.
Young chickens are about 3 months old, and
adult hens are ready to begin laying eggs at
about 6 months. Young chickens are about 3
months old, and adult hens are ready to
begin laying eggs at about 6 months.
Young chicken
Life Cycle of a Frog

Frogspawn
Frogs usually reproduce in spring Frogs are

born in the water. The female lays lots of
jelly-like eggs called frogspawn or
toadspawn.
Adult frog
Frog tadpoles hatch from frogspawn. Baby

frogs and toads look very different from
their parents. They have external gills for
breathing under water, and small mouths for
sucking up algae.
Tadpoles
The tadpoles bodies start to change, ready

for them live out of water as froglets. This
process is called Metamorph. When the
froglets hop out of the water they look like
frogs but still have short tails.
A frog is fully developed when it has lost its
tail and can live out of water and catch
insects. After 1 to 4 years the males and
females are ready to breed and their
lifecycle starts again.
Froglet
Life Cycle of a Salmon

Laying eggs
Adult salmon
A female salmon lays her eggs in a river.

Some fish lay thousands of eggs but they do
not look after the babies when they hatch.
Eggs hatching
Baby salmon fish hatches from the eggs.

When a baby fish hatches, it looks like a
little adult.
Baby salmon have food sac attached to
them. As they grow, the young salmon
swim out to sea to feed and grow.
Salmon grow and mature in the ocean.
When mature, it swims back to the river and
lay their own eggs.
Baby salmon
Life Cycle of a Snake

Laying eggs
Adult snake
Most reptiles lay eggs with tough, leathery

shells. They lay their eggs on land in holes
or nests. Most female snakes lay about 10
to 15 eggs. The baby snake has a sharp tooth
that it uses to cut its way out of the eggshell.
Eggs hatching
When baby reptiles hatch, they look like

their parents. Newborn snakes do not stay
with their parents. They have to find their
own food and protect themselves.
Young reptile like this snake feed and grow
to become adults. As young snakes grow
they shed, or their skin comes off as new
skin grows.
The male and female snake mate, or make
babies. The female snake will make a nest
to get ready for the eggs to be laid. She will
bury the eggs to protect them.
Baby snake
Life Cycle of a Dog

Newborn dogs
All newborn dogs are born blind and deaf

until they reach a certain age. They heavily
depend on their mother in this period.
Senses such as smell, touch and taste begin
to develop.
Adult dog
During the initial month of the baby dogs

lives, there's no need to feed them anything
other than the milk they get straight from
their mother.
Baby dogs
A young dog continues to grow along with

his social learning. He will also have high
energy levels at this point, and will have
also reached his sexual maturity.
The adult age of a fully matured dog occurs
when he is around 2 years old. His senior
years start when he is around 7 years old.
During these stages, the dog has become
fully matured, independent and responsible.
Young dog
Life Cycle of a Kangaroo

Newborn kangaroo
Adult kangaroo
Immediately after birth the newborn

kangaroo crawls up the mother's body and
enters the pouch. The baby attaches its
mouth to one of four teats, which then
enlarges to hold the young animal in place.
Baby kangaroo
The baby kangaroo drinks milk from its

mother and grows bigger inside the
mothers pouch.
After several weeks, the joey becomes more
active and gradually spends more and more
time outside the pouch, which it leaves
completely between 7 and 10 months of
age .
A mature female kangaroo can then start to
mate and conceive again.
Young kangaroo
laying eggs
eggs hatching
Grasshoppers lay their eggs in an

oval masses protected by tough
overcoat. Many grasshoppers
lay their eggs in the fall. After
the mother places her eggs in the
ground, she covers the hiding
place with a gummy substance
so that no intruders may work
harm to it.
Early spring, the eggs are ready

to hatch. When the baby grasshopper hatches, it wiggles its
way out of its egg. Then it
pushes through the egg pod and
makes its way up out of the
hole.
nymphs
adult grasshopper
Grasshoppers are insects with incomplete metamorphosis, which

means that the baby grasshopper, as soon as it hatches, is similar in form to its parents. Baby
grasshoppers are called nymph.
Nymphs eat more than adult
grasshoppers.
As the nymph grows, it sheds its

exoskeleton (called molting). As
it molts, the nymph grow wings.
The wings and adult grasshopper is finally formed by the time
of the last molt.
egg
larva
Butterflies develop from eggs.

Adult butterflies lay their eggs in
a suitable host plant (in a leaf.
The shells of egg may be slightly
ribbed and are sometimes
adorned with spines.
From eggs, larva issue. This

stage is devoted to feeding and
to growth. It is the chief business of the larva to eat diligently, to attain maturity as
soon as possible.
pupa
adult butterfly
Once the larva has attained its

full growth, it changes skin and
form and becomes a pupa. take
place within the body itself. The
pupa of a butterfly is called a
chrysalis.
After some period, the pupa

burst open and from it emerges
the adult butterfly equipped
with large beautiful wings and
always provided with 6 legs and
a complex body structure.
eggs
larva
In spring, the ladybird lays her

eggs here and there in plants.
The eggs are yellow or orange in
color. As soon as the larva
hatches, it starts to hunt for
aphids and other insects.
The larva are long and

segmented , with six queer short
legs that are efficient in clinging
around a stem. It is usually
black. spotted with orange or
yellow. Its business is to crawl
around on plants and eat aphids
or other insects
pupa
ladybird
This is the pupa stage wherein

after the larva shed its skeleton
skin several times, it hangs itself
up by the rear end of some
quiet corner and condenses itself
into a sub-globular form.
After a few days, the pupa burst

open and a full grown ladybird
emerges. Newly emerged
ladybirds are bright yellow. But
once the wing casing hardens,
distinctive colour patterns
develop.
eggs
larvae
The ants eggs are very small

objects oblong in shape and
about the size of a pinpoint.
Ants larvae are translucent

creatures and looks like rice
grains with one end pointed.
pupae
ant
The pupae are yellowish,

covered with a parchment-like
sac and resembles grains of
wheat.
Pale yellowish ant emerges from

the pupa and they quickly
darken as their exoskleleton
matures and hardens. Ants are
the longest living of all insects,
they live up to 30 years!
eggs
larvae
The queen lays eggs which are

mighty tiny. The queen lays a
single egg in each cell of the
comb that has been cleaned and
prepared by the workers to raise
new brood.
The larvae which now is a little

white grub is fed for five days
with a special substance secreted
by the worker bees called the
royal jelly. These larvae cell will
then be sealed over and starts to
change into pupae.
pupae
honey bee
This is the non-feeding stage. At

this stage, the bee is gradually
forms its adult structure. First
the head and the thorax develops, followed by the wings.
The adult bees bites its way out

of the capping of its cell and
emerges, while leaving the pupal
envelope behind. The bee will
clean the cell and other cells
around it.
laying eggs
nymph
The dragonflys eggs are laid in

the water, in some instances they
are simple dropped and sink to
the bottom of the water.
The nymph is no wise resembles

the parent dragonfly. It is dingy
little creature with six spider-like
legs and no wings. It may remain hidden at the bottom of
the pond or cling to water
weeds.
molt
dragonfly
Nymphs grow by shedding the

skin as fast as it becomes too
small and when finally ready to
emerge, they crawl up on some
object out of the water and
molt for the last time.
Once it leaves the exuvia (the

skin that the nymph left behind,
it is fully grown and will hunt
for food and begin to look for a
mate.
Life Cycle of a Grasshopper

Laying eggs
Grasshoppers lay their eggs in an oval

masses protected by tough overcoat. After
the mother places her eggs in the ground,
she covers the hiding place with a gummy
substance so that no intruders may work
harm to it.
Adult grasshopper
Early spring, the eggs are ready to hatch.

When the baby grasshopper hatches, it
wiggles its way out of its egg. Then it
pushes through the egg pod and makes its
way up out of the hole.
hatching
Grasshoppers are insects with incomplete

metamorphosis, which means that the baby
grasshopper, as soon as it hatches, is similar
in form to its parents. Baby grasshoppers
are called nymph.
The nymph sheds its exoskeleton (called
molting). As it molts, the nymph grow
wings. The wings and adult grasshopper is
finally formed by the time of the last molt.
nymphs
Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Egg
Butterflies develop from eggs. Adult

butterflies lay their eggs in a suitable host
plant (in a leaf. The shells of egg may be
slightly ribbed and are sometimes adorned
with spines.
Adult butterfly
From eggs, larva issue. This stage is

devoted to feeding and to growth. It is the
chief business of the larva to eat diligently,
to attain maturity as soon as possible.
Larva
Once the larva has attained its full growth, it

changes skin and form and becomes a pupa.
take place within the body itself. The pupa
of a butterfly is called a chrysalis.
After some period, the pupa burst open and
from it emerges the adult butterfly equipped
with large beautiful wings and always
provided with 6 legs and a complex body
structure.
Pupa
Life Cycle of a Ladybird

Eggs
In spring,
the ladybird
lays her eggs here and there in plants. The
eggs are yellow or orange in color. As soon
as the larva hatches, it starts to hunt for
aphids and other insects.
Ladybird
The larva are long and segmented , with six

queer short legs that are efficient in clinging
around a stem. It is usually black. spotted
with orange or yellow. Its business is to
crawl around on plants and eat aphids or
other insects
Larva
This is the pupa stage wherein after the larva

shed its skeleton skin several times, it hangs
itself up by the rear end of some quiet
corner and condenses itself into a subglobular form.
After a few days, the pupa burst open and a
full grown ladybird emerges. Newly
emerged ladybirds are bright yellow. But
once the wing casing hardens, distinctive
colour patterns develop.
Pupa
Life Cycle of a Ant

Eggs
The ants eggs are very small objects oblong

in shape and about the size of a pinpoint.
Ant
Larvae
Ants larvae are translucent creatures and
looks like rice grains with one end pointed.
The pupae are yellowish, covered with a
parchment-like sac and resembles grains of
wheat.
Pale yellowish ant emerges from the pupa
and they quickly darken as their
exoskleleton matures and hardens. Ants are
the longest living of all insects, they live up
to 30 years!
Pupae
Life Cycle of a Honey Bee

Eggs
The queen lays eggs which are mighty tiny.

The queen lays a single egg in each cell of
the comb that has been cleaned and
prepared by the workers to raise new
brood.
Honey Bee
Larva
The larvae which now is a little white grub
is fed for five days with a special substance
secreted by the worker bees called the royal
jelly. These larvae cell will then be sealed
over and starts to change into pupae.
This is the non-feeding stage. At this stage,
the bee is gradually forms its adult structure.
First the head and the thorax develops,
followed by the wings.
The adult bees bites its way out of the
capping of its cell and emerges, while
leaving the pupal envelope behind. The bee
will clean the cell and other cells around it.
Pupae

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Hello! Thank you for downloading my Animal Life Cycles learning materials.

I create this material for my son who

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

chicken laying eggs

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

fish laying eggs

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

chicken laying eggs

A female bird lays eggs with

After 21 days, the chick is ready

A baby bird is called a chick.

Adult hens are ready to begin

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

Frogs usually reproduce

Frog tadpoles hatch from

The tadpoles bodies start to

A frog is fully developed when it

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

A female salmon lays her eggs in

Baby salmon fish hatches from

Baby salmon have food sac

Salmon grow and mature in the

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

Most reptiles lay eggs with

When some of the baby reptiles

Young reptile like this snake feed

The male and female snake

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

All newborn dogs are born blind

During the initial month of the

A young dog continues to grow

The adult age of a fully matured

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

Immediately after birth the

The baby kangaroo drinks milk

After several weeks, the joey

A mature female kangaroo can

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

Life Cycle of a Chicken

A female bird lays eggs with hard shells.

After 21 days, the chick is ready to hatch. It

A baby bird is called a chick. They hatch

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

Life Cycle of a Frog

Frogs usually reproduce in spring Frogs are

Frog tadpoles hatch from frogspawn. Baby

The tadpoles bodies start to change, ready

ZLG_103 Animal Life Cycles

The Pinay Homeschooler

Life Cycle of a Salmon