Weird Ways Animal Moms Feed Their Babies

Pallas' Long-Tongued Bat. Photo: Ryan Somma, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed by a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

Any human mom can attest that keeping a baby fed and happy can be a Herculean task. That’s why some animal mothers have evolved some truly creative—and sometimes surprising—strategies. These include regurgitating nectar, sequestering toxins, and even self-sacrifice.

Read my latest for National Geographic's Weird & Wild news: Bats Regurgitate Nectar for Their Babies -- A New Discovery.