NARRATOR: All animals are born, grow bigger and older, and most go on to have babies of their own. This is what’s called the ‘life cycle’.
All animals change during their life cycle but at different speeds. Some of us don’t change that much, we just get bigger and change our shape a bit. While some animals change completely as they grow up.
Compared to many animals the human life cycle is verrryyy slow. We all grow old and die but the life cycle never stops.
Life cycle
All animals, including humans, are born, they get older and bigger and some will go on to have children. In the end, all animals die. We call this a life cycle.
Animals are small when they start life. Over time they grow bigger and their bodies change.
When they are grown up, they might reproduce and have young animals of their own. These children will get older and may eventually also have children too, and so the life cycle keeps going!
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