All animals go through the same important stages during their lifetime.
What is the life cycle of an animal?
Humans and other animals may look very different and behave very differently.
But we all have one thing in common.
All animals, including humans are born, they get older and bigger and mostwill go on to have children of their own.
And these children will get older and may also have children, and so on.
We call this a life cycle.
As you grow older, how you look will change a lot.
And one of the most amazing changes in nature is the life cycle of the butterfly called… metamorphosis.
Me-ta-mor-pho-sis.
When a male and a female butterfly reproduce, the female lays eggs somewhere safe.
When these eggs hatch out, they become caterpillars.
This is called the larva stage.
It doesn't look much like a butterfly yet, does it?
Eventually the caterpillar builds a chrysalis around itself, a bit like a sleeping bag.
A few days or weeks later, it finally wakes up and breaks free…an adult butterfly at last!
It can fly away to reproduce and eggs of its own, continuing the cycle of life.
What is the life cycle of an animal?
Learn about the different stages of an animal's life with this video.
Find out how a frog changes throughout its life cycle.
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