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Climb On Mother: Under rocks, pebbles, in dry grass, piles of leaves, and any other objects that afford shelter; often enters nouses and crawls into old shoes and clothing; lies concealed during day; comes out at night to hunt
Reproduction: Eggs hatch just before emergence from body of female; young immediately climb on mother's back and hold on by pincers; remain attached for day or 2 after first molt, then scatter on their own.
Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the young or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days.
After school, on their way home the child asked timidly, "Mother, chocolate malted?" and looked up at her mother beseechingly.
"No pea soup, no chocolate malted," her mother answered firmly.
At home the mother began to prepare dinner. The child stayed around, asked for water and got it. Seeing that she was going to get nothing else, she went to play quietly with her blocks. Sitting on the Floor she put the blocks one on top of another forming a tower and then suddenly she smashed them down on the floor. She did the same thing five times, perhaps as an expression of aggression that she dared not even feel toward her mother.
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