# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2246
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44906 "2016-07-06T16:43:52Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44907 "2016-07-06T17:09:24Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator On their head or snout and sometimes in their mouth, per National Geographic ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44908 "2016-07-06T17:30:08Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach Many adult cockroaches are carrying a dozen or so babies attached to them ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44909 "2016-07-06T18:23:36Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44910 "2016-07-06T18:52:51Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider 7. Babboons [If this counts](http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/91513409-baboon-mother-and-child-in-the-serengeti-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=lghQlqfHxbDupoaZ4WPsxFYfMNlPsXGmgvsmYhvzEMs2gZzHjUPxNulF1miGGTiN) as carrying them around. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44911 "2016-07-06T19:21:51Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider 7. Babboons 8. [Humans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradleboard) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44912 "2016-07-06T19:53:46Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider 7. Babboons 8. Humans 9. Swan ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44913 "2016-07-06T20:00:00Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider 7. Babboons 8. Humans 9. Swan 10. Cichlids A family of fish, some of which are [mouthbrooders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthbrooder). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44914 "2016-07-06T22:36:40Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider 7. Babboons 8. Humans 9. Swan 10. Cichlids 11. Tasmanian devil ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44915 "2016-07-06T23:03:01Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider 7. Babboons 8. Humans 9. Swan 10. Cichlids 11. Tasmanian devil 12. Squirrel monkey ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44916 "2016-07-07T06:49:49Z")
Animal parents who carry their young around with them. 1. Kangaroo 2. Opossum 3. Wombat 4. American Alligator 5. Cockroach 6. Wolf spider 7. Babboons 8. Humans 9. Swan 10. Cichlids 11. Tasmanian devil 12. Squirrel monkey 13. Bat As for humans, when our kids were tiny we used the modern versions of the cradleboard: the baby sling and the Baby Bjorn Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44917 "2016-07-07T10:04:23Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44918 "2016-07-07T11:49:10Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding 3. Steaming ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44919 "2016-07-07T11:55:52Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding 3. Steaming 4. Sultry ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44920 "2016-07-07T12:22:05Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding 3. Steaming 4. Sultry 5. Nice ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44921 "2016-07-07T13:10:54Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding 3. Steaming 4. Sultry 5. Nice 6. Tropical ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44922 "2016-07-07T13:17:12Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding 3. Steaming 4. Sultry 5. Nice 6. Tropical 7. Scorching ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44923 "2016-07-07T13:32:16Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding 3. Steaming 4. Sultry 5. Nice 6. Tropical 7. Scorching 8. Muggy ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44924 "2016-07-07T14:05:49Z")
Heat wave time. Synonyms for hot, as in weather 1. Torrid 2. Scalding 3. Steaming 4. Sultry 5. Nice 6. Tropical 7. Scorching 8. Muggy 9. Sweltering ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44925 "2016-07-07T15:48:37Z")
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