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Often a lioness tries to defend her cubs against this kind of behavior from the usurping male(s), but success is more common when a group of females join to defend their offspring. [3] Within five months of a tigress giving birth, she may become receptive again if her first litter is lost, and for this reason wandering males may commit ...
Some females abort or resorb their own young while they are still in development after a new male takes over; this is known as the Bruce effect. [31] This may prevent their young from being killed after birth, saving the mother wasted time and energy. However, this strategy also benefits the new male.
The form of exploitation in non-human primates most attributable to adult females is when non-lactating females take an infant from its mother (allomothering) and forcibly retain it until starvation. This behavior is known as the "aunting to death" phenomenon; these non-lactating female primates gain mothering-like experience, yet lack the ...
For some species bringing new life into the world also serves as a final act. Here are 10 animal mothers that die after giving birth.
As for how the mom dog ended up with four bullets in its body, local police said they received a call on Sunday, Jan. 5, about an injured animal in Southwest Memphis, Tenn. A man at the residence ...
A boa constrictor in the U.K. gave birth to 14 babies — without a mate. The process is called parthenogenesis, from the Greek words for “virgin” and “birth.”
California ground squirrel, one species known to show infanticide behaviour. Infanticide is the termination of a neonate after it has been born, and in zoology this is often the termination or consumption of newborn animals by either a parent or an unrelated adult.
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...