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A Hanuman langur mother feeding an infant. Female Hanuman langurs are known to utilize paternity confusion through concealed ovulation. To protect their young from infanticide, many species of primate mothers will form social monogamous pairs to prevent paternal infanticide. In these pairs, the males will mate with other females but live ...
Maternal infanticide occurs when newborn offspring are killed by their mother. This is sometimes seen in pigs, [47] a behavior known as savaging, which affects up to 5% of gilts. Similar behavior has been observed in various animals such as rabbits, [48] hamsters, [49] burying beetles, [50] mice [51] and humans.
Scientists hypothesize that this is because many cheetah litters have cubs from different fathers and males would not want to kill any cubs in case they killed their own. [13] The promiscuity of female cheetahs helps to protect the threatened species not only by preventing infanticide but also by bringing greater genetic diversity. [ 15 ]
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.
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.
One mom dog who survived being shot four times shortly after giving birth to 11 puppies is making a miraculous recovery thanks to the kindness of generous donors. According to WREG Channel 3 News ...
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.” ... Yes, some animals can ...
Savaging of offspring by the biological mother has been reported in multiple species including farmed silver foxes, farmed wild boar and domestic breeds of farmed pigs. [8] Though aggressive savaging behaviour is demonstrated by other species, it is most commonly used to describe pig aggression.