Why Some Animals Eat Their Offspring Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Eating your offspring may sound unthinkable, but animals from fish to birds are known to do it. Scientists have been unsure why such a behavior would have evolved, but a new study sheds light on the factors that may drive some parents to eat their young.
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Posted: 10 months ago by pocksucket:
Interesting stuff - the common concenus was always that it was a resource issue, removing those less likely to survive from a brood before they consume further resources fruitlessly - natural eugenics.
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Posted: 10 months ago by kakana:
... and because they're so darn tasty!
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Posted: 10 months ago by imnotyoo:
Burring beetles practice infanticide depending on how large of a food source they have, and if they are over-taken by a stronger beetle, the stronger beetle will kill the brood and make the remaining beetle mate with it.
/knows random stuff
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Posted: 10 months ago by pocksucket:
« imnotyoo : Burring beetles You've got a bit of a thing about those, haven't you?
Feeding you're little colony with meat on a string too.
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Posted: 10 months ago by imnotyoo:
« pocksucket : You've got a bit of a thing about those, haven't you?
Feeding you're little colony with meat on a string too. Yeah.. I'm weird.
:)
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