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2006-06-24 03:29:40 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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~Poor little buggers can't keep up. Gives the crows something to eat. I know some people who could learn from our furry cousins.

2006-07-06 17:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

It depends on the animal.

Most large mammals, such as humans, have long gestation periods and only have at most a few aspiring, so we care for our children instinctively more than say, a mouse, who has about five hundred babies in the time of ten months.

But for the most part, its because the weakest child is genetically deficient. It would not survive whether the mother helped it or not, and would just be a waste to take care of.

It's a trade off- one animal that will die for ten or fifteen that will live to reproduce and progress the species.

2006-06-24 17:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by Jackson V 2 · 0 0

not all animals do this, but they dont have the feelings that we do, seems like the weaker a human child is the more as a parent you feel compeled to make sure that child gets more of your attention and love.....Animals have an instinct to survive, and a weak baby does not help....Funny though, there are animals that wont leave the mate behind, but have no problem doing this to a baby....

2006-07-07 15:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Animals are strictly about survival. We need to remember that their emotions don't run anywhere near as deep as ours. We see our children as a product of us, we raise them, talk to them, discover their souls, and fall in love with them because we're such affectionate creatures. This is not so of animals. Animals live for one purpose only, to exist, eventually populate, and die. It's a morbid cycle, but when babies are born an animal sticks to it. It knows that its children need to be able to survive like it has, and a weak or injured baby just isn't appealing to the mother. Emotional ties are cut off so it is left to die...the weakest link cannot survive in the food chain...its sad news about animals but thats the way many of them are. Same reason mothers eat their stillborns or some animals like to die in privacy...strange habits...

2006-06-24 10:37:32 · answer #4 · answered by all_this_yella 2 · 0 0

Not all animals do. I saw a documentary with a baby elephant that couldn't stand, it looked doomed, but the mother stayed with him when the rest of the elephants left, and she kept helping him to stand. Finally she made it!

2006-06-24 10:34:23 · answer #5 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0 0

They stay with the best possible chance for their genes to be passed on - and the weakest offspring just isn't it.

2006-07-07 00:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by Rockmeister B 5 · 0 0

they do not want to make the investment of using energy to feed and care for an offspring that my not survive. They will put their efforts into caring and feeding a healthy animal that is going to live.

2006-06-25 19:06:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Survival.

2006-06-24 10:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by masamune_black_rainbow 2 · 0 0

Because trying to help the weak endangers the entire group
Thats why they call it the survival of the fittest.

2006-06-24 10:34:10 · answer #9 · answered by snakeman11426 6 · 0 0

Animals have a sense when their young are not strong or healthy enough to survive.

2006-06-30 23:33:35 · answer #10 · answered by owllady 5 · 0 0

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