i'm curious if humans are the only living things that do this. I'm also wondering if their ever been any studies on plants or trees committing suicide.
2006-10-04 18:38:53 · 13 answers · asked by divad 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
small rodent creatures called lemings gather en masse,(im not sure where this happens) and run off cliffs into the sea.some marine mammals like dolphins or wales beach themselves,and moths fly right into fire.there are some examples,good question,look this one up for more info.
2006-10-04 18:45:09 · answer #1 · answered by swamp angel 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about suicide but there are animals that commit infanticide or siblicide.
When a new male lion takes over a pride of females he will kill any existing offspring so that the females will go back on heat and have his offspring and therefore pass on his genes not another males.
There are many types of birds that commit siblicide including the kookaburra (laughing bird found in Australia) 2 or 3 chicks hatch but unless it is a particularly good year for food the strongest will kill the other weaker chicks removing its competition for food provided by the parents.
2006-10-05 08:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by Em_butterfly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes! Some birds commit sucide when you put them in cage. There is a bird called Cuckoo whick commits sucide by throwing their head on the cage bars when you put them in cage.
2006-10-05 01:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by i_wanna_ask 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Animals do not purposely take their own lives, only humans do. One of the basic instinct in the animal kingdom is to survive and procreate.
2006-10-05 01:49:48 · answer #4 · answered by missmoon_1953 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, suicide requires conscious thought. The drive of all organisms other than humans seem to be propagation of their genetic lineage.
2006-10-05 02:07:21 · answer #5 · answered by Arch Teryx 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've heard of pregnant doe rabbits that will abort themselves if the warren is over run.
Just some useless info.
2006-10-05 20:39:23 · answer #6 · answered by Aquila 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not sure! But did you know they can become anorexic. Weird huh! My friends cat got depressed and became anorexic.
2006-10-05 01:47:20 · answer #7 · answered by SarinaAnn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whales ,salmon,lemmings.birds,
and many animals give up the will to live in certain circumstances ,which is the same thing
2006-10-05 01:45:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-10-05 01:47:23 · answer #9 · answered by karpflover 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea i read some where that the lemmings really do run off cliffs and kill themselves when there are too many of them
2006-10-05 01:48:20 · answer #10 · answered by Aly F 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋