Do animals have sex with their own offsprings?

Question

Can animals recognise their offsprings when they r grown up and do they have sex with them ?

Answer 1

Yes, you see it with most species. Lions, monkeys, chickens and fish are perfect examples

Answer 2

I Only Know Of A Couple Of Animals That Actually Recognize There Own And Will Not Mate WIth, Like The Elephant's, And Killer Whales Which Live In Close Nit Families, Also Penguins And Some Bird Families That Only Mate With One Partner For Life. Other Than That It's Open Season For Animal's In Heat, They Will Mate With Anything, Some Insects Have Been Caught Mating With Green Soda Glass Botlles, And Their Are Video's Of Dog's Humping Stuffed Animal's. And Let's not Talk About The Human Species Some Of Us Have Even Worst Issues.

Answer 3

Most animals don't have a strong incest taboo like humans do (the "Westmarck effect", where children raised together find each other sexually uninteresting). In fact there's reasonable evidence that this occurs with some regularity in wild animals. It is quite common in domestic animal breeding - dog breeders frequently mate dogs against their mothers, to control for certain desired traits. Inbreeding definitely has some genetic downsides, but the alternative of no breeding is worse, which might explain why many species (including, for example, bonobo chimpanzees) didn't evolve an incest taboo.

Answer 4

Animals in general do not differentiate between close relatives and will mate with any one of the same species. The exception would be animals which tend to be monogamous with their mate and won't just mate with anyone. Or where individuals in a pack have a particular role in the pack and aren't mated with at random (like a wolf pack).

But on the whole, no, the majority of animals make no distinctions on who they mate with.

Answer 5

Every last one of these answers are zoologically uninformed. We see much inbreeding in domestic animals, because they are DOMESTIC!!!!! In natural conditions, animals DISPERSE. Westermark effect, or not, when you leave your natal group, or are a wide ranging loner, the chances of inbreeding are small. Also, many animals have differentiation mechanisms, such as smell. When presented with choice, animals, even though having greater rates of incest, generally out breed, it is domestication which severely limits choice.

Answer 6

I don't know if they have sex with their offspring but I had hamsters that mated with each other and they were brother and sister(we thought we had 2 girls) Their offspring were albino.

Answer 7

yes, but this is very costly for the survival of the species, as it isolates the gene pool. my best example is the Florida panther, Felis concolor coryi, which has been isolated in habitat, and thus forced to inbreed. it was almost the demise of the subspecies, and scientists had to bring in the western panther, Felis concolor stanlyanis, to spread out the gene pool, because an isolated gene pool can cause deformities. but this causes another problem/question. bringing in another subspecies dilutes the gene pool, and thus, the subspecies.
another example of the negative effects of inbreeding is the french monarchy. the all died of diseases that could have been bred out had they not "kept it in the family."\
sad but true.

Answer 8

Yes Yes Yes

Answer 9

Cats are horrible with this! On the farm where i used to live brothers and sisters would mate! Terrible i know! As far as mothers and sons im not so sure! Your not suppose to breed them like that! But you cant stop nature! WEIRD!

Answer 10

Happens too much with tropical fish you see in pet stores. Many of those fish have become genetic trash to support the hobby rather than caught wild.

Answer 11

some animals will others don't..it depends on which animals you are talking about..swans and wolves mate for life and are monogamous..so little chance of mating with their offspring ..dogs and monkeys are proliferates at inbreeding..inbreeding is a main cause of albino ism..