I'm a Grandma!
Added 2019-04-28 13:30:06 +0000 UTCCan we all just take a minute so welcome some of my grandchildren into the world :)
I really hope I can keep them alive, I feel the pressure!
Just can't believe I have to raise my daughters children cause she wants to eat them, mothers eh.
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The final suggestion seems the most likely, that they are purging the hatchlings of the least likely to survive. Elephants, and other species, have been known to push their newborns out of the group and abandon them to be captured by predators. They seem to know within a short time if their offspring will be able to survive. I remember a case where a baby elephant born in captivity was abandoned by its mother, who refused to nurse it. When the professionals removed the baby and tried to raise it elsewhere, all seemed to go well until sometime afterward when the child started to show signs of health problems not evident previously.
Lawrence Davis
2019-04-29 11:35:18 +0000 UTCHmm, it is a strange one. You'd think they'd want to protect their babies!
Lady ASMR
2019-04-28 23:48:45 +0000 UTCInteresting, but the only conclusion I see is that no one really knows: <a href="https://www.livescience.com/2053-animals-eat-offspring.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/2053-animals-eat-offspring.html</a>
Lawrence Davis
2019-04-28 18:36:22 +0000 UTCThank you so much! :P
Lady ASMR
2019-04-28 16:00:27 +0000 UTCCongrats! :D All the best to your family!
Tor Ivar
2019-04-28 13:38:05 +0000 UTC
