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Category: Animal Parenting

Category: Animal Parenting

Animal Parenting

Maternal Behaviour and Recognition

Physiological, social, and environmental elements have influenced the evolution of the immense diversity in maternal behaviour across the mammalian order. There are two general phases

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Animal Parenting

Paused Pregnancies In Rodents

In mammals, embryos can exist in a state of suspended animation. It’s thought that this ability to store fertilized embryos originally evolved to maximize reproductive

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Animal Parenting

Female House Mice Co-Parent

Close bonds form between females who see each other all the time, although in the case of alloparenting and shared nursing between house mice, there

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Animal Parenting

Offspring Favouritism

While many human parents will assure their children they do not have a favourite, in the animal kingdom, moms may provide different levels of care

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