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A most PECULIAR animal to me is the "mom" who walks away from her kids. Human animals do it. Do other animals do it too? Could you?

Posted - November 8, 2017
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  • 16240
    A turtle lays her eggs on the beach, then leaves.
      November 8, 2017 4:46 AM MST
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  • 113301
    What a cold cruel unmomly thing to do. But it is a turtle after all. Ever had turtle soup Sbf? Thank you for your reply and Happy Wednesday! :)
      November 8, 2017 4:50 AM MST
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  • It's actually quite common in the lower mammals.
    I could say fish, reptiles and things like that too but many of the species in those groups don't raise young.  All mammals do though.

    Back to it.  Many mammals will abandon or even kill/eat their young if the young are very ill, deformed, or if food/water becomes dangerously scarce for them both.
      November 8, 2017 5:43 AM MST
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  • 1713
    Animals do it quite a lot, especially to the poor little runts. I've raised kittens that had been abandoned by their mothers, they've always been the frail little runts.
      November 8, 2017 8:26 AM MST
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