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Re:What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals ... by agumonkey on Monday August 27, 2018 @03:55AM (#17850055)
in a similar way, there's a story about octopussies: they will heat their offsprings nest to near death and then leave as far as possible so predators aren't attracted by her corpse.. If true that's a deep conceptual step
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Re:What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals ... by bklaasen on Monday August 27, 2018 @07:43AM (#17850816)
That's just evolution. The offspring of octopus mothers that died next to the nest also got eaten so didn't survive to reproduce and pass on that trait.
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Re:What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals ... by agumonkey on Monday August 27, 2018 @03:14PM (#17853625)
evolution also made a path for mothers to heat the nest

still it's a interesting common point

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