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Animal infanticide is studied in zoology, specifically in the field of ethology. Ovicide is the analogous destruction of eggs. The practice has been observed in many species throughout the animal kingdom, especially primates (primate infanticide) but including microscopic rotifers, insects, fish, amphibians, birds and mammals. [3]
This behavior is known as the "aunting to death" phenomenon; these non-lactating female primates gain mothering-like experience, yet lack the resources to feed the infant. [1] This behaviour has been seen in captive bonobos, but not wild ones. It is not clear if it is a natural bonobo trait or the result of living in captivity. [2]
The Selection of Children in Sparta, Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, small version of 1785, Neue Pinakothek, Munich.. In ancient times, exposition (from the Latin expositus, "exposed") was a method of infanticide or child abandonment in which infants were left in a wild place either to die due to hypothermia, hunger, animal attack [1] [2] or to be collected by slavers or by those unable to produce ...
Some rodent species (most typically males) will take the chance to kill neonates that are unrelated to them should opportunity permit. There is thought to be several benefits by doing so, which not only include nutrition benefits (particularly where food is in short supply [8]) but also non-direct benefits, such as allowing access to more resources, improving reproductive opportunities and the ...
The Bruce effect, or pregnancy block, [1] [2] is the tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male. [3] The effect was first noted in 1959 by Hilda M. Bruce, [4] and has primarily been studied in laboratory mice (Mus musculus). [1]
"The Wild Wonders" in the 1970s British comic book series Valiant are two boys lost on a Scottish island and raised in a normal environment, developing their own language. Returned to human civilization at about a decade old, they become superb athletes and enjoy many comic adventures.
Magnus Vinding argues that the lives of wild animals suffering in their natural environment are generally very bad. He draws attention to phenomena such as dying before adulthood, starvation, disease, parasitism, infanticide, predation and being eaten alive. He cites research on what animal life looks like in the wild.
The Adventure series is a collection of children's adventure novels by Willard Price.The original series, comprising 14 novels, was published between 1949 and 1980, and chronicles the adventures of teenagers Hal and Roger Hunt as they travel the world collecting exotic and dangerous animals.