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Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies?

Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies?

Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young.

MinuteEarth

January 20, 20253m 18s

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  • Filial cannibalism: is a form of infanticide that occurs when an adult individual of a species consumes all or part of the young of its own species or immediate offspring.


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