Do animals reproduce faster under threat?
I remember reading about this somewhere, but I don't quite remember.
Do animal species have an instinct to reproduce at greater rates when under threat or extinction?
I remember reading about this somewhere, but I don't quite remember.
Do animal species have an instinct to reproduce at greater rates when under threat or extinction?
Grip Tail
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well evolutionary wise animals who have a lot of predators or natural threats do have to reproduce AND grow up faster and be ready to go along
you look at humans we have months or years depending how you look at it for us to be brought up. Whereas a lot of animals in the wild do it quicker
mammels and stuff like us are in the belly of our moms for 9 months. Other animals can be done in a matter of weeks or couple months. AND we only have 1-2 babies usually. Animals that have predators make a lot of eggs or something so that even if some die others can live on
Sumanitu Taka
No they don't. Rather the opposite. If conditions are not ideal, animals will delay breeding and birth or abort their young in utero or even abandon their young. Animals are not aware of their own impending extinction. Thus if they were, we would have very few if any animals classified as extinct. Man and Nature have the most dramatic effect on the survival of all species.
Rain Dear
Nope. It's the opposite. If a species is threatened with extinction, it means that current conditions are unable to support that species. Reproduction takes place only when the immediate survival of the individual is secure...relatively speaking.