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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 09/03/2024 14:26:53
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Beavers?
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The male role in parenting varies from 100% (some fish), 50% (most birds) to zero (e.g. polar bears) via all sorts of intermediates such as a sole alpha male (some deer, chickens) and collaborative tribal education (social apes, dolphins, rodents).
Sadly, the number of humans with two active parents seems to be declining.
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Sadly, the number of humans with two active parents seems to be declining.
True, but I think we still have a better record than all other animals. And even when our parents divorce, most of us are still raised by them, just not simultaneously.
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Depends on what you mean by "better". We generally make the best of a bad job as young humans are, frankly, useless for longer than any other species, and even adults are almost incapable of surviving by themselves. Practically every other species can feed and defend itself within a year of birth, and among those that rely on a protective herd, only the strongest and most capable males get to reproduce. Humans, on the other hand, invent spurious careers like politics and religion so that the defective spawn of weak idiots can earn a living as parasites.
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& then there are Orphans & Foundlings/Waifs!
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And some African birds have 3 parents, one female, one biological father, one adopted father.
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Depends on what you mean by "better". We generally make the best of a bad job as young humans are, frankly, useless for longer than any other species, and even adults are almost incapable of surviving by themselves. Practically every other species can feed and defend itself within a year of birth, and among those that rely on a protective herd, only the strongest and most capable males get to reproduce. Humans, on the other hand, invent spurious careers like politics and religion so that the defective spawn of weak idiots can earn a living as parasites.
Yes, but the reason non-human animals don't have politics, religious beliefs, ect., is because their brains are not equipped for them. Unlike us, their attention is not focused on external events or themselves (looking into a mirror and recognizing their own spitting image). They don't have the ability to mull over things like life after death, creation, meaning of life, finances, stuff like that.
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You must be the only person who knows that. Nobody else has communicated with another species to the extent of knowing what they don't think. But utter gullibility and the ability to set rational thought aside does seem to be a particular strength of humans, if not unique to us.
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But utter gullibility and the ability to set rational thought aside does seem to be a particular strength of humans, if not unique to us.
Every second countless non-human animals lose their lives due to gullibility and hubris.
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I haven't seen any nonhuman predator persuading its prey to lose its life for God or Mother Russia. Effective camouflage or ambush aren't the same as reliance on gullibility, and even a pitcher plant at least offers a tangible inducement.