Infanticide (zoology) - Infanticide By Parents and Caregivers

Infanticide By Parents and Caregivers

Filial infanticide occurs when a parent kills its own offspring. Both male and female parents have been observed to do this, as well as sterile worker castes in some eusocial animals.

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