Peter
Member (Idle past 1509 days) Posts: 2161 From: Cambridgeshire, UK. Joined: 02-05-2002
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Originally posted by The Barbarian:
It's not hard to figure out, as suggested above. Male lions who happen to have the habit of killing cubs of other males upon taking over a pride, tend to leave more offspring. Those who do not, leave fewer offspring. This is sufficient, over a number of generations, to make the practice commonplace. Totally agree. Natural Selection is about competitive advantage in reproducing. Killing the young of another helps to ensure the survival of the
killer's genes. If it happens to make the lioness come into heat faster, so be it.
The lion doesn't kill to get the lioness in heat, he kills to reduce
competition for food for his OWN offspring. NOT by thoughtful strategy I'd like to add.
[This message has been edited by The Barbarian, 02-11-2002]
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