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Carin Bondar

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Grandparents And Their Impact Based On Relatedness

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By Carin Bondar
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We’ve talked extensively about the importance of grandmothers. Do grandfathers contribute to their collective fitness in a parallel way to their female counterparts? So far all the data suggest that they do not. Photo via Adobe Stock This is due to the ever-important notion of paternity certainty for both fathers and grandfathers.
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Milk-Stealing Sea Lions

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By Carin Bondar
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In Stellar sea lions, misdirected care in the form of allonursing is common among first-time moms, whereas older, multiparous moms are very rough and unforgiving of unrelated juveniles that attempt to suckle from them. More experienced moms shove or throw unrelated pups that are attempting to nurse, often biting and significantly injuring them in the process.
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Menopause in Toothed Whales

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By Carin Bondar
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The only other group of animals that experiences menopause to the extent that humans do is the toothed whale. Short-finned pilot whale and ecotype resident killer whale females can live to the age of ninety; however, they lose their ability to reproduce at approximately the mid-point of their lives in much the same way that humans do. For killer whale females, 95% of their own lifetime fecundity has been accomplished by the time they are thirty-nine years old.
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