>> |
Anonymous
>>297786
Actually it makes a great deal of sense.
Rodents are animals that can breed fast, and breed often. If, for instance, a mother rodent feels threatened in their current environment (this can happen in homes as pets, if their environment is loud or chaotic, or if they perceive something around them as a threat), she realizes 1) predators kill animals more viciously than she can hopefully cull her pups, so killing them herself reduces suffering, 2) if she fears there's not enough food around, she'd rather kill them quickly than have them starve to death, and 3) if she has to kill this group of pups, she can always have another litter. It's better for her to be able to get away and escape (with the nourishment of her pup's bodies) to breed another day, rather than sacrifice herself to potential starvation. Rodent mothers also cull their pups if they're unhealthy (if she didn't get enough nutrients during pregnancy for instance), if she senses a defect, or if there are just too many pups in that litter to survive.
Everything about rodents killing pups makes sense from their survival standpoint. They don't do it because they're crazy, or evil, or whatever. They do it because that's what they sometimes need to do to survive.
|