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A rather large number of animals kill and eat their young: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140328-sloth-bear-zoo-infanticide-chimps-bonobos-a

A rather large number of animals kill and eat their young: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140328-sloth-bear-zoo-infanticide-chimps-bonobos-animals https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140328-sl... Seems unlikely to be fruitful to look to the animal kingdom as a benchmark for moral purity (and by human standards at that).

rmbyrro 5y ago
Maybe natural selection plays a role? Animals that were too soft with their offspring failed to prepare them for a tough world and, thus, also failed to secure long term species survival.