parental behaviour in animals (especially in fishes)
PARENTAL CARE:A BRIEF Looking after the eggs or the young until they are independent to defend themselves from predators is known as parental care. In other words, parental care is any action or behavior performed by the parents towards its offspring that increases its chances of survival. Parental care behavior is any behavior performed after breeding, by one or both parents, that contributes to the survival of their offspring and animal exhibit a great diversity in care of their eggs and young during development. Parental care in fishes Parental care behavior is universal among fishes. Fish show all grades of parental care behavior from random spawning and from deposition of large number of uncared eggs to the protection of young. The lack of parental care behavior is correlated with the production of great number of eggs and sp...






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