ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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the union of a male and female of the same species for reproduction
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the display a male puts on to encourage females to choose them as mates
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the caring of offspring when they are first born
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marking one’s territory so that no other organism takes that space
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Detailed explanation-1: -Parental care can be defined as any non-genetic contribution by a parent that increases the fitness of offspring, and can occur before or after laying or birth (Stahlschmidt and DeNardo, 2011). From: Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Second Edition), 2018.
Detailed explanation-2: -Parents and caregivers offer their children love, acceptance, appreciation, encouragement, and guidance. They provide the most intimate context for the nurturing and protection of children as they develop their personalities and identities and also as they mature physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
Detailed explanation-3: -One well-known example of paternal care is in seahorses, where males brood the eggs in a brood pouch until they are ready to hatch. Males from the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family exhibit paternal parental care of their eggs and fry through a variety of behaviors such as nest guarding and nest fanning (aerating eggs).