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Explain Like I'm Five

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was thinking it's weird how in humans sometimes ppl horrifically murder people. Do, for example, ants, have sometimes an ant that horrifically murders other ants?

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[โ€“] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Domestic tomcats frequently kill every kitten they sire. The theory that I hold is that the tomcats murder kittens to both prevent competition and to prepare the queen (the female cat - and yes, they are referred to as queens) for mating sooner.

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Something similar happens to lions, afaik, males that kill another male will proceed to kill the infants