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[โ€“] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Typically those are mammals with larger litters and shorter gestational periods. Human offspring are too resource intensive to be widely used as decoys.

This is a weird conversation.

That's because you had a bad take that illogically separates the biological demands of organisms and their communities from aspects of social organization

There is no separation, social behaviors are also adaptations to the environment.