Why can some animals not live in captivity or have lower life expectancy in captivity?
In: Biology
It can be very stressful for many species to be in captivity. Without the wide-open habitat they are used to, they suffer perpetual stress which can be detrimental to the point where they don’t eat or otherwise don’t take care of themselves as much as they would in the wild and thus die earlier. Note that this does vary from species to species with some doing just fine in captivity and others not at all.
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